Vitis vinifera (Common grape) has been present and part of our
diets since the Neolithic period, being harvested since
thousands of years ago both, for medicinal and nutritional value
. Raisins are dried grapes that may be eaten either raw, as part
of after meal snacks or even used in elaborated culinary dishes
and menus. Image: Raisins by bongo vongo under Creative Common
license (CC BY 2.0). Raisins have also the same medicinal and
nutritional values of Vitis vinifera (Common grape), while
keeping a sweeter flavor and higher contents of fiber. Indeed,
raisins have both types of fibre, viscous and insoluble fibers .
As you may already know viscous fibers are good because they
delay gastric emptying of ingested foods into the small
intestine, giving you the sensation of fullness, reducing blood
glucose concentration, potentially benefiting insuling
sensitivity [2,4] and improving cholesterol levels , and
insoluble fibers, which are poorly absorbed by our body,
characteristic that makes them ideal to improve f