7 Reasons Why You Should Be Taking Resveratrol Supplements
1. Resveratrol can increase your lifespan
Groundbreaking research by Dr David Sinclair and his team from Harvard Medical School showed that resveratrol activated the SIRT1 gene. Researchers believe that resveratrol tricks the body into believing that it is under the effects of a calorie deficient diet and thus receives the beneficial health effects such as an [...]
Resveratrol And The French Paradox
When talking about resveratrol, the ‘French Paradox’ is often mentioned, or vice versa. So what is this ‘paradox’ and how does it relate to resveratrol?
The ‘French paradox’ refers to the fact that the French, who (on average) consume more saturated fat than the average person from the United States, actually have a lower incidence of [...]
Resveratrol Study Showcased In Annual Bibliography of Significant Advances in Dietary Supplement Research
The National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements released their annual Annual Bibliography of Significant Advances in Dietary Supplement Research. The 2006 Annual Bibliography highlights emerging findings from a diverse array of laboratory and human studies. These include the potentially favorable effects of resveratrol as an anti-inflammatory compound.
The paper chosen regarding resveratrol, which was [...]
Harvard and MIT Researchers Show Neurprotective Abilities Of Resveratrol
According to Harvard and MIT researchers, we are slowly closing in on diseases such as Alzheimer’s with some cutting edge research on the SIRT1 gene, which is activated by the naturally occurring compound, resveratrol. Using resveratrol extracted from red wine, researchers have shown that it extends life-span, and now they are finding evidence of its [...]
Video: Resveratrol May Help Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease
Research shows that resveratrol, found in red wine, actually lowers the amount of amyloid-beta peptides which can cause Alzheimer’s Disease. This may also somehow explain the evidence showing the link between lower leves of dementia and red wine drinkers.
Levels of amyloid-beta in cells treated with resveratrol were much lower than those in cells which [...]
Video: Resveratrol In Your Diet
Long life and health is not all about resveratrol supplements, having a diet rich in nutrients will also have a synergistic effect on the body and whole foods provide the best sources of this. Resveratrol can be found in may different foods including grapes, blueberries, nuts etc. Although there isnt as much resveratrol in foods [...]
Video: Resveratrol – A Potent Antioxidant
Free radicals are the main result of excessive oxygen into the body. These free-radicals can damage our organs, our body and even our DNA. Resveratrol is a potent antioxidant and it is something you should consider to combat against free radical production. There has been a tremendous amount of interest in resveratrol over the last [...]
Video: Resveratrol Helps Increase Endurance in Mice
Resveratrol, an ingredient in red wine shows promise in slowing the aging process in obese mice. Mice were subjected to an endurance test, in which they were run to exaustion. Mice given resveratrol were shown to actually double their endurance. Resveratrol may actually mimic a restricted calorie diet and may thus provide the benefits of [...]
New Resveratrol Study Shows Effectiveness Against Cancer
A new study from the U.S.A has shown that drinking between one and two glasses of red wine could help reduce the risk of getting prostate cancer. In the August edition of the Journal of Carcinogenesis, researchers from the University of Alabama discovered that resveratrol, a component of red wine, helped decrease the risk of [...]
Why Men Should Be Taking Resveratrol Supplements
As you can see from previous articles exposing the benefits of taking resveratrol supplements, resveratrol has a whole lot going on for it, but did you know that men actually receive a whole lot of extra benefits when taking resveratrol?
A simple reason: resveratrol acts as an estrogen blocker.
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Estrogen, while generally thought to be [...]