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NEW!!! - Resveratrol may prevent breast cancer according to researchers at the University of Nebraska. According to the researchers, "Resveratrol has the ability to prevent the first step that occurs when estrogen starts the process that leads to cancer...We believe that this could stop the whole progression that leads to breast cancer down the road". The study also found that relatively little resveratrol was needed to produce these health benefits; as little as 10 umol/L of resveratrol was effective (red wine contains between 9 and 28 umol/L of resveratrol).
NEW!!! - Resveratrol given to middle aged mice showed "very strong positive effects on preventing cardiovascular disease, reducing heart inflammation, keeping bone health in terms of structure and function, and maintaining loco-motor and balance activity" according to studies conducted at the National Institute on Aging and Balance. The study found that resveratrol had the same positive effects on muscles, livers, bones, and hearts as did caloric restriction.
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Resveratrol is a powerful antioxidant that is produced by
some plants to protect against environmental stresses.
Perhaps the most notable producer of resveratrol is the
grapevine, which produces large amounts of resveratrol in
the skins of grapes to protect against fungal diseases and
sun damage. It is therefore no suprise that wine (in
particular red wine - which is fermented with grape
skins) has some of the highest levels of resveratrol out of
any natural food.
While it has been know for thousands of years that wine is
a healthful drink (thus the old Roman saying 'In Vino
Sanitas'- In wine there is health), the scientific community
started taking wine's health benefits seriously after 60
Minutes reported the famous 'French Parodox' study in
which people in France were less likely to die of heart
attacks than Americans despite similar high fat diets. The
study concluded that the relatively large amounts of red
wine consumed by the French protected their hearts.
From the French Paradox study numerous other studies
were launched to attempt to identify compounds responsible
for red wine’s apparent health benefits. From these studies
the compound that gained by far the largest amount of
interest was Resveratrol – AND RIGHTLY SO! Recent
studies have concluded that:
- Adding resveratrol to the diet of yeast, fruit flies, worms, and a species of fish increased their life spans up to 70%, 29%, 24%, & 50% respectively.
- Resveratrol made fat related deaths drop 31% in obese mice. The resveratrol fed obese mice also performed much better in movement and agility tests than obese mice not fed resveratrol.
- Mice fed resveratrol had 100% more endurance than mice not fed resveratrol (i.e. they were able to run twice as far on a treadmill).
- Resveratrol inhibits blood platelet aggregation that can lead to dangerous clots that can cause heart attacks and strokes.
- Resveratrol is a powerful antioxidant that can help prevent cell damage caused by free radicals (free radicals are unstable atoms caused in part by pollution, sunlight, and our bodies natural burning of fat that can lead to cancer, aging, and brain degeneration)
- Resveratrol has been proven to fight cancer in vitro at all three stages; (1) initiation, (2) promotion, (&) progression.
Resveratrol is found naturally in:
red wine, grapes, blueberries, peanuts, and various other plants.
It is also found in dietary supplements including:
red wine extracts, grape seed pills and extracts, & polygonum cuspidatum extracts among others.
To find more out about the sources of resveratrol, please visit the "Sources of Resveratrol" link.
