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Wine & Dine Your Way to Good Health
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By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Medicine
There’s nothing I like better than a nice glass of red wine with dinner. Fortunately, it’s an indulgence that’s not only relaxing—it’s healthy, too. And that’s thanks to its resveratrol content.
If this sounds familiar, it’s because I’ve been touting the antioxidant benefits of resveratrol for years. And I’m not the only one.
More than 4,000 studies have been done on this wonder antioxidant. And time and again, scientists have found resveratrol prevents the dangerous oxidation of cholesterol; fights inflammation; reduces your risk for diabetes; helps protect your heart, guards against a variety of cancers and may even help you control your weight. That’s a lot of power.
But the most interesting research revolves around resveratrol’s potential as the “fountain of youth.”
It turns out resveratrol activates a gene called Sirtuin 1. Sirtuin 1 acts the same way caloric restriction does to increase lifespan.1 It’s done this in the lab for yeast and mice. But now there’s evidence it can do the same for you!
A brand-new review of 15 human clinical trials in the journal Molecular Nutrition and Food Research concluded that, because resveratrol helps prevent many of the chronic conditions linked to aging, it can boost longevity.2
But that’s not all.
The researchers also said that a single dose of resveratrol could trigger beneficial responses in the body. Better yet, taking supplemental resveratrol for weeks or months was shown to cause healthy changes to the cells and organs of the body, especially in older folks with compromised health. This means that you’ll not only live longer, you’ll be healthier and feel better.
So how can you get all these benefits?
Well, you’re not going to get them by tossing back a glass of red wine after a busy day. While it might be enjoyable, wine just doesn’t have enough resveratrol to give you the therapeutic effects you’re looking for.
Opt instead for a high quality resveratrol supplement. Science used to think that you had to take massive amounts of resveratrol. But now, researchers at State University of New York have established that just 40 mg a day is plenty to get the all the benefits resveratrol has to offer.3
I always tell my patients to get the most from the resveratrol they take, it’s important to take a standardized supplement providing trans-resveratrol, the most biologically active form of the nutrient.
Unlike the other type of resveratrol, known as cis-resveratrol, trans-resveratrol stays in your blood much longer. In fact 50% is still in circulation 9 hours after you’ve taken your supplement.
I’ll toast to that!
Additional Articles of Interest:
Red Wine Nutrient: What's All the Fuss?
Fighting a Fatty Liver
Have Hollywood Stars Found the Fountain of Youth?
References:
- Agarwal B. Resveratrol and life extension. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2011;1215:138-143.
- Smoliga JM. Resveratrol and health – A comprehensive review of human clinical trials. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 20 JUN 2011. [E-pub ahead of print]
- Ghanim H. An Antiinflammatory and Reactive Oxygen Species Suppressive Effects of an Extract of Polygonum Cuspidatum Containing Resveratrol. Journal of Clinical Endocrinolgy & Metabolism. 2010 95: E1-E8.
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