Resveratrol is one of the most popular anti-aging supplements out there at the moment but what is it? I’ve looked through a lot of Resveratrol reviews to give you the answer.
Resveratrol is a natural plant compound substance found in found in the skins of various fruits, in particular grapes. Resveratrol is a powerful antioxident and it’s well known that antoxidents can help purge the body of many ot the nasties that cause cell decay and aging. If you want to read more about the importance of antioxidents look at the section about free radicals in this anti-aging article
The first clues that Resveratrol can help slow the anti-aging process come from the fact that one of the most common sources of Resveratrol are grapes, in particular red grapes and therefore Reservatrol is present in red wine, It’s well known that the French consume more red wine than any other nation so the fact that the French population is as a whole healthier, less obese and longer living than other nationalities, despite also eating lots of red meat is cited as evidence of the anti aging benefits of Resveratrol.
There’s no real scientific proof to back this up and most of the scientific research that has been carried out into Resveratrol have been carried out on animals, that worries me.
In 2006, a team at Harvard University proved that mice who were given a high-fat, high-calorie diet and Resveratrol lived around 30 percent longer than the control group who weren’t given Resveratrol. Apparently they also had significantly fewer age-associated health problems.
They concluded that Resveratrol had in effect negated the damaging effects of a poor diet, obesity, and aging.
Here’s a video of Dr Oz from the Oprah show making some interesting comments on Good Morning America
Now all of this is all well and good but the amount of resveratrol in red wine is very small so you would need to drink a lot of wine to increase your intake of resveratrol and because drinking 100 glasses of wine per day is obviously not recommended, many people turn to resveratrol supplements to increase their intake of resveratrol.
When it comes to Resveratrol benefits taking man made versions of a naturally occurring substances is not without risk.
Be aware that fake and low quality resveratrol supplements are being sold online including some synthetically prepared from the Japanese knotwood plant or fleeceflower. Such products are not only ineffective, but can also lead to certain health hazards like stomach cramps etc. So, make sure that when you go to buy Resveratol products you read your own Resveratrol reviews, buy only the best resveratrol and only from trusted sources.
I’m reserving my judgement for now until I’ve done some more research and in any case I’m very happy with the antioxident intake I have.
It comes from red wine and this product from Xtend-Life
