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Red grape skin and the grape
seed are the home to this polyphenolic compound and it is also found
in abundance in cocoa. It is one of the more potent antioxidants. In
studies with rats it has been shown to have these beneficial
effects. It is an anti-inflammatory, anti cancer, blood sugar
lowering and it is a chelating agent. People with
cardiovascular disease could be helped immensely but no research
has been completed showing this in humans.
Other foods where this
nutrient is present is in peanuts and the Vaccinum species of
berries which includes our old antioxidant rich friends
blueberries, bilberries and cranberries.
In a Harvard Medical School study there is
evidence the this nutrient may be powerful enough to overcome the
eating of an unhealthy diet such as a macaroni and cheese, ice cream
and pizza diet. I don’t know if I would rush our and get resveratrol
and figure you would still live a long and healthy life eating a
poorly constructed diet but there is evidence that it might go along
way in correcting the effects of a bad diet.
This group of Harvard researchers wanted to know
if this antioxidant can help us live longer, healthier lives. They
gathered up a group of middle-aged mice and fed half of them a
terrible junk food diet. To make sure it was the worst diet
possible, 60% of the calories came from fat, including trans fats!
These mice like people became over weight and wrought with health
problems and all died prematurely.
The researchers took the other half of the mice
and fed them the same exact diet at the same exact time. But in
addition to the horrible diet, these mice were given resveratrol.
The result these mice became overweight, too. But
they looked healthy and their organs functioned as normally as thin
mice eating a regular diet. the mice that were on the nutrient rich
diet lived up to 15% longer than normal. For you and me it is like
adding eleven years. In physical tests the overweight mice on
nutrients out performed thin mice without the nutrients. The tubby
mice had twice the stamina and agility as there thin brethren It was
found they performed so well because the resveratrol increases the
blood flow and increases the energy available at the cell level.. In
other studies it has been shown to double stamina in animals.
This amazing nutrient has also been shown in
vitro (read test tube)to increase heart health by decreasing
platelet aggregation and increasing blood flow. Like all nutrients
it works at the cell level giving the mitochondria the nutrients it
needs to turn fat into energy Resveratrol has been found to inhibit
the proliferation of a variety of human cancer cell lines, including
those from breast, prostate, stomach, colon, pancreatic, and thyroid
cancers Resveratrol is
found in our whole food nutritional complex
Super Fruit and Berry Antioxidant Energy Drink. It is also found
in all of our completely balanced nutritional formulas in the form
of grape seed extract and other antioxidant fruits.
You may also find it in powder and capsule form
either by itself or as a nutrient of
blueberry, bilberry or grape seed extract supplements. When
considering supplements be careful to choose quality regardless of
price. Because a nutrient is lowerpriced does not mean it is not
high quality and vice-versa. Nutrients are ruined easily by the
incorrect processing techniques. This nutrient or any nutrient is
best found in food sources or supplements that come directly from
the food sources. |
