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Part 1 Resveratrol… The Amazing Fountain of Youth Enhancement
By admin | June 1, 2010
Resveratrol is a buzz word in health science research. It is hailed as the discovery of “the fountain of youth” . In the past 10 years over 500 medical research studies were performed. These studies consistently demonstrate that life expectancy can be increased an adjusted 25 to 35 years, as evidenced by good animal studies.
Burgundy France prompted this rush of research because longevity with humans was shown to be increased by 46% in a scientific study, in spite of a lousy fat diet.
A Harvard Medical School professor says “The red wine chemical resveratrol extends the life of every organism we give it to.” Many animal experiments have already been conducted and virtually all species have extended live spans in spite of even terrible, fatty diets.
As mentioned already, a 46 percent longer life span was found in Burgundy France. High levels of resveratrol are found in the grape skins of the Burgundy red grapes.
Burgundy is a tough growing climate environment and grapes that survive here have especially high resveratrol content. The Monrovian purple grape appears to have 25 times more resveratrol than other grapes. Its effect is labeled the “French Paradox”.
How does resveratrol work? It stimulates a longevity gene. This triggers a defense enzyme that increases the individual’s ability to repair itself. This helps cancel oxidative damage that robs you of longevity; it helps prevent health breakdown.
Oxidative damage is the chief cause of destructive aging and resveratrol is a powerful antioxidant that helps prevent this.
By preventing oxidative damage the genetic code (DNA) is preserved from a more rapid, age related destruction. Free radicals, the cause of oxidative damage, shorten your life.
Recent animal studies show that increasing the levels of resveratrol increases the number of mitochondria inside all cells of the body. The significance of this is that mitochondria are the energy factories for individual cells.
One benefit of increasing the number of mitochondria is the reduction of fat. The more efficient the energy production, the more efficient the fat burn by these energy factories.
The second benefit of increased resveratrol is activation of the longevity gene. (This is clearly proven by longevity studies on humans). Where there are high levels of resveratrol, long term, this means as much as a 46 percent increase in life expectancy . . . as was shown in Burgundy, France.
This longevity gene, SIRT1, promotes better glucose and insulin control which translates into more energy, reduction of fat and less diabetes.
Resveratrol is an exciting breakthrough that is not yet fully revealed to mainstream America. It has great promise as a life extending supplement and enemy of degenerative diseases. It appears to be a fountain of youth enhancement that can easily be applied…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.
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