Resveratrol, a compound found in grapes and red wine, might help with age-related maladies, according to Reuters, by providing heart benefits, enabling stronger bones and preventing eye cataracts; researchers said on Thursday.
The study was led by Rafael de Cabo, unit chief of the laboratory of experimental gerontology at the National Institute on Aging in Baltimore, who also worked with David A. Sinclair, of Harvard Medical School. They published their results in the July 3 online issue of Cell Metabolism, the Washington Post reported.
The study involved middle-aged mice who were fed low-calorie diets and high-calorie diets along with low or high resveratrol doses. The mice fed high-calorie diets and resveratrol outlived the mice that were just fed high-calories and no resveratrol, Reuters reported.
The higher resveratrol and higher-calorie diets had similar effects to low-calorie diets and low-resveratrol diets in terms of health benefits, the Post reported.
Resveratrol can help you to lead a long and healthy life so says Dr. Oz.
Red wine alone does not supply enough resveratrol to achieve the
full range of benefits. You need to take high potency resveratrol
supplements to achieve the results documented in scientific studies.
Resveratrol Supplements can also help you control your weight naturally
by increasing energy, reducing cravings, and limiting your appetite.
According to Wikipedia, Consumer Lab, an independent dietary
supplement and over the counter products evaluation organization,
published a report on 13 November 2007 on the popular resveratrol
supplements. The organization reported that there exists a wide range
in quality, dose, and price among the 13 resveratrol products
evaluated. The actual amount of resveratrol contained in the
different brands range from 2.2mg for Revatrol, which claimed to have
400mg of "Red Wine Grape Complex", to 500mg for Biotivia.com Transmax,
which is consistent with the amount claimed on the product's label.
Prices per 100mg of resveratrol ranged from less than $.30 for
products made by Biotivia.com, jarrow, and country life, to a high of
$45.27 for the Revatrol brand.
