Resveratrol – At 100 times the Punch!
The French and Italians have known it for centuries, and have been enjoying the health benefits of good wine and food amongst world catastrophes and miracles. But still, our learned scientists can’t seem to agree if wine actually is good for your health, and if it is, why?
Almost everyday you hear via the news a new slant on the argument, and recently it seems to swing between “wine is good for you”, and “wine has no benefit to your health”, or even that wine is bad for you.
To me, the French paradox is telling. How can a society that has a high fat diet (higher than many western countries), contrarily have one of the lowest heart disease rates on the planet. They certainly don’t exercise anymore, and they certainly don’t smoke any less, I would think on the contrary. What they do do is drink substantially more wine, specifically red wine, per head of population from a very early age.
Of course this is all very old news, but still our scientists and health authorities feel the need to prove the benefits. It is a loaded area of investigation however, as the blurry line between drinking in moderation and drinking a little too much is well, very blurry. Drinking a bottle of red on your own every night is obviously not good for your health.
It is surprising however that it has taken so long for someone to try and cash in on the perceived benefits of wine on your health. A doctor here in Australia has developed a method of making wine with 100 times more resveratrol (the compound in red grapes responsible for a healthier heart) that standard red wine. He has succeeded in making both a red and a white wine that contains approximately 100mg/L of resveratrol, claiming that is has absolutely no effect on taste or smell. As is usually the case, the consumer will decide this.
It will be interesting to follow this story and we might even try to get our hands on some here at the Wine Blokes. It well could be a revolutionary step in the new world of wine.
The wonder ingredient in wine is indeed resveratrol. Dr. David Sinclair, Associate Professor of Pathology and Co-Director of the
Laboratories for the Biological Mechanisms of Aging at Harvard Medical School is the leader in research into the anti-aging
properties of resveratrol. The current studies performed by Dr. Sinclair and many other researchers have shown great promise
for resveratrol treating the diseases of aging. There are numerous articles that I have linked to at my website –
http://resveratrol.webiage.com – that document the findings for the potential health benefits in treating heart disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, obesity, and other diseases.
Concerning supplements containing a high quality and potency of resveratrol that is necessary to achieve the dosage levels
utilized in the lab tests, there is a new product called Vivix. Dr. Sinclair partnered with Shaklee Corporation, the number
one natural nutrition company in the U.S. (http://www.shaklee.com/index.shtml), to produce a liquid resveratrol supplement
that is 10 times stronger than resveratrol alone due to its patented formulation of polyphenols. Dr. Sinclair also serves on Shaklee’s Scientific Advisory Board (http://www.shaklee.com/company_sab_dsinclair.shtml.)
Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Oz are both users and promoters of Shaklee products and Oprah has featured Roger Barnett, Chairman and
CEO of Shaklee (http://www.shaklee.com/company_lead_ceo.shtml), on her show.
So for a highly researched resveratrol supplement of exceptional quality, please visit –
http://www.shaklee.net/davidhynes/vivix – to discover more about Vivix.
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