Archive for the 'Resveratrol' Category

Resveratrol Wine

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Resveratrol is a substance contained in almost all grape skins. This includes wine grapes, muscadines and most green and red grapes. We do need to pause and illustrate that red grapes contain more anti-oxidants per pound that white grapes. This is true of most purple berries and grapes. The purple fruits contain the most anti-oxidants [...]

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Resveratrol and Toxicity

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Resveratrol is a substance contained in plants that is released during an immune reaction and has been found to increase the lifespan of some invertebrates and a single lower vertebrate animal. The measures used to obtain these results involved giving massive doses of resveratrol to fish. The doses were so high that it killed some [...]

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Resveratrol Supplements

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

Resveratrol is a substance that some scientists have proven can extend life by more than 50% in lower invertebrate animals. Resveratrol does not originate in the animal kingdom at all but in the plant kingdom. This substance is produced by plants to fight infection and invasion from foreign bodies. Resveratrol has a mass of 228.24 [...]

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Muscadine Resveratrol

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

Muscadines are a great source of the plant immunity chemical resveratrol. This natural substance is produced when plants fight off pathogens like fungi or bacteria. Scientists have isolated this chemical and made it available in supplements. The most common derivative comes from Japanese knotweed. The use of muscadines is related to their resveratrol content. Red [...]

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Resveratrol and Food Metabolism

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Resveratrol is a substance contained in plants that is released during an immune reaction. Resveratrol has been shown to reduce blood sugar and increase the metabolism in lower mammals. Some people believe it enhances the SIRT1 gene in humans. The SIRT1 gene is one associated with humans who naturally have a higher metabolism. These are [...]

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