Research findings on the benefits of Resveratrol have been astounding: its potential for healing, prevention of deseases, and longevity is nothing short of amazing!
Resveratrol is a chemical compound found in the skin of red grapes and is reputed to have enormous and diverse health benefits.
It is reputed to be beneficial for a whole hosts of diseases including cancer, heart, dementia, and other age-related diseases.
Benefits of Resveratrol
In a recent study, Resveratrol has been shown to function as a cancer chemopreventive agent.
Resveratrol was first shown to act as an antioxidant and antimutagenic agent, thus acting as an anti-initiation agent.
Their findings indicate that this natural antioxidant can help destroy pancreatic cancer cells by reaching to the cell's core energy source, or mitochondria, and crippling its function.
kills cancer cells
Additionally, researchers in Denmark recently looked at 25,000 people to find out what drinking alcohol does to mortality.
They discovered that wine drinkers slash their overall risk of dying from any cause by about 40%.
Some of the latest information about it shows that resveratrol causes a unique type of cell death and kills cancer cells.
According to Tomas Prolla, a University of Wisconsin professor of genetics who recently led a study, a natural compound found in red wine may protect the heart against the effects of the aging process.
In their study, mice were given a diet supplemented with resveratrol starting at their equivalent of middle age until old age.
They observed that the resveratrol blocked the decline in heart function typically associated with aging.
The potential benefits of resveratrol are so great that companies are falling over themselves to be best positioned to benefit from the potential financial boom that can result in the development and marketing of resveratrol.
Even GlaxoSmithKline, a huge pharmaceutical company, said in April that it would pay $720 million to buy Sirtris Pharmaceuticals Inc, a company that is developing drugs that mimic the effects of resveratrol.