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Red wine compound brings new meaning to ‘young at heart’
Resveratrol, the compound found in red wine that has attracted significant attention among health researches of late, may protect the heart from aging, researchers announced last week.
One intriguing and potentially important aspect of this study is that the mice tested were given relatively low doses of resveratrol compared to earlier research that used mega-doses — and those middle-aged mice still experienced important aging-related benefits, the researchers said.
The lead researcher in the study from the University of Wisconsin said he expects to see a lot of studies in the coming years on the effects of resveratrol supplementation in people. (Put those hands down, people, it’s too soon to volunteer! Besides, resveratrol is found in grape juice, too, not just the fermented stuff …)
As the Reuters story notes at the end of its story, funding for the study came in part from a Swiss company that produces a resveratrol product.
The full text of the research findings is available here.
Methinks we haven’t heart the last of resveratrol …
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By Ed
June 9, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this
Oh man! I’m gonna live to be 100!