The previously published research on the anti-aging benefits of this antioxidant, may have been misinterpreted, as new information has come to light. But don’t be discouraged, for there is still a great deal of potential beneficial effects from this compound!
According to Jay H. Chung, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the Laboratory of Obesity and Aging Research at the NIH's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the now increasingly popular antioxidant Resveratrol found in certain plants, and also in red wine, may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.
The researchers are now beginning to understand how Resveratrol works, after finding that by blocking a chemical called PDE4, Resveratrol triggers a series of reactions in a cell, one of which indirectly activates sirtuin 1, another chemical linked to aging.
Also, it has been recently published that the amount of the hype antioxidant in red wine may not be nearly enough for you to get the results shown in the lab research. The tests have been done with 1 gram of Resveratrol, an amount found in no less than 60 bottles of red wine!
The consensus is that we still need more information on this promising antioxidant, and that the research that has been done to date comes from in vitro testing, which can be very different from animal or human models.
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