According to a study on mice released on 6-4-08, scientists report that the chemical resveratrol, commonly found in red wine, can help to keep heart tissues young, delay aging and accomplish this at lower concentration levels than previously expected. Researchers believe a glass of red wine a day might provide all the resveratrol the heart needs.
Previous studies have reported the amount of resveratrol required to have beneficial effects was equal to what would be found in hundreds of bottles of red wine. Some scientists question the findings maintaining that only high dose supplements of resveratrol potentially provide better results.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison study concluded that low doses of resveratrol added to diets of middle-aged mice helped keep hearts healthy by influencing the genetic levers responsible for aging.
University of Wisconsin-Madison genetics professor and study co-author Tomas Prolla states: “If someone is interested in obtaining the necessary levels of resveratrol through their diets alone, which includes a glass of red wine or two every day, then our conclusions strongly support that this amount of red wine will help prevent the heart from premature aging”.
The study starts with the assumption that resveratrol may work in ways similar to caloric restriction. CR retards many aspects of the aging process in mammals, including age-related mortality, tumor genesis and physiological decline, the study reads.
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Nice article and confirms the info I’ve been reading as well. And, as a bit of “field study,” my hubby and I a couple of friends and family enjoyed last weekend in Sonoma reviewing the resveratrol levels of various winemaker’s wares (aka, wine tasting).
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