Resveratrol — Setting the Record Straight

March 8, 2011 at 10:24 am

Resveratrol — Setting the Record Straight
Why All the Controversy About the Red-Wine Supplement?
Article appeared in March 2011 in Bottom line’s Daily Health News and was based on an interview of Dr. Joseph Maroon, nutritional expert and author of The Longevity Factor: How Resveratrol and Red Wine Activate Genes for a Longer and Healthier Life. 
Twenty healthy volunteers took a 40-milligram (mg) resveratrol extract or a placebo for six weeks, and subsequent blood tests revealed lower levels of inflammatory cytokines in the resveratrol group. Inflammation lies at the root of devastating age-related illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and Alzheimer’s, Dr. Maroon notes.