What is Resveratrol?

Resveratrol research was intensified when it was identified as a component in red wine that may be partly responsible for the "French Paradox," which means the ability to eat a higher fat diet with less heart disease than the rest of the western world. Research shows that resveratrol helps your liver metabolise fat and helps break down stored fat contained in your white adipose tissue.

Resveratrol is a type of polyphenol known as a stilbenoid, which is produced in grapes, billberries and other plants to protect themselves from bacterial and fungal infection, and to a lesser extent from UV radiation. It was discovered that grapes growing in damp and moldy areas had the highest content of resveratrol of any known commonly consumed food/beverage. Resveratrol is obviously a potent anti-fungal compound and antioxidant.

Resveratrol is a different compound than the flavonoid proanthocyanidins (OPC) of grape seed extracts, which also contribute to the notion of the French Paradox.

Dietary supplements of resveratrol are typically derived from the roots of Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum). It is readily absorbed, reaching peak blood levels in 30 minutes, and then rather rapidly cleared by your liver. Thus, it is better to spread out intake during the day than take a large amount all at once.

The implications of this research, thus far, are mind-boggling, clearly showing significant extension of life span. Resveratrol has implication for aiding weight loss and simply losing weight healthfully will improve your cardiovascular health. If resveratrol is able to help you in this endeavor, regardless of any other cardiovascular help it provides, then it is a success as a cardio-friendly nutrient.

There is plenty of animal and cell science to predict that resveratrol assists the healthy structure and function of your cardiovascular system in multiple ways. It has been found to reduce the stickiness or adherence of immune cells to the walls of arteries, prevent adverse changes in the smooth muscle cells of arteries that lead to plaque accumulation, boost friendly nitric oxide levels (eNOS) that relax arteries and improve blood flow, help keep platelets from sticking together, reduce irregular heart beats, and reduce circulatory inflammation. It even helps protect against circulatory damage from high blood sugar. (in "modern" medicine, each one of these points requires a different drug that has other adverse side effects).

Resveratrol, as does grape seed extract, operates in part as a protector of human body structure due to its anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Resveratrol has, in animal studies shown that it may help bone health, reduce cataracts, help coordination, reduces disk deterioration and protects joints, guards against Parkinson's, improves erectile performance, protects the liver, protects the pancreas, and helps regulate cell health while protecting against adverse cell changes.

This is an impressive science-backed support for any one nutrient. The anti-aging promise may be real. The huge scientific interest in the compound ensures that you will be hearing a lot more about it in the very near future.

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