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Resveratrol — Setting the Record Straight
Posted on 29. Apr, 2011 by Longevity Link Editor in Uncategorized
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.
