Resveratrol

Find out the facts about resveratrol and red wine in a no nonsense way! Research is finding that resveratrol and red wine, and the main ingredient in red wine, which is resveratrol, may be healthy for your heart.

Resveratrol Benefits The resveratrol benefits have been studied by scientists. A recent study by researchers from the University of Leicester in the UK involving 20 patients with resectable colon cancer, who were all scheduled for surgery, were each given a daily dose of Resveratrol. Ten of the patients received a 0.5 g dose and the [...]

News agencies recently aired a report that a human study was suddenly halted due to safety concerns over the combined use of a drug, SRT501 modeled after resveratrol, combined with a toxic chemotherapy cancer drug, bortezomib (Velcade), among patients with myeloma (bone marrow cancer). The combination of drugs was suggested by researchers in attempt to [...]

Scientists from John Hopkins University recently published their findings in a study on lab mice that showed resveratrol may shield the brain from the negative affects of a stroke. The researchers, lead by Dr Sylvain Dore, state that it may not be resveratrol that is inhibiting the brain damage directly, but it may actually be [...]