Resveratrol dosage

Recent studies have shown that resveratrol has many health benefits, such as cardiovascular and cancer preventive properties. Researchers have found that resveratrol, found in red wine, extends survival in mice. How do we make practical use of this finding? How do we know the appropriate resveratrol dosage for longevity?

Resveratrol, an Anti-Aging Supplement? But what is the right dose?
Harvard researchers tested the wine extract resveratrol in high dosages on middle aged mice. Resveratrol supplementation shifted the physiology of middle-aged mice on a high-calorie diet towards that of mice on a standard diet and significantly increased their survival. The news media took a hold of this finding and one headline said, "Compound found in red wine and grapes extends lifespan of mice." What makes this interesting is that in previous studies over the past few years, resveratrol was found to have a similar benefit on yeast, flies and worms. This was the first evaluation of resveratrol on survival extension in mammals. One group of mice ate a normal diet. The second was fed a high-calorie diet and the third had the same high calorie diet but was given resveratrol supplements. By the time the mice were 114 weeks old, about 60 percent in the high-calorie group had died, compared to about 40 percent in the low calorie diet group and the group with the high calorie diet supplemented with resveratrol. The mice taking resveratrol had healthier heart and liver tissue, decreased blood sugar levels, better insulin sensitivity and were more active than the other rodents.
   Comments: Will a resveratrol supplement help you live longer? We won't know until resveratrol, in varying dosages, is given to hundreds or thousands of people for at least 10 to 20 years, and we are not aware of any large scale resveratrol human studies testing for lifespan extension that have started. Do we wait a couple of decades for more research or do we start taking a resveratrol supplement now? We don't think anyone knows for sure, and there can be a legitimate number of opinions on this topic. We can only tell you what I plan to do. We will take a resveratrol product in a 10 mg dosage once or twice a week and drink an ounce or two of red wine some evenings with dinner. Wine has several additional beneficial polyphenolic substances with antioxidant properties.

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