Red Wine Resveratrol On 60 Minutes
February 5, 2009 by jody
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
It is a well known fact that a glass of red wine is beneficial to heart health.
Doctors Christoph Westphl and David Sinclair a biochemist at Harvard, studying the genetic components on aging for the past five years have discovered some exciting news about resveratrol.
The doctors focus their study on a gene (Sirtuin) found in almost all life forms. This gene is normally inactive but when activated the doctors believe that it will trigger several mechanisms that will extend life.
Doctors Westphl and Sinclair have randomly tested thousands of compounds that might do more than protect the heart. These compounds could also be effective in preventing a number of age related illnesses as well.
Dr. Sinclair stated that he was shocked when he Goggled resveratrol and found that red wine hit the top of the list for this component.
The doctors feel that in short span of time a simple pill containing resveratrol could change the aging process and age related illnesses that go with it.
The giant pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline has purchased Dr. Westphl and Sinclair’s small start-up company for 3/4 of a billion dollars.
To find more information go to this site, 60 minutes.
$750 million sounds like a lot of of money, but it is indeed an important discovery.
I also think that red wine should not be mentioned first when we are talking about resveratrol. After all, there are many other natural sources.
It is mainly extracted from japanese knotweed nowadays, because it is so cheap. Here is a list of 20! natural resveratrol sources:
http://dr-oz-resveratrol.info/a-list-of-20-natural-resveratrol-sources.html