Resveratrol From Red Wine For Heart Health

Getting lots of press attention as of late is the non-flavanoid, organic resveratrol. The potential benefits in protection against strong heart disease risk factors looks very promising. Resveratrol is the main ingredient getting lots of focus lately even though there are other antioxidants found in red wine. I think it’s time we pay attention.

Research involving mice has indicated that resveratrol may be capable of preventing artery blockages, blood clots and damage to blood vessels, as well as reducing “bad” cholesterol. Study results showed that it might also help protect against diabetes and even obesity.

Since red wine ferments with the skins on longer than white wine does, red wine has more resveratrol. The skins of grapes are where the resveratrol comes from. Getting your resveratrol solely from red wine to equal the dosage levels used in these studies you would need to consume over 100 bottles a day. This is obviously not a sensible prescription, so the more logical option has people looking towards supplementation.

Although nothing can be officially endorsed at this time because studies are still being performed, supplements do seem like the best option for resveratrol. You can find resveratrol in other foods like peanuts and blueberries, as well as grape juice, the levels are difficult to sustain and track because the amounts found in these foods vary greatly. It seems to me that a combination of the three would make the most sense: use your one glass of red wine per day to wash down your resveratrol supplement pills and cranberry peanut trail mix. Hopefully the future research studies will be to find out how many vineyards are being bought by unemployed cardiologists.