Resveratrol : Benefits of Red Wine in a Pill

 

Some benefits of this magic pill or red wine:

Heart healthy :  It is  believed to  help widen the arteries – making it easier for blood to flow freely through and works at reducing the  clogging of the arteries).

Anti aging : My favorite and the real reason I take it It has a high antioxidant level and has the second highest ORAC (Oxegyn Retaining Absorbance Capacity ) score, second only to pomegranate. ORAC is a standardized test adopted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to measure the Total Antioxidant Potency of foods and nutritional supplements. Seeing how highly rated red wine is, no wonder it is touted to have anti-aging properties.

Weight Loss : It is said to activate the SiRT1 gene in people. This gene comes alive when you excercise and restrict calories by  working  to break down stored fat in the body. This pill can kick your metabolism into overdrive and can potentially helping lose fat and achieve wt loss goals. I myself found this to be true when I started taking Resveratrol.  I gradually lost pounds over a few months.

Cancer fighting : It has been linked to certain types of cancer, particularly Leukemia.  It appears to  inhibit the cell proliferation often largely responsible for the disease. The reason again could be due to the high ORAC score and high level of antioxidants.

There are many kinds of Resvertrol products available today in the liquid and pill form in health food stores and local drug stores. I get mine from www.vitacost.com because I buy all my vitamins from there and find quality vitamins for less. Considering the number of supplements I take, I need reasonably priced ones or I may go bankrupt. I probably should have written somewhere that I haven’t been paid by the Resveratrol company to write this I just believe so much in this supplement I had to write about it.

To read more in my A- Z  Blogging challenge, click here and check back tomorrow to read my post on the letter S. I am doing a post on sugar substitutes ! Sweet !!

This post is dedicated to a friend I lost who was very fond of Red Wine !