Comprehensive Library Of Resveratrol News

At this point in time, April 2011, going on seven years since resveratrol was first heralded on the front page of The New York Times, progress in resveratrol research has been slow and there has been virtually no adoption of this molecule into the armamentarium of modern medicine, despite it being one of the most powerful molecules uncovered in nature.

So far, according to a report published in Wine Spectator entitled “Resveratrol Science Hits A Wall,” resveratrol has not been shown to be a fountain of youth in animal studies.  Of course, human longevity studies would provide conclusive evidence but are impractical due to the many decades they would take to complete.

After reviewing over 100 studies, leading resveratrol researcher Dipak Das PhD, of the University of Connecticut, says there is no scientific basis to date to call resveratrol a fountain of youth. In fact, the most convincing evidence for resveratrol is provided within the context of the Mediterranean diet, taken with a meal and red wine, which is a concentrated but low-dose source of resveratrol.

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