Comprehensive Library Of Resveratrol News

Oh, that’s just a headline to gain your attention.  However, it is based upon recently published science (Frontiers in Physiology July 18, 2019) showing the red wine molecule RESVERATROL “mitigated” partial (0.38 g) gravity conditions as found on the planet Mars in laboratory animals.

Resveratrol was shown to preserve muscle function and mitigate muscle atrophy (shrinkage) in partial gravity conditions among laboratory mice.  Scientifically resveratrol is already known as a physical exercise mimetic.

While there are zero space travelers to Mars at the present time, this research has application to humans living into their eighth and ninth decades who experience bone and muscle loss, a condition called sarcopenia.

Recently a complex of amino acids and resveratrol along with other nutrients was demonstrated to positively affect muscle mass and muscle strength in healthy humans (avg. age 68 years).  In another laboratory study resveratrol was equivalent to exercise in preserving muscle mass and grip strength of aged rats.  Physical exercise + resveratrol has recently been demonstrated to increase muscle fiber by 45% and reversed sarcopenia in aged (65-80 years old) humans.  Resveratrol would theoretically have application for long-term bedridden humans whose muscles shrink with disuse.

Travel to Mars is at this point a subject that goes beyond science fiction (it is a conceptual goal NASA).  But it’s obvious NASA uses talk about trips to Mars to maintain funding.

From a health standpoint, space travel comes with physical challenges such as cosmic radiation and weightlessness.

Technology entrepreneur Elon Musk says space-travelers can start reserving seats on his SpaceX Starship that intends to land on Mars at some time in the near future.  Now if Elon Musk began taking a resveratrol pill to prepare for his own space travel, one would expect another 250,000 wanna-be space travelers to follow his lead and begin taking resveratrol pills.  That is the number of people who had the guts to sign up for a one-way trip to Mars.  However, that number was whittled down to 100 hopeful space explorers who would spend 7 months traveling to this distant planet.

Cosmic radiation protection at what dose?

The scientific report states a “moderate” dose of resveratrol (150 milligrams per kilogram/2.2 lbs. of body weight) was employed in laboratory mice, which is equivalent to 10,500 milligrams in a 160-lb. human, which would require consumption of ten 1000-mg resveratrol pills a day.  However, mice have greater surface exposure and heat loss and therefore much higher rates of metabolism than humans.  A much lower dose would suffice in humans.

Resveratrol: universal protector against radiation risks

Resveratrol also protects against cosmic radiation, even in remarkably low-dose concentrations.  In fact, resveratrol is a universal protector against all forms of radiation.  Resveratrol is also a natural sunscreen for solar UV radiation.

A more prevalent public concern has arisen on earth over possible adverse effects from 5G radio frequency radiation emitted by cell phone towers.  However, exposure to solar radiation is far greater than what is emitted from 5G cell phone towers.  5G radiation is non-ionizing, that is, it does not remove an electron from an atom or molecule.  So far, 5G radiation poses only theoretical health risks.  Actual risk is near zero.  But the public is not totally convinced.  Zero health risk is what the public demands.  A test of 5G radiation in animals showed a very slight increased risk for cancer in lab animals, but that was at greater radiation exposure than most humans would be subjected to.