Health Benefits of Polyphenols
In mammals, there is a growing evidence that resveratrol can prevent or delay the onset of cancer, heart disease, ischemic and chemically induced injuries, diabetes, pathological inflammation, and viral infection.
Since the myths of ancient Greece, quest for the fountain of youth to the thriving plastic surgery clinics throughout the world today, the search for longevity, vitality, and a youthful appearance goes on. We have come come to realize the importance of preventive medicine. How much better it would be to prevent disease and improve health in later life rather than to prolong, at times, misery, and even dying.
Over the last hundred years, we have witnessed dramatic improvements in nutrition, housing, medical care, public health facilities, accident prevention, and infection control. The diseases that once caused early death now are uncommon. Aging itself is now considered by many to be the primary disease process. As with all disease, intense research is under way to elucidate the basic causes of aging. They include damage by free-radical reactions, suppression of the immune system with age, molecular changes between sugars and proteins that lead to a steady stiffening of tissues, and, finally, the accumulation of genetic mutations that damage mitochondria and nuclear DNA.
If we lose our ability to repair damaged cells, aging occurs prematurely If through diet, exercise, and reduced internal and external stress, our genes maintain healthy repair mechanisms, longevity ensues. It is in this context that the sirtuin gene activators found in stressed plant polyphenol molecules work. They help to repair genes and make them more resistant to damage, thereby increasing longevity by reducing cell death. With the discovery of the so-called longevity genes, which are really “super repair genes”, science has finally found a cure for aging.
Health Benefits of Resveratrol
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