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05-02-2012, 07:02 PM
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Have you ever heard of resveratrol? Neither had we. It's the plant compound found in redwine, said to help prevent cancer and diabetes. Now itmay even prolong your life (http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-resveratrol-20120501,0,7425264.story). New research from the National Institutes ofHealth and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research has come out contradicting a2010 claim by the NationalInstitutes for Aging (http://www.sens.org/node/1759) that resveratrol does not extend lifespan. Doubts hadcaused the pharmaceutical company Sirtris to stop its clinical trials of resveratrol lastyear in an effort to develop an anti-aging pill, but this natural compound found ingrapes, blueberries and red wine is now back on the map, due to a new study that appearedin the May issue of Cell Metabolism. The NIH and the Glenn Foundation discoveredsomething new that the NIA research did not: resveratrol's anti-aging effects only workswhen a specific gene is present, namely SIRT1. In other words, no SIRT1, no anti-agingeffects -- which means that resveratrol's influence on the gene is significant. One new piece of evidence, and suddenly it might bepossible to live forever -- or at least for research to continue into the development ofan anti-aging pill. Continue Reading (http://www.askmen.com/sports/news/stay-young.html)

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