A natural by product of red wine has been discovered to increase life expectancy. It is called Resveratol, and comes from the skin of red grapes. It may now be possible to age gracefully. And all without the reliance on harsh chemical treatments or surgery. The French have enjoyed the fruits of resveratrol for decades, by enjoying the company of red wine.

Now pharmaceutical giants are rushing resveratrol supplements into production with great speed. The studies so far on resveratrol have been limited to flies, mice and worms. The studies revealed that flies live 30% longer, and fish and worms by 60%.

From the National Institute of Aging at Harvard Medical School, Dr Rafael de Cabo concluded that, resveratrol countered most of the side effects of the highly calorific diet that the mice were fed. The high calorie diet caused them no adverse health effects.

Other studies have also shown resveratrol to be useful in the battle against cancer and diabetes. It is promising to think that accelerated aging, diabetes and cancer could one day be treated with this natural compound.

In this era of highly saturated fats being ever more prevalant in the modern diet and the inevitable onslaught of obesity, it seems one may now be able to enjoy those guilty pleasures and get away with it. The mice who were fed a modern equivalent to a high fat diet, along with resveratrol actually lived longer than the control group of mice who weren’t fed resveratrol.

Another study by the University of Rochester revealed that the natural antioxidant resveratrol can help destroy pancreatic cancer cells from reaching the cell’s core energy sources called mitochondria. As the cancer has nothing to feed on, it therefore cannot grow.

There has been a lot of hype surrounding new wonder supplements and their claims. Most of them have just alluded to slightly promoting their cause. Resveratrol really hit the headlines after statistics revealed that a large percentage of France’s occupants eat a highly saturated fat and high calorie diet, yet the instance of heart disease is lower than that of America’s.

At least this will not involve any suspect medical practices, as resveratrol is a natural product. No genetic engineering or remaps are needed in any experiments. The research findings have been promising to date, and more information is being gathered daily. The future is certainly bright for resveratrol.