Researching the effects of resveratrol on weight loss include a company called Biogen, a health expert named Johnny Bowden and scientists in New Zeland and Germany. And they're all finding positive links.
Resveratrol is the antioxidant compound in red wine that is currently hyped as the new "fountain of youth". Could it be the "tower of thin" as well?
Resveratrol has been clinically linked to preventing cancer, destroying bad bacteria in your gut, preventing atherosclerosis, and improving Type 2 Diabetes symptoms. And now scientists in New Zeland and Illinois have a study showing rats gain less weight taking an antioxidant resveratrol supplement than those that did not.
The animals that took the antioxidant ate 8% less than their placebo partners. Dr. Abdul Molan, the lead researcher, said "Antioxidants may trigger receptors in your upper intestine that tell the brain you're full". Nutritionist Johnny Bowden thinks it is possible this is why the same result is being touted by his website readers.
At the University of Ulm in Germany, researchers found that resveratrol prevented pre-fat cells from turning into mature fat cells. The also found that resveratrol reduced the production of certain cytokines. Cytokines are substances currently linked to obesity-disorders like diabetes, clogged arteries, and heart attacks.
The study fits in with the idea that red wine is responsible for the "French Paradox". That's the enigma behind why the French eat a high-fat diet but do not gain much weight.
Resveratrol may also be the most powerful anti-aging tool around. Studies at Universities and labs nationwide, including Harvard, have shown the life spans of yeast cells, worms and mice to have been dramatically lengthened after administering resveratrol.
