You’ve probably seen or heard the advertising for resveratrol supplements that has proliferated on television and the Internet. And you may be wondering, Exactly what is resveratrol? What’s all the excitement about this natural substance?
Resveratrol is a phytochemical, an antioxidant found in some plants. Because it is abundantly present in the skins and seeds of [...]
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In the early years of the 21st century, Dr. David Sinclair of Harvard Medical School and Christoph Westphal, a venture capitalist, co-founded Sirtris Pharmaceuticals to continue Sinclair’s research on anti aging resveratrol effects. Sinclair had discovered that the red wine ingredient resveratrol seemed to have life-extending powers in mice. This might explain, he thought, the [...]
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