The French Paradox: Resveratrol

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Resveratrol

http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/cancer1/altthrpy3.htm#Resveratrol

 

This is a bioflavonoid found in the skin of dark grapes. It is thought that

Resveratrol is responsible for the French Paradox: the French diet is a high fat

diet, yet they have the lowest incidence of heart disease among all nations.

Why?

 

Because the French drink wine with meals. Red wines contain a high concentration

of resveratrol.

 

In studies conducted at the College of Pharmacy at the UIC campus it was

discovered that resveratrol might prevent cancer

 

(Jang, M., Cai, L., Udeani, G.O., Slowing, K.V., Thomas, C.F., Beecher, C.W.W.,

Fong, H.H.S., Farnsworth, N.R., Kinghorn, A.D., Mehta, R.G., Moon, R.C. and

Pezzuto, J.M. Science volume 10:218-221, 1997).

 

In a current study, they were able to show that resveratrol was effective during

all three phases of the cancer process: initiation, promotion and progression.

 

In one controlled study performed on mice, it was found that resveratrol reduced

the number of skin-cancer tumors up to 98%.

 

In one more study, Resveratrol was added to a test tube of human leukemia cells

and it stopped the production of abnormal cells; it turned cancer cells into

normal cells.

 

Resveratrol inhibits the body's production of the COX (cycoloxygenase) enzyme.

This enzyme stimulates tumor growth and suppresses the immune system.

 

By reducing COX, resveratrol halts the chain reaction that allows cancer to

spread throughout the body.

 

Resveratrol is available in health food stores, however, a Montreal-based

pharmaceutical company has synthesized a pure form of trans-resveratrol, known

by the brand name Resverin, and is currently being used in resveratrol studies

sponsored by the U.S. National Cancer Institute. It is considered a dietary

supplement, also available in health food stores in the U.S. and parts of

Canada.

 

Food high in resveratrol are concord grapes (the wild form are even more

potent), blueberries, and red grapes.

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