Resveratrol can help you lose fat & fight type II diabetes….
Today's post: Thursday, 8-2-2007
Taking resveratrol also slows aging & may partially reverse aging in some cases. And, it might increase your physical endurance while exercising.
Today, August 2, 2007, the health news email, “ Bottom Line's Daily Health News “, that I subscribe to had an article with some key points that I thought worth summarizing & posting here.
(I don’t agree with everything they publish. But they do have some excellent info often.
To get: Bottom Line's Daily Health News, go to:
www.bottomlinesecrets.com/e2/e2_signup.html
“Four times each week Bottom Line's editorial team will e-mail you ... We'll bring you the latest news from the world's best….” )
Here’s my summary of their article & my comments.:
Resveratrol is found in the skin of purple & red grapes & in the red wines that are made from them.
In a Harvard Medical School study, researchers fed overfed aging mice, simulating the way many people in the United States & elsewhere now eat.
Some of the mice were just overfed & fed food that was 60% fat. And, some were also given resveratrol in addition to being overfed the same diet.
The mice that were also given resveratrol:
1. Had lower levels of blood glucose & insulin, healthier livers, & lived longer by enough to suggest humans given that much resveratrol per pound of bodyweight would live several years longer.
2. Had better insulin sensitivity & blood sugar control.
3. Had more of the mitochondria that produce energy within cells & their mitochondria also worked better. So they were quicker & better coordinated than the mice that got no resveratrol.
4. In another study, mice that were given high levels of resveratrol doubled their exercise endurance compared with those that were not.
These findings strongly suggest that people who eat right & exercise regularly would find it much easier to lose fat & do well with their exercise programs if they also took resveratrol.
And, it suggests that people who do these all things, including taking resveratrol, would be dramatically less likely to get type II diabetes or, if they already have it, to be much more successful managing it & with fewer drugs than would otherwise be the case.
The editor of Bottom Line's Daily Health News interviewed Mark Hyman, MD author of UltraMetabolism, & one of the world’s most thoughtfully & intelligently innovative doctors.
His first comment is that drinking red wine won’t give you the amount of resveratrol the mice were given. The mice were given more resveratrol for their bodyweight than a human would get from drinking “hundreds of bottles” of red wine a day.
He also made a point that in people no supplement you can take – including resveratrol -- can over-ride horribly bad health habits.
He also pointed out that this research confirms what he has found separately, “that glucose control, insulin sensitivity and mitochondrial function are key factors in aging. And, that when these things are in poor shape, people get many diseases & disabilities.
Dr. Hyman then recommended NOT eating junk food & processed foods, (which contain sugar & refined grains, to which I’d add also have too much salt & often have unhealthy fats.)
He recommended eating lots of vegetables, nuts, beans, fruit, & eating other health OK protein foods & fats. He recommended wild caught fish that are high in omega 3 oils in particular.
He points out that eating right & stopping eating junk foods has similar effects as the researchers found by giving their mice resveratrol.
He also points out, as I did in an earlier post that many other supplements do some of the things the researchers found that resveratrol did.
He points out that:
CoQ10 improves mitochondrial function. Chromium supplements help control blood sugar levels.
acetyl-l-carnitine, alpha-lipoic acid, magnesium & purified fish oil all tend to improve both mitochondrial function & help control blood sugar levels.
He then adds that regular exercise tends to keep your mitochondria healthy. His specific advice is so good I quote it here.:
“ Each week, make it a point to schedule two to three 20-minute strength-training sessions, and at least three 30-minute periods of aerobic conditioning.” (You also have to almost always DO the exercises you’ve scheduled.)
He also recommends alternating intense or fast exercise with easier or slower exercise or “interval training.”
Strength training tends to produce this alternating of intensity by making you work hard on each set & then you rest briefly in between sets. But, in cardio or aerobic exercise, you need to produce this alternation yourself.
Many health experts, including Dr Al Sears who write for Early to Rise are now advocating that kind of aerobic exercise.
It does seem to be much more effective in helping you lose fat & in improving insulin resistance & blood sugar control. It’s also been found to get you in good shape faster than exercising at a single speed in your cardio workout.
Dr Hyman then suggests to “*Practice effective stress management & “Reduce your exposure to toxins.”
I agree with him that following his advice & taking the other supplements he recommends will give you very similar if not better results than the mice that were fed resveratrol. I said as much in an earlier post myself.
But this article has motivated me to also take resveratrol in addition. It sounds like my efforts to tame & reduce my “fluffy tummy” will work better & I’ll do better in my cardio exercises.
It may also help me live longer & in better health.
I don’t agree with everything Dr Hyman says & I find some of his advice undoable for me. But the quality of what he says that I do agree with & his advice I can follow is unbelievably good. And, some of his work on a new paradigm in medicine is so good he could one day win the Nobel Prize in medicine.
Here’s more information on Dr Hyman from the “Bottom Line's Daily Health News” article.”
“Mark Hyman, MD, founder and medical director of The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, Massachusetts, author of UltraMetabolism (Scribner) and The UltraSimple Diet (Pocket).
Dr. Hyman is the former co-medical director of Canyon Ranch, and editor-in-chief of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal in alternative medicine.”
Today's post: Thursday, 8-2-2007
Taking resveratrol also slows aging & may partially reverse aging in some cases. And, it might increase your physical endurance while exercising.
Today, August 2, 2007, the health news email, “ Bottom Line's Daily Health News “, that I subscribe to had an article with some key points that I thought worth summarizing & posting here.
(I don’t agree with everything they publish. But they do have some excellent info often.
To get: Bottom Line's Daily Health News, go to:
www.bottomlinesecrets.com/e2/e2_signup.html
“Four times each week Bottom Line's editorial team will e-mail you ... We'll bring you the latest news from the world's best….” )
Here’s my summary of their article & my comments.:
Resveratrol is found in the skin of purple & red grapes & in the red wines that are made from them.
In a Harvard Medical School study, researchers fed overfed aging mice, simulating the way many people in the United States & elsewhere now eat.
Some of the mice were just overfed & fed food that was 60% fat. And, some were also given resveratrol in addition to being overfed the same diet.
The mice that were also given resveratrol:
1. Had lower levels of blood glucose & insulin, healthier livers, & lived longer by enough to suggest humans given that much resveratrol per pound of bodyweight would live several years longer.
2. Had better insulin sensitivity & blood sugar control.
3. Had more of the mitochondria that produce energy within cells & their mitochondria also worked better. So they were quicker & better coordinated than the mice that got no resveratrol.
4. In another study, mice that were given high levels of resveratrol doubled their exercise endurance compared with those that were not.
These findings strongly suggest that people who eat right & exercise regularly would find it much easier to lose fat & do well with their exercise programs if they also took resveratrol.
And, it suggests that people who do these all things, including taking resveratrol, would be dramatically less likely to get type II diabetes or, if they already have it, to be much more successful managing it & with fewer drugs than would otherwise be the case.
The editor of Bottom Line's Daily Health News interviewed Mark Hyman, MD author of UltraMetabolism, & one of the world’s most thoughtfully & intelligently innovative doctors.
His first comment is that drinking red wine won’t give you the amount of resveratrol the mice were given. The mice were given more resveratrol for their bodyweight than a human would get from drinking “hundreds of bottles” of red wine a day.
He also made a point that in people no supplement you can take – including resveratrol -- can over-ride horribly bad health habits.
He also pointed out that this research confirms what he has found separately, “that glucose control, insulin sensitivity and mitochondrial function are key factors in aging. And, that when these things are in poor shape, people get many diseases & disabilities.
Dr. Hyman then recommended NOT eating junk food & processed foods, (which contain sugar & refined grains, to which I’d add also have too much salt & often have unhealthy fats.)
He recommended eating lots of vegetables, nuts, beans, fruit, & eating other health OK protein foods & fats. He recommended wild caught fish that are high in omega 3 oils in particular.
He points out that eating right & stopping eating junk foods has similar effects as the researchers found by giving their mice resveratrol.
He also points out, as I did in an earlier post that many other supplements do some of the things the researchers found that resveratrol did.
He points out that:
CoQ10 improves mitochondrial function. Chromium supplements help control blood sugar levels.
acetyl-l-carnitine, alpha-lipoic acid, magnesium & purified fish oil all tend to improve both mitochondrial function & help control blood sugar levels.
He then adds that regular exercise tends to keep your mitochondria healthy. His specific advice is so good I quote it here.:
“ Each week, make it a point to schedule two to three 20-minute strength-training sessions, and at least three 30-minute periods of aerobic conditioning.” (You also have to almost always DO the exercises you’ve scheduled.)
He also recommends alternating intense or fast exercise with easier or slower exercise or “interval training.”
Strength training tends to produce this alternating of intensity by making you work hard on each set & then you rest briefly in between sets. But, in cardio or aerobic exercise, you need to produce this alternation yourself.
Many health experts, including Dr Al Sears who write for Early to Rise are now advocating that kind of aerobic exercise.
It does seem to be much more effective in helping you lose fat & in improving insulin resistance & blood sugar control. It’s also been found to get you in good shape faster than exercising at a single speed in your cardio workout.
Dr Hyman then suggests to “*Practice effective stress management & “Reduce your exposure to toxins.”
I agree with him that following his advice & taking the other supplements he recommends will give you very similar if not better results than the mice that were fed resveratrol. I said as much in an earlier post myself.
But this article has motivated me to also take resveratrol in addition. It sounds like my efforts to tame & reduce my “fluffy tummy” will work better & I’ll do better in my cardio exercises.
It may also help me live longer & in better health.
I don’t agree with everything Dr Hyman says & I find some of his advice undoable for me. But the quality of what he says that I do agree with & his advice I can follow is unbelievably good. And, some of his work on a new paradigm in medicine is so good he could one day win the Nobel Prize in medicine.
Here’s more information on Dr Hyman from the “Bottom Line's Daily Health News” article.”
“Mark Hyman, MD, founder and medical director of The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, Massachusetts, author of UltraMetabolism (Scribner) and The UltraSimple Diet (Pocket).
Dr. Hyman is the former co-medical director of Canyon Ranch, and editor-in-chief of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal in alternative medicine.”
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