RE: Red Wine Molecule Shown To Extend Life

[Guest guest]

One article mentioned peanuts have the same substance. Peg

[Guest guest]

Fascinating. I wonder if we should all be eating more grapes? Wine up til

now was advocated only in moderation - esp since more that 1 or 2 glasses a

day was implicated in breast cancer. Could be this substance is also found

in red or dark berries such as blueberries which have been shown to help

with memory in oldersters?

BTW I assume this means RED grapes only since only red wine contains the

resveratrol.

Many thanks Katrina for giving something concrete like this that can be

immediately added to our diets.

on 8/24/2003 10:51 PM, Katrina at katnap@... wrote:

> Researchers said on Sunday that one of the molecules, a compound known as

> resveratrol, was shown in a study to extend the life span of yeast cells by

> up to 80 percent. Resveratrol exists naturally in grapes and red wine.

[Guest guest]

While this has been leapt upon by the popular press for it's obvious

headline value, I seem to recall other strategies that extended life in

yeast that did not translate to benefits in higher species.

Resveratol is a strong anti-oxidant and probably healthful. The result is

promising and will lead to more meaningful studies. If I was already

drinking wine I might switch to a high resveratol red, but don't think I'll

start drinking wine just because of this.

FWIW some still question the validity of rat research. I wonder what they

would think of yeast/fly research?

JR

-----Original Message-----

From: Francesca Skelton [mailto:fskelton@...]

Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 11:03 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Red Wine Molecule Shown To Extend Life

Fascinating. I wonder if we should all be eating more grapes? Wine up til

now was advocated only in moderation - esp since more that 1 or 2 glasses a

day was implicated in breast cancer. Could be this substance is also found

in red or dark berries such as blueberries which have been shown to help

with memory in oldersters?

BTW I assume this means RED grapes only since only red wine contains the

resveratrol.

Many thanks Katrina for giving something concrete like this that can be

immediately added to our diets.

on 8/24/2003 10:51 PM, Katrina at katnap@... wrote:

> Researchers said on Sunday that one of the molecules, a compound known as

> resveratrol, was shown in a study to extend the life span of yeast cells

by

> up to 80 percent. Resveratrol exists naturally in grapes and red wine.