Resveratrol and its effects on human health - Biotivia

<strong>Resveratrol</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>its</strong> <strong>effects</strong> on human health <strong>and</strong> longevity - Myth or miracle
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On the opposite end of the scale are the companies who have sprung
into existence to take advantage of the hundreds of news articles about
resveratrol’s potential health benef<strong>its</strong>. In mid-2010 Oprah Winfrey
hosted Dr. Mehmet Oz on her program to talk about extreme life extension.
He extolled the virtues of resveratrol in his presentation <strong>and</strong>
shortly thereafter literally dozens of new suppliers materialized offering
free bottles of resveratrol <strong>and</strong> claiming an endorsement by Dr. Oz.
Not only were they deceiving customers with their sleazy marketing
schemes, their products were found, in many cases, not to contain resveratrol
at all. The lawyers for Dr. Oz <strong>and</strong> Oprah’s production company
filed suit against most of these companies, <strong>and</strong> the states’ attorney
general in several states launched criminal investigations. If you are interested
in which br<strong>and</strong> was actually used by Dr. Oz in his presentation
on the Oprah’s show you can search for the term resveratrol on Dr. Oz’
or Oprah’s website.
Future Prospects
My prediction is that ‘resveratrol will become both a st<strong>and</strong>-alone
preventative agent <strong>and</strong> an effective treatment for a variety of human
health conditions within five years. Perhaps more importantly, it will
gain widespread acceptance as a co-treatment to be used to enhance
the efficacy of existing drugs <strong>and</strong> non-drug treatments for a wide range
of conditions. Finally, resveratrol will, within the next year, become a
popular supplement <strong>and</strong> component in functional foods for <strong>its</strong> ability
to improve the overall health <strong>and</strong> quality of life of those who choose to
take advantage of it.
The preponderance of peer-reviewed published data now in the public
domain elucidating the various benef<strong>its</strong> of resveratrol is very compelling
evidence of resveratrol’s importance to medical science <strong>and</strong> to con-
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