#051 Is Resveratrol a Longevity Compound?
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Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.
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🗓️ 30 December 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Rhonda gives a summary of the science of resveratrol including its effects in animals and humans, mechanisms, and the bottom line on resveratrol supplementation and safety.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- 00:00:00 - Introduction
- 00:03:39 - Resveratrol improves cardiovascular biomarkers in clinical trials
- 00:06:49 - Anti-inflammatory effects of resveratrol
- 00:08:11 - Improved cognition and memory in clinical studies
- 00:11:23 - Resveratrol improved healthspan, but not lifespan, in animals
- 00:12:28 - Induction of longevity genes via xenohormesis
- 00:16:19 - Contradictory effects on exercise-associated benefits
- 00:20:34 - Various factors that affect resveratrol bioavailability
- 00:23:09 - Unintentional effects on drug metabolism
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends! Today is another special episode. Today I'm going to talk about |
| 0:05.2 | Resveratrol, probably one of the most studied plant compounds around. It first showed |
| 0:10.4 | up on the nutritional radar in the early 1990s when a couple of scientists at |
| 0:14.7 | Cornell University suggested that Resveratrol might be responsible for the |
| 0:18.8 | cardiovascular benefits then thought to be associated with drinking red wine, |
| 0:22.8 | which contains Resveratrol. Since then, a ton of research and maybe even more |
| 0:28.3 | hype has emerged about the health benefits of Resveratrol. For this round, we'll skip right |
| 0:33.7 | past the hype and get down to the nitty-gritty of the scientific evidence. Resveratrol |
| 0:37.9 | affects, on animals and humans, both good and bad, the mechanisms behind how it works, |
| 0:43.4 | and the bottom line on Resveratrol supplementation and safety. Before we kick this thing off, |
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