Resveratrol Impairs Exercise Benefits
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2015-12-25

Research on the red wine component, resveratrol, looked promising in rodent studies, but what happened when it was put to the test in people?

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What was that about the French Paradox? See my last video, What Explains the French Paradox? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-explains-the-french-paradox)

The benefits of red wine over white do not appear to be due to the resveratrol but to the estrogen synthase blockers. See Breast Cancer Risk: Red Wine vs. White Wine (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-risk-red-wine-vs-white-wine/).

What about the role of red wine in the Mediterranean diet? I have a whole series of videos, including: 
• Why Was Heart Disease Rare in the Mediterranean? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Why-Was-Heart-Disease-Rare-in-the-Mediterranean)
• The Mediterranean Diet or a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Mediterranean-Diet-or-a-Whole-Food-Plant-Based-Diet)
• Which Parts of the Mediterranean Diet Extended Life? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/which-parts-of-the-mediterranean-diet-extended-life)
• Improving on the Mediterranean Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/improving-on-the-mediterranean-diet)
• Mediterranean Diet and Atherosclerosis (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/mediterranean-diet-and-atherosclerosis)

The epic failure of resveratrol supplements is sadly par for the course when it comes to trying to get your nutrition in pill form. See, for example:
• Dietary Supplement Snake Oil (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dietary-supplement-snake-oil/)
• Some Dietary Supplements May Be More Than a Waste of Money (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/some-dietary-supplements-may-be-more-than-a-waste-of-money/)
• Risk Associated With Iron Supplements (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/risk-associated-with-iron-supplements/)
• Are Calcium Supplements Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-calcium-supplements-safe)
• Are Calcium Supplements Effective? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-calcium-supplements-effective)
• Industry Response to Plants Not Pills (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/industry-response-to-plants-not-pills)

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