Does Resveratrol Really Work?
Posted on Monday, 5th October 2009 in Buy Resveratrol SupplementsDo Resveratrol Supplements Really Work for People?
Resveratrol is a natural chemical obtained when certain plants are attacked by pathogens like fungi and bacteria. It is a chemical that has come under close scrutiny is recent days, thanks to a host of beneficial effects on the health it is said to have. These health benefits of resveratrol vary from help with weight loss (which has give birth to the resveratrol weight loss program), to skin rejuvenation and even life extension effects that resveratrol has been said to have.
Not everybody agrees with the efficacy of resveratrol as far all the things it is said to do go. There have been some critics, arguing that most of the beneficial effects that resveratrol was said to have were observed in animal studies, and that human studies are still ongoing. This school of thought therefore holds the view that the vendors of the various resveratrol supplements are just people who are out to make a ‘quick buck’ from unsuspecting masses, perhaps a polite way of suggesting that they are scammers.
So does resveratrol really work, is the question.
There are two angles from which we can approach the question as to whether resveratrol really works. First is making an examination of the chemical itself – to see whether it really can deliver on some of the things it is said to help with. The second is interrogating people who have gotten to use it before, to see what their experiences with it have been like.
Starting with the first approach, we would ask exactly how resveratrol works in the delivery of the various promises; that is, the mechanism it has been observed to work through. We would then proceed to ask whether the same mechanism can work in humans. Turns out that in the animals where resveratrol has been observed to help with weight loss and life extension, it does so by activating an otherwise dormant gene called the SIRT1, which otherwise lies dormant. It is the activation of this gene in mice that are fed resveratrol that has the effect of, for instance, leading to increased rates of metabolism, ultimately leading to weight loss. It is also the activation of this otherwise dormant gene that is responsible for the anti-aging features that resveratrol has been observed to have. Now what works for mice (which in spite of differences in body size are very close to us in terms of make up) usually also works for humans. So in as much as resveratrol has the said effects on mice on a consistent basis, there is very little reason as to why it can’t have the same effects on humans.
Turning to the second approach, it turns out that most of the people who use resveratrol really do get to experience the benefits promised by it. This is the very reason as to why they continue to spend their often hard earned money on it. True, resveratrol has not been in use for long enough for people to attest to its life extension capabilities. But as far as the weight loss and skin rejuvenation go, there are already testimonies of people who describe their experience with resveratrol as remarkable in a positive way: leading to the growing popularity of, among other things, the resveratrol weight loss program.
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