Researchers have found new evidence that resveratrol (rez-VEER-a-troll) is a powerful antioxidant and may help to protect the body from hurt from age related diseases. In a CBS’s 60 Minutes interview Dr. Christoph Westphal suggests that new research likens resveratrol to the fountain of youth for the aging.

Resveratrol is a remarkable key ingredient found in red wine protects your heart and helps to protect the body from the major diseases as we age. Protecting yourself from heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease by taking a pill has become very possible. According to the researchers’ interviewed by 60 Minutes, it may very well be one of the vital keys to protection.

The now well-known CBS 60 Minutes tale in 1991 made people aware of the health benefits of red wine. The French eat a diet that’s notoriously laden with stout, yet they have one of the lowest rates of cardiovascular disease and health problems in the world. The powerful anti-oxidants found in red wine, which the French drink plenty of, polyphenols, anthrocyanidins and resveratrol helped to prevent and protect the body against potential cardiovascular health problems. Not only that, but it does a remarkable job in doing so.

Polyphenol antioxidants are found in all parts of the grapevine, but the highest concentrations are found in the grape skins. And because the skins figure prominently in the making of red wines (not white wines), it’s the red colored wine that provides the most powerful health benefits. And one grape polyphenol stands out as having the strongest health benefits of all, resveratrol.

Exactly What Are The Health Benefits of Resveratrol?

Research studies have learned that moderate consumption of red wine leads to a significantly decreased risk for heart disease and health problems (including heart attack and stroke), laboratory studies suggest that resveratrol and other polyphenols found in grapes are primarily responsible for this effect.

Resveratrol reduces the terrible cholesterol and has an anti-clotting effect that prevents the formation of blood clots in the body’s blood vessels. The formation of blood clots that block the small blood vessels is believed to cause of heart attacks and strokes. It has been demonstrated to have anti-cancer effects as well.

The incidence of heart disease and cancer among people who consume a lot of red wine is dramatically less than those that don’t even though they may also eat a diet that’s high stout diet. Resveratrol and the other bioflavonoids and polyphenols are also present in large amounts in the leaves, twigs and bark of the grape vines. Thus red wine, which is made from the fermented with the skins, seeds, twigs, etc. tends to have much larger quantities than white wine which is fermented only from the juice of the grape.

A glass of red wine, food or supplements that contain even small doses of resveratrol are likely to protect the body against potential cardiovascular problems.