Resveratrol Supplements

Resveratrol is a substance that some scientists have proven can extend life by more than 50% in lower invertebrate animals. Resveratrol does not originate in the animal kingdom at all but in the plant kingdom. This substance is produced by plants to fight infection and invasion from foreign bodies. Resveratrol has a mass of 228.24 moles and frighteningly enough contains two benzene rings. In case you don’t recognize the significance of the benzene ring, usually agents that cause cancer contain benzene rings. Resveratrol has shown the ability to extend the life of some lower organisms by more than 50%. Taken as a supplement in humans, it is unlikely to show the concentration level high enough to extend life by 50%, but it could show a significantly lower benefit and still be worth ingesting. The levels in the experiments where life was extended by 50% showed resveratrol levels so high that it could be toxic. This means that the chemical level was incredibly high in the animals tested. This is an impractical level to achieve in ordinary humans. So virtually any benefit in taking supplements is always a mathematical fraction of laboratory results. Laboratory results require megadoses of chemicals, and are virtually never practical. Only human clinical trials mimic field tests of supplements and very few organizations have the money or will to field test supplements.

The most succinct question is what is a year or two of your life worth? We know this particular biochemical extends life in animals, but it hasn’t been proven. We know that extremely high doses are required to maximize the effects. But if supplements can extend your life by even a few months, is it worth it to you? I contend that a year of your life is priceless and most of us would be crazy not to take this substance. Think about it.