Benefits of Resveratrol
What is Resveratrol?
Resveratrol (3, 5, 4'-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene) is an antioxidant compound found in red wine. It is a stilbenoid, a type of natural phenol and a phytoalexin that is produced naturally in certain plants as their natural response to stress, such as injury or an attack by pathogens, such as bacteria or fungi.
What is Resveratrol used for?
Resveratrol helps improve cognitive performance as well as improve memory and learning by increasing blood flow to the hippocampus, which causes an increase in the amount of oxygen and nutrients that reach the brain.
In cell cultures and in rodents, it has been observed that Resveratrol helps reduce Alzheimer's, and protects the brain from memory loss by activating the molecular pathway of neuroprotection and longevity of SIRT1 , protein that contributes to cellular regulation.
What foods have Resveratrol?
The most common food source is the skin of grapes, however you can also find this antioxidant compound in blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, dark chocolate and in lesser quantities in peanuts.
Likewise, this natural compound has been detected in more than 70 species of plants, presenting its highest concentration percentage in the skin of red grapes and therefore in red wine.
Scientific studies show that:
- In animals, it prevents skin cancer
- Increases blood flow to the brain
- Protects the brain hours after a heart attack
- Increase memory and improve learning
- Protects the brain by increasing the production of the enzyme hemeoxyegnase that protects against oxidative stress
- Exhibits anti-cancer and cardioprotective activity
- Increases cognition and brain functions in postmenopausal women
- Protects the mitochondria from damage during a possible interruption in blood flow
- Improves brain health and serves as a neuroprotectant
How does Resveratrol work in the brain?
Resveratrol is the substance for which benefits are attributed to red wine, its effects on the heart and well-being have been studied for millennia. Today it is known that the active ingredient that enhances these effects is Resveratrol, however, this substance is not very bioavailable, so the presence of other ingredients such as Piperine and N-Acetyl L-Carnitine are essential to increase the bioavailable percentage of the ingredient and increase the percentage of absorption in the body.
Its brain function is based on the fact that Reveratrol mimics the effects of caloric restriction and thus exerts anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, affecting the initiation of the progression of many diseases through various mechanisms and neurotransmitters.
In scientific words, Resveratrol is an inhibitor of the enzyme PDE4 (phosphodiesterase-4) which has been shown to increase memory . Studies also show that when you inhibit this enzyme, your brain increases the levels of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP or cAMP), which affects the abstract thinking functions of the prefrontal neocortex.
Why do we need it?
Resveratrol is a necessary ingredient since over time our brain begins to degrade and lose the same cognitive power that characterized it during the first years of adult life.
Resveratrol helps enhance our cognition and protect us from neurodegenerative diseases, which pose a risk to all of us in proportion to our increasing age.
Unfortunately, if we wanted to obtain the Resveratrol necessary to access these benefits through food alone, we would need to consume hundreds of glasses of red wine .
How does it help you?
It could prevent protein clumping in the brain to help prevent neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. In cell cultures and in rodents it has been observed that it can reduce this disease, that it improves learning, protects the brain from memory loss and activates the SIRT1 molecular pathway of neuroprotection and longevity .
Additionally, Resveratrol helps control brain inflammation, naturally increase dopamine production, and helps reduce the rate of aging in cells.
It feels?
No, Resveratrol is a natural compound found in nature and primarily serves to protect the brain. When it is combined with Piperine ( as is the case with Combo ), there is an increase in blood flow to the brain, improving its functioning.
There are testimonies from users who report feeling more active and with fewer headaches, but we remind you that these experiences are subjective and personal.
What do scientific studies say?
Side effects
In order to achieve the nootropic and neuroprotective effects of Resveratrol, it is necessary to ingest this supplement in isolation from its food sources, since a significant intake of wine would be needed to reach the optimal amount of Resveratrol. Therefore, we recommend seeking the benefits of this ingredient through intelligent supplementation and not by ingesting red wine.
Likewise, we recommend consulting your doctor about the intake of Resveratrol in your diet if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, since long-term prolonged consumption studies regarding the toxicity of the ingredient are still in the research stage. , which is why we remember the importance of not exceeding the recommended dose.
Resveratrol is just one of the eleven ingredients that POWER contains . If you want to know more about the other components, we invite you to click on this link .
References
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- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6164842/
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