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                        <title>News Media Misdirects Public Over Wine vs. Wine Pills</title>
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                        <description>News reports exclaimed wine reverses effects of high-fat diet.  But chief researcher says results were produced with concentrated source of red wine (resveratrol) molecules, not wine.  Other experts suggest the public wait till safety is proven in resveratrol pills when doctors have long withheld approval of wine because of its alcohol and calorie content. [PRWeb Nov 7, 2006]</description>
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                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[(PRWEB) November 7, 2006 -- Something wonderful happened to humanity this past week.  Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the National Institutes on Aging, led by David Sinclair PhD at Harvard, reported that resveratrol, a red wine molecule, overcame the adverse effects of a high-fat diet in mice, prolonged their life 31%, and better yet, maintained quality of life (the over-fed animals maintained motor function -- coordination and balance) as well as mice on a limited-calorie diet.  At one point in the study, equivalent to middle age in humans, 22% of the fat-fed animals had expired vs. 0% in the high-fat + resveratrol fed animals.  [Nature Magazine, November 1, 2006

Newspapers claimed it was &quot;grapes over gluttony&quot; and another said resveratrol was &quot;the equalizer.&quot;  However, most newspaper headlines incorrectly said it was wine, not concentrated resveratrol, which produced these health benefits.  The London Times told its readers: &quot;A drop of wine can prolong an active life.&quot;

In an article in the Harvard Crimson entitled &quot;It&#039;s Wine, Not Cheese, That Leads Media Into This Moustrap,&quot; Dr. David Sinclair said he was &quot;disappointed&quot; with the way the findings were portrayed by the news media.   &quot;This isn&#039;t about red wine at all,&quot; he said, stressing that resveratrol is only found in small amounts in red wine.   He added that a person would have to drink over 100 glasses of red wine per day to take in the same amount of resveratrol as demonstrated in the laboratory mice.   

It is a fact that modern medicine has yet to develop a medicine that outperforms red wine.  With Dr. Sinclair&#039;s comments in mind, even very small doses are beneficial.  For example, another recent mouse study showed that Cabernet sauvignon red wine, in a concentration 10-times lower than what was shown to eradicate beta amyloid brain plaque in a lab dish, was able to significantly prevent the memory loss in aged mice.  [FASEB Journal, November 20: 2313-20, 2006  

However, the higher doses Sinclair used produced even more health benefits in the face of a typical high-fat western diet.

Ever since Dr. Serge Renaud of France announced the French Paradox in 1992, the fact that the French defy the common risk factors for cardiovascular disease by eating a high-calorie/high-fat diet and yet exhibit low rates of heart and blood vessel disease, modern medicine has argued over the possibility of prescribing wine for health.  Doctors have withheld their recommendation of wine because it would give license to those who wish to over-imbibe.  Health benefits are only derived from moderate consumption, 2-3 five-ounce glasses per day.  

Providing more misdirection were other experts called upon by the news media to comment on the Sinclair/Harvard mouse study.  They were surprisingly reluctant to suggest the public look into taking red wine pills.  Instead, many claimed that resveratrol pills were unproven and may pose unknown long-term health risks and that drinking a glass or two of red wine would be a safer alternative, for now.  Which appears safer to you, an alcoholic beverage or a non-alcoholic pill with far-fewer calories as well?  

Police in Washington DC arrest any driver with a blood alcohol over .01.  The &quot;big story&quot; is that with resveratrol pills, humans can avoid the alcohol and calories, the very drawbacks that have kept doctors from prescribing red wine.  

Resveratrol is a molecular mimic of calorie restriction, turning on genetic mechanisms that are turned on under normal circumstances only be a limited calorie diet.  Modern medicine is certainly arrogant to think anything... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/resveratrol/redwinepillsalcohol/prweb472484.htm]]></content:encoded>
                        <itunes:author>WILLIAM SARDI</itunes:author>
                        <itunes:subtitle>News Media Misdirects Public Over Wine vs. Wine Pills</itunes:subtitle>
                        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[(PRWEB) November 7, 2006 -- Something wonderful happened to humanity this past week.  Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the National Institutes on Aging, led by David Sinclair PhD at Harvard, reported that resveratrol, a red wine molecule, overcame the adverse effects of a high-fat diet in mice, prolonged their life 31%, and better yet, maintained quality of life (the over-fed animals maintained motor function -- coordination and balance) as well as mice on a limited-calorie diet.  At one point in the study, equivalent to middle age in humans, 22% of the fat-fed animals had expired vs. 0% in the high-fat + resveratrol fed animals.  [Nature Magazine, November 1, 2006

Newspapers claimed it was &quot;grapes over gluttony&quot; and another said resveratrol was &quot;the equalizer.&quot;  However, most newspaper headlines incorrectly said it was wine, not concentrated resveratrol, which produced these health benefits.  The London Times told its readers: &quot;A drop of wine can prolong an active life.&quot;

In an article in the Harvard Crimson entitled &quot;It&#039;s Wine, Not Cheese, That Leads Media Into This Moustrap,&quot; Dr. David Sinclair said he was &quot;disappointed&quot; with the way the findings were portrayed by the news media.   &quot;This isn&#039;t about red wine at all,&quot; he said, stressing that resveratrol is only found in small amounts in red wine.   He added that a person would have to drink over 100 glasses of red wine per day to take in the same amount of resveratrol as demonstrated in the laboratory mice.   

It is a fact that modern medicine has yet to develop a medicine that outperforms red wine.  With Dr. Sinclair&#039;s comments in mind, even very small doses are beneficial.  For example, another recent mouse study showed that Cabernet sauvignon red wine, in a concentration 10-times lower than what was shown to eradicate beta amyloid brain plaque in a lab dish, was able to significantly prevent the memory loss in aged mice.  [FASEB Journal, November 20: 2313-20, 2006  

However, the higher doses Sinclair used produced even more health benefits in the face of a typical high-fat western diet.

Ever since Dr. Serge Renaud of France announced the French Paradox in 1992, the fact that the French defy the common risk factors for cardiovascular disease by eating a high-calorie/high-fat diet and yet exhibit low rates of heart and blood vessel disease, modern medicine has argued over the possibility of prescribing wine for health.  Doctors have withheld their recommendation of wine because it would give license to those who wish to over-imbibe.  Health benefits are only derived from moderate consumption, 2-3 five-ounce glasses per day.  

Providing more misdirection were other experts called upon by the news media to comment on the Sinclair/Harvard mouse study.  They were surprisingly reluctant to suggest the public look into taking red wine pills.  Instead, many claimed that resveratrol pills were unproven and may pose unknown long-term health risks and that drinking a glass or two of red wine would be a safer alternative, for now.  Which appears safer to you, an alcoholic beverage or a non-alcoholic pill with far-fewer calories as well?  

Police in Washington DC arrest any driver with a blood alcohol over .01.  The &quot;big story&quot; is that with resveratrol pills, humans can avoid the alcohol and calories, the very drawbacks that have kept doctors from prescribing red wine.  

Resveratrol is a molecular mimic of calorie restriction, turning on genetic mechanisms that are turned on under normal circumstances only be a limited calorie diet.  Modern medicine is certainly arrogant to think anything... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/resveratrol/redwinepillsalcohol/prweb472484.htm]]></itunes:summary>

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                        <title>Red Wine Molecule Negates Adverse Effects of a High-Fat Diet, Prolongs Life of Lab Mice</title>
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                        <description>Resveratrol may be able to prolong the healthy lifespan by 31 percent.  Balance and coordination improved in lab animals as they aged. [PRWeb Nov 2, 2006]</description>
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                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[(PRWEB) November 2, 2006 -- If the results of a just-completed animal study can be applied to humans, it may be possible for humanity to avert the harmful effects of high-calorie/high fat diets that now plague modern societies.  The discovery announced today in Nature Magazine could be a timely intervention for human populations that overeat and consume excessive amounts of fat and sugar.  Furthermore, humanity just may be another step closer to proving it is on the threshold of discovering a molecule that may significantly extend human life, or what some call an anti-aging pill.

Survival despite a bad diet

Researchers at a National Institutes of Aging laboratory in Baltimore were peering into cages of two groups of mice 26 weeks after they had begun eating a high-fat diet.  The animals had started on their controlled diets at 52 weeks of age.  Lab mice normally live 2-2.5 years (104-130 weeks).  Now, 76 weeks into the study, 22% of the animals in one cage had died while none of the animals in the other cage were dead.  The difference was striking, like no other similar experiment.  What made the difference &#8211; the second group of mice had a molecule called resveratrol added to their fat-laden chow.   At 107 weeks into the study, half of the animals on a high-fat diet had died compared to less than a third of the high-fat plus resveratrol-treated mice.  

Dr. David Sinclair, Associate Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and director of the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Biological Mechanisms of Aging, led a team of researchers from the National Institute on Aging and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, as well as investigators from Australia and Spain, in making this discovery, published in Nature Magazine.  
 
Calorie restriction mimic

Calorie restriction prolongs the life of most life forms.  The molecule Sinclair used in the laboratory study is believed to mimic the effects of a low calorie diet without actually being deprived of food.  The report concludes that &quot;resveratrol can alleviate the negative impact of a high calorie diet on overall health and lifespan, without the animals having to undergo weight loss.&quot;
 
In the experiment, resveratrol switched on an array of genes that are also activated by calorie restriction.  It is known that human populations that restrict their calorie intake, like adults on the Japanese island of Okinawa, experience exceptional health and longevity.

The mice on the high-fat diets, with or without resveratrol, experienced no significant difference in body weight or circulating cholesterol numbers.  However, resveratrol did profoundly control blood sugar, appeared to improve balance and physical coordination as the animals aged, and maintained healthy liver tissue as well as prolonging their lifespan.  

Resveratrol, which is found naturally in grapes, mulberries, peanuts and 70 species of other plants, is concentrated in the process of making wine, leading researchers to believe this molecule may be the primary reason for the reported health and longevity of the French, despite their high-calorie/high-fat diet.  This phenomenon has been called &quot;The French Paradox.&quot;

Slow the rate of aging

Researchers are saying that &quot;aging is no longer an unsolved problem in biology&quot; and the rate of aging can now be controlled. (Annals New York Academy Science 1067: 1-9, May 2006)  Earlier this year researchers at the National Institute on Aging declared that the study of molecular mimics of calorie restriction is &quot;an emerging research field.&quot;  (Aging Cell 2006 Apr;5(2):97-108)

Other researchers indicate small molecules, like... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/resveratrol/longevinex/prweb467364.htm]]></content:encoded>
                        <itunes:author>WILLIAM SARDI</itunes:author>
                        <itunes:subtitle>Red Wine Molecule Negates Adverse Effects of a High-Fat Diet, Prolongs Life of Lab Mice</itunes:subtitle>
                        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[(PRWEB) November 2, 2006 -- If the results of a just-completed animal study can be applied to humans, it may be possible for humanity to avert the harmful effects of high-calorie/high fat diets that now plague modern societies.  The discovery announced today in Nature Magazine could be a timely intervention for human populations that overeat and consume excessive amounts of fat and sugar.  Furthermore, humanity just may be another step closer to proving it is on the threshold of discovering a molecule that may significantly extend human life, or what some call an anti-aging pill.

Survival despite a bad diet

Researchers at a National Institutes of Aging laboratory in Baltimore were peering into cages of two groups of mice 26 weeks after they had begun eating a high-fat diet.  The animals had started on their controlled diets at 52 weeks of age.  Lab mice normally live 2-2.5 years (104-130 weeks).  Now, 76 weeks into the study, 22% of the animals in one cage had died while none of the animals in the other cage were dead.  The difference was striking, like no other similar experiment.  What made the difference &#8211; the second group of mice had a molecule called resveratrol added to their fat-laden chow.   At 107 weeks into the study, half of the animals on a high-fat diet had died compared to less than a third of the high-fat plus resveratrol-treated mice.  

Dr. David Sinclair, Associate Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and director of the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Biological Mechanisms of Aging, led a team of researchers from the National Institute on Aging and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, as well as investigators from Australia and Spain, in making this discovery, published in Nature Magazine.  
 
Calorie restriction mimic

Calorie restriction prolongs the life of most life forms.  The molecule Sinclair used in the laboratory study is believed to mimic the effects of a low calorie diet without actually being deprived of food.  The report concludes that &quot;resveratrol can alleviate the negative impact of a high calorie diet on overall health and lifespan, without the animals having to undergo weight loss.&quot;
 
In the experiment, resveratrol switched on an array of genes that are also activated by calorie restriction.  It is known that human populations that restrict their calorie intake, like adults on the Japanese island of Okinawa, experience exceptional health and longevity.

The mice on the high-fat diets, with or without resveratrol, experienced no significant difference in body weight or circulating cholesterol numbers.  However, resveratrol did profoundly control blood sugar, appeared to improve balance and physical coordination as the animals aged, and maintained healthy liver tissue as well as prolonging their lifespan.  

Resveratrol, which is found naturally in grapes, mulberries, peanuts and 70 species of other plants, is concentrated in the process of making wine, leading researchers to believe this molecule may be the primary reason for the reported health and longevity of the French, despite their high-calorie/high-fat diet.  This phenomenon has been called &quot;The French Paradox.&quot;

Slow the rate of aging

Researchers are saying that &quot;aging is no longer an unsolved problem in biology&quot; and the rate of aging can now be controlled. (Annals New York Academy Science 1067: 1-9, May 2006)  Earlier this year researchers at the National Institute on Aging declared that the study of molecular mimics of calorie restriction is &quot;an emerging research field.&quot;  (Aging Cell 2006 Apr;5(2):97-108)

Other researchers indicate small molecules, like... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/resveratrol/longevinex/prweb467364.htm]]></itunes:summary>

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                        <title>Consumer Guide To Red Wine Resveratrol Dietary Supplements </title>
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                        <description>Red wine resveratrol supplements are often mislabeled, provide confusing information or may not exhibit stable shelf life.  Consumers should search for resveratrol supplements in airtight capsules. [PRWeb Nov 2, 2006]</description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri,  3 Nov 2006 16:12:28 -0800</pubDate>
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                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[(PRWEB) November 2, 2006 -- Recent positive news reports about the health benefits of red wine molecules has led to an upsurge in interest in dietary supplements that provide resveratrol.  Longevinex is pleased to provide the following information to consumers regarding red wine supplements.



1. The type of resveratrol used in lab studies is research-grade trans resveratrol.  It is provided in sealed, refrigerated, opaque vials because of the known degradation of resveratrol when exposed to light, heat or oxygen.  Exposure to these environmental factors may cause conversion from trans to cis resveratrol.  Wikipedia states that trans-resveratrol can undergo isomerization to the cis form when heated or exposed to ultraviolet radiation.  

Only trans resveratrol has been shown to activate the Sirtuin 1 gene, believed to be responsible for many of the age-prolonging benefits of this molecule.  Only Longevinex provides trans resveratrol in an airtight capsule that is never exposed to light, heat or oxygen during manufacture.  

Independent laboratory studies show more than half of the trans resveratrol in conventional dietary supplements has degraded, or up to 80% has converted to cis resveratrol, in conventionally-made resveratrol supplements.  Longevinex has been shown to retain more than 96% of trans resveratrol for a period of more than 2-years in shelf-life studies.  Longevinex provides 40 milligrams of trans resveratrol per capsule.  For comparative data on the tested dosage and shelf-life of resveratrol supplements, please visit <a href="http://www.longevinex.com" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">www.longevinex.com</a>

2. Resveratrol in dietary supplements is derived either from red wine skin or as an extract from giant knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum).  Red wine extract does not necessarily contain resveratrol and one supplier of red wine pills inaccurately portrays their product to provide hundreds of milligrams of &quot;red wine extract&quot; from French grapes when its primary source of resveratrol is from giant knotweed, at a dosage far less than labeled.

3. Technically, resveratrol is classified by the Food &#38; Drug Administration (FDA) as a drug rather than a dietary supplement.  While resveratrol has obviously been provided as a concentrated grape skin extract for centuries in wine bottles, it was not a dietary supplement prior to the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, and therefore is classified as a drug since pharmaceutical companies were the first to file for its use as a topical agent.  Resveratrol supplements could be classified as a new dietary ingredient and therefore required to submit safety data as a new dietary ingredient.  However the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, recognizing numerous brands of resveratrol supplements were already on store shelves, conducted a toxicity review, which is posted online: <a href="http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/htdocs/Chem_Background/ExSumPdf/Resveratrol.pdf" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank" title="Toxicity Report">Toxicity Report</a>. The Environmental Protection Agency has conducted toxicity tests on resveratrol and has determined it is nontoxic: <a href="http://www.epa.gov/oppt/tsca8e/pubs/8ehq/2003/august03/8ehq-0803-15402a.pdf" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank" title="EPA Report">EPA Report</a>

Animal studies, using human equivalent doses equivalent to 21,000 milligrams, did not produce toxicity.  (Toxicology Science 82: 614-19, 2004)

4. Some brands of resveratrol supplements claim their products have more antioxidant power or that they provide hundreds of milligrams of... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/resveratrol/redwine/prweb469646.htm]]></content:encoded>
                        <itunes:author>WILLIAM SARDI</itunes:author>
                        <itunes:subtitle>Consumer Guide To Red Wine Resveratrol Dietary Supplements </itunes:subtitle>
                        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[(PRWEB) November 2, 2006 -- Recent positive news reports about the health benefits of red wine molecules has led to an upsurge in interest in dietary supplements that provide resveratrol.  Longevinex is pleased to provide the following information to consumers regarding red wine supplements.



1. The type of resveratrol used in lab studies is research-grade trans resveratrol.  It is provided in sealed, refrigerated, opaque vials because of the known degradation of resveratrol when exposed to light, heat or oxygen.  Exposure to these environmental factors may cause conversion from trans to cis resveratrol.  Wikipedia states that trans-resveratrol can undergo isomerization to the cis form when heated or exposed to ultraviolet radiation.  

Only trans resveratrol has been shown to activate the Sirtuin 1 gene, believed to be responsible for many of the age-prolonging benefits of this molecule.  Only Longevinex provides trans resveratrol in an airtight capsule that is never exposed to light, heat or oxygen during manufacture.  

Independent laboratory studies show more than half of the trans resveratrol in conventional dietary supplements has degraded, or up to 80% has converted to cis resveratrol, in conventionally-made resveratrol supplements.  Longevinex has been shown to retain more than 96% of trans resveratrol for a period of more than 2-years in shelf-life studies.  Longevinex provides 40 milligrams of trans resveratrol per capsule.  For comparative data on the tested dosage and shelf-life of resveratrol supplements, please visit <a href="http://www.longevinex.com" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">www.longevinex.com</a>

2. Resveratrol in dietary supplements is derived either from red wine skin or as an extract from giant knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum).  Red wine extract does not necessarily contain resveratrol and one supplier of red wine pills inaccurately portrays their product to provide hundreds of milligrams of &quot;red wine extract&quot; from French grapes when its primary source of resveratrol is from giant knotweed, at a dosage far less than labeled.

3. Technically, resveratrol is classified by the Food &#38; Drug Administration (FDA) as a drug rather than a dietary supplement.  While resveratrol has obviously been provided as a concentrated grape skin extract for centuries in wine bottles, it was not a dietary supplement prior to the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, and therefore is classified as a drug since pharmaceutical companies were the first to file for its use as a topical agent.  Resveratrol supplements could be classified as a new dietary ingredient and therefore required to submit safety data as a new dietary ingredient.  However the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, recognizing numerous brands of resveratrol supplements were already on store shelves, conducted a toxicity review, which is posted online: <a href="http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/htdocs/Chem_Background/ExSumPdf/Resveratrol.pdf" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank" title="Toxicity Report">Toxicity Report</a>. The Environmental Protection Agency has conducted toxicity tests on resveratrol and has determined it is nontoxic: <a href="http://www.epa.gov/oppt/tsca8e/pubs/8ehq/2003/august03/8ehq-0803-15402a.pdf" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank" title="EPA Report">EPA Report</a>

Animal studies, using human equivalent doses equivalent to 21,000 milligrams, did not produce toxicity.  (Toxicology Science 82: 614-19, 2004)

4. Some brands of resveratrol supplements claim their products have more antioxidant power or that they provide hundreds of milligrams of... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/resveratrol/redwine/prweb469646.htm]]></itunes:summary>

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                        <title>New Book Touts Red Wine Pill as Tonic for Aging Adults</title>
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                        <description>A red wine pill may add years to the human healthspan.  In his latest book, health journalist Bill Sardi says resveratrol pills may help maintain a sharp mind and motor skills (balance and coordination) even into very old age. [PRWeb Nov 1, 2006]</description>
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                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[(PRWEB) November 1, 2006 -- A red wine pill may add years to the human healthspan.  In his latest book, health journalist Bill Sardi says resveratrol pills may help maintain a sharp mind and motor skills (balance and coordination) even into very old age.

Mankind had better do something fast, says health journalist Bill Sardi.  &quot;Humans are living longer and unless they can find a way to slow down aging, society will be overwhelmed by a population of immobile and senile seniors,&quot; he says.

The maladies of modern man, obesity, diabetes, strokes, heart disease, cancer and senility can largely be avoided by adherence to a limited calorie diet.  But few humans have the willpower to deprive themselves of food.  However, the discovery that a red wine molecule mimics the health benefits of a limited-calorie diet may be one of the greatest discoveries of all time, says Sardi, author of The Red Wine Pill.

Modern medicine has yet to develop a medicine better than red wine.  Yet the drawbacks of alcohol have kept doctors from recommending wine to their patients.  So the advent of a red wine pill looms as one of the biggest developments in healthcare.

According to a recent article published in the New York Times, Dr. Richard A. Miller, a pathologist at the University of Michigan, a pill that mimics the effects of calorie restriction might increase human life span to about 112-140 years.

The New York Times article goes on to cite a report by the Rand Corporation, that such a pill would be among the most cost-effective breakthroughs possible in medicine, providing Americans more healthy years at less expense than new cancer vaccines or stroke treatments.

But Sardi says the prospect of a life-prolonging pill has arrived unexpectedly.  &quot;Most people don&#039;t know what to make of this discovery yet,&quot; he said.  Sardi says the primary reason why adults haven&#039;t adopted red wine pills into their daily health regimens is because they want to hear that such a pill increases the quality as well as the quantity of life.

In his book, Sardi points to Jean Calment, the oldest woman to have lived in modern times (122 years), who was a wine drinker and rode a bicycle at the age of 100 and had a sharp mind (she was able to tell jokes) at the age of 115.  

&quot;Given that one in four Americans over age 80 are in nursing homes, and others suffer physical and mental debilitation, the promises of a red wine pill should be welcome news,&quot; says Sardi, who played a role in developing such a pill.  

Sardi says the health benefits of red wine are now largely attributed to resveratrol, a small molecule that has been shown to activate the Sirtuin 1 DNA repair &quot;survival&quot; gene.  &quot;The benefits of wine drinking are only found among moderate drinkers,&quot; says Sardi, who quotes an old saying: &quot;At the third cup, wine drinks the man.&quot;

In his book, Sardi cites the discovery of a population of middle-aged Italian immigrant men, living in Roseto, Pennsylvania in the 1960s-1970s, who were virtually free from heart attacks.  At the time there was no explanation for this.  Upon review, it was found these Italian men were importing their beloved red wine from Italy and drinking three glasses a day.  &quot;We now know why these men lived such healthy lives,&quot; says Sardi.

The book The Red Wine Pill is available at <a href="http://www.naturalhealthlibrarian.com" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">www.naturalhealthlibrarian.com</a>

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                        <itunes:author>WILLIAM SARDI</itunes:author>
                        <itunes:subtitle>New Book Touts Red Wine Pill as Tonic for Aging Adults</itunes:subtitle>
                        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[(PRWEB) November 1, 2006 -- A red wine pill may add years to the human healthspan.  In his latest book, health journalist Bill Sardi says resveratrol pills may help maintain a sharp mind and motor skills (balance and coordination) even into very old age.

Mankind had better do something fast, says health journalist Bill Sardi.  &quot;Humans are living longer and unless they can find a way to slow down aging, society will be overwhelmed by a population of immobile and senile seniors,&quot; he says.

The maladies of modern man, obesity, diabetes, strokes, heart disease, cancer and senility can largely be avoided by adherence to a limited calorie diet.  But few humans have the willpower to deprive themselves of food.  However, the discovery that a red wine molecule mimics the health benefits of a limited-calorie diet may be one of the greatest discoveries of all time, says Sardi, author of The Red Wine Pill.

Modern medicine has yet to develop a medicine better than red wine.  Yet the drawbacks of alcohol have kept doctors from recommending wine to their patients.  So the advent of a red wine pill looms as one of the biggest developments in healthcare.

According to a recent article published in the New York Times, Dr. Richard A. Miller, a pathologist at the University of Michigan, a pill that mimics the effects of calorie restriction might increase human life span to about 112-140 years.

The New York Times article goes on to cite a report by the Rand Corporation, that such a pill would be among the most cost-effective breakthroughs possible in medicine, providing Americans more healthy years at less expense than new cancer vaccines or stroke treatments.

But Sardi says the prospect of a life-prolonging pill has arrived unexpectedly.  &quot;Most people don&#039;t know what to make of this discovery yet,&quot; he said.  Sardi says the primary reason why adults haven&#039;t adopted red wine pills into their daily health regimens is because they want to hear that such a pill increases the quality as well as the quantity of life.

In his book, Sardi points to Jean Calment, the oldest woman to have lived in modern times (122 years), who was a wine drinker and rode a bicycle at the age of 100 and had a sharp mind (she was able to tell jokes) at the age of 115.  

&quot;Given that one in four Americans over age 80 are in nursing homes, and others suffer physical and mental debilitation, the promises of a red wine pill should be welcome news,&quot; says Sardi, who played a role in developing such a pill.  

Sardi says the health benefits of red wine are now largely attributed to resveratrol, a small molecule that has been shown to activate the Sirtuin 1 DNA repair &quot;survival&quot; gene.  &quot;The benefits of wine drinking are only found among moderate drinkers,&quot; says Sardi, who quotes an old saying: &quot;At the third cup, wine drinks the man.&quot;

In his book, Sardi cites the discovery of a population of middle-aged Italian immigrant men, living in Roseto, Pennsylvania in the 1960s-1970s, who were virtually free from heart attacks.  At the time there was no explanation for this.  Upon review, it was found these Italian men were importing their beloved red wine from Italy and drinking three glasses a day.  &quot;We now know why these men lived such healthy lives,&quot; says Sardi.

The book The Red Wine Pill is available at <a href="http://www.naturalhealthlibrarian.com" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">www.naturalhealthlibrarian.com</a>

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