Resveratrol

[drscott]

I've added resveratrol to the mix of no-fat cottage cheese, flax seed oil, bilberry extract, and diindolymethane I eat with breakfast every morning. While I could instead drink several glasses of red wine every day, the side-effects from alcohol wouldn't be good for me. I don't want to be that French.

Recent news on resveratrol.

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[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

Powdered extract from beyond-a-century.com. "RESVERATROL, High Potency. Polygonum cuspidatum 200:1 extract. 50g (250 dose), (SRP $16.50), Our price: $8.60. Code 862.0"

I'm uncertain about this source -- as usual, caveat emptor. You can wait for the FDA to approve drugs based on it and pay 100s of times more, of course. The recent studies showing amazing effects on mice were at very high doses, equivalent to drinking hundreds of bottles of red wine per day in a human. But it's early and I expect more availability soon. About 40 mg of this powder daily approximates what's thought to be a therapeutic dose for humans.

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

I mistyped -- *400* mg.

[tdjohnsn.livejournal.com]

Do you weight the powder, or are you just dumping in the contents of 8 capsules?

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

I get it in bulk powder form and use a plastic scoop provided to measure about 300 mg per scoop. It's muhc cheaper that way, and preferable since I'd rather eat or drink a mix than take a bunch of gelatin capsules.

[tdjohnsn.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It sounded like you were using a powder, but the quatities sounded like capsules.

What do you have for breakfast? We try to do a pretty specific mix of protein, fats, and carbs, but we are in a huge rut as far as how we get them. Breakfast is the only meal we do a pretty good job of eating well and with a specific goal in mind, but if I see one more bowl of shredded wheat I swear I am going to start sprinkling my flax seeds on donuts!

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

I'm a creature of habit especially at breakfast, when my brain is functioning just enough to keep my heart pumping. I start with an apple, then have a peanut butter and (no sugar) preserves sandwich (on whole grain and flax bread), then have a cup of that no-fat cottage cheese and flax seed oil mixture. Lots of coffee to wash it all down. The sandwich is kind of an indulgence, but I don't usually eat any other bread in a day.

[kc-risenphoenix.livejournal.com]

Sorry to barge in here unannounced and all. Found you through a friend of a friend of a friend...lost track of how it started...

I noticed that there could be heart benefits from this. I had a heart attack 8 years ago and a few afibs (atrial fibrillations) since then, and wonder about the benefits for me. Been okay for two years now and have taken off over 40 pounds.

Why do you take it?

So this doesn't come in pill form? I wonder if I would keep using it if I had to measure and scoop and all that stuff. It is hard enough for me to remember to take my vitamins.

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

Why? because as a natural extract of plants that has been ingested without harm (and some apparent benefits) throughout history, it can't possibly hurt, and evidence points to major benefits in several areas.

It DOES come in pill form, but to get a therapeutic does you'd have to take many pills a day. At that rate the powder costs much less, and is no extra hardship to add to hte cottage cheese mix I already eat.