Power Of Resveratrol Gets A Boost

You may have heard that wine can help with aging. It turned out that it was the resveratrol in the skin of red grapes that was having the positive anti-inflammatory effect .

It also turned out that these positive changes had only been observed in the test tube.

Well, there’s now a report on its positive impact on humans. This was from a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

In the study 20 healthy participants were randomized to receive a placebo or 40 mg of resveratrol over a six-week period.

The researchers reported a potent anti-inflammatory effect for the participants treated with resveratrol. 

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Think About Summer Sun…Now, Think Of No Damage From The Sun

Two things about this sentence stand out. One, it’s March and it’s still cold, and two, too much such can cause damage to the skin. Well, it being March is true, but sun damage may become a thing of the past.

It turns out humans lack a key enzyme found in many animals and plants that reverses severe sun damage. Research published in Nature reported that scientists were able to observe the enzyme photolyase inject a single electron and proton into an injured strand of DNA.

These subatomic particles healed the damage in a fraction of a second. After the repair is done the electron and the proton are automatically ejected out of the DNA and back into the photolyase enzyme so it’s ready to use again.

For readers who are old enough to remember it, the statement comes to mind of…”who was that masked man” or in this case…”what was that enzyme.”

The Fountain Of Youth May Be In Your Nose

A study published by the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation discovered that beauty and the perception of being younger may not be in the eyes of the beholder but in the nose of the beholder.

The researchers found that women wearing a grapefruity fragrance were perceived by as being an average of 6 years younger!

Two fragrances that have this grapefruity scent are Eau de Parfum Light Citrus Floral by Aubrey Organics or Trillium fragrances.

Or you can just go out and buy a grapefruit (probably pink), cut and squeeze!