Some comprehensive health and aging advice recently sprang from the Oprah show, where Dr Oz the resident dietitian reviewed one of the latest methods for treating longevity.
Known as resveratrol, this anti-oxidant which has been consumed for centuries by certain communities in their local diet, has only recently been manufactured into a pill supplement and juice.
Resveratrol works by slowly stripping away fats which line your arteries and by having cleaner arteries your heart obviously works more efficiently under less stress, therefor giving it strength and adding longevity.
Resveratrol is in fact a polyphenol, or a fungi if you like which is found in high concentrations in the Muscadine grape and Japanese Knot weed.
This fungi helps protect the plant from bacteria, but has also proved to be an extremely rich anti-oxidant.
Sardinians have consumed this for centuries in their local tipple of red wine and although alcohol poses obvious risks, if consumed on a regular basis in moderation, this scientists believe is in part due to the fact that this small island holds the world record for the highest number of centenarian men per capita.
Okinawans also consume Resveratrol in abundance and here their Resv fix comes in the form of Knotweed which is a root used in a variety of recipes and also used medicinally.
In fact the Okinawans have been using resveratrol formulas for centuries for health and aging treatments such as inflammation as well as lipid atherosclerosis and liver ailments such as Hepatitis B and arthritis.
Aside from having a vast majority of their citizens living well into their hundreds, this may well be attributed to the fact that there is hardly a case of cancer to report on on this island.
In fact, if you are born and raised in Okinawa you are 84% less likely to develop some form of cancer than if you were born and raised in the U.S which currently has medical experts baffled.
This is not to suggest that resveratrol offers a cure for cancer - far from it - but it may well offer certain benefits for keeping it at bay. The jury is still out.
So aside from its longevity benefits and medicinal treatments, dietitians argue that if you are concerned about your health and aging, then resveratrol may be one way to go.
0 comments