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Resveratrol
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What is Resveratrol?
Resveratrol is a natural phenol that can be found in many foods like grapes, blueberries, dark chocolate and peanuts. It can be found in abundance within the components of Mediterranean diets such as red wine(1).
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Now, Resveratrol is widely used as a dietary supplement. It is well known to have beneficial effects on the lifespan of animals as a caloric restriction mimic, but can it really bring the same benefits which caloric restriction does in humans? Many also wonder if there is an added benefit to exercising if they take resveratrol, or is one redundant in the equation. Below, we will debunk two myths about resveratrol.
According to Adroit Market Research, resveratrol supplement market will reach a value of $115.7 million by 2028. Taking resveratrol in the supplement form has become a growing trend (3)
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​Resveratrol was first discovered in the roots of white hellebore by Japanese researchers in 1939 (2)
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White hellebore (Veratrum album): flowering stem, bulb and leaf. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
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Done by: MeiQi , Amirah, Imran, An Ping
References
1. Weiskirchen, S., & Weiskirchen, R. (2016). Resveratrol: How Much Wine Do You Have to Drink to Stay Healthy?. Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.), 7(4), 706–718. https://doi.org/10.3945/an.115.011627
2. Pezzuto J. M. (2019). Resveratrol: Twenty Years of Growth, Development and Controversy. Biomolecules & therapeutics, 27(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.4062/biomolther.2018.176
3. Adroit Market Research. (2021). Resveratrol Market to reach US $115.7 million by 2028 - Global Insights on Key Trends, Strategic Initiatives, Growth Drivers, COVID-19 Impact Analysis, Leading Players and Business Opportunities: Adroit Market Research. Retrieved from: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/01/26/2164003/0/en/Resveratrol-Market-to-reach-US-115-7-million-by-2028-Global-Insights-on-Key-Trends-Strategic-Initiatives-Growth-Drivers-COVID-19-Impact-Analysis-Leading-Players-and-Business-Opport.html
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White hellebore (Veratrum album): flowering stem, bulb and leaf. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
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