Fit and Youthful Life

Guest Author: Ric Hawkins


One of the many things that some companies are now saying is that resveratrol rebuilds heart cells. However, although it is shown to be good for your heart, can it actually rebuild the cells?

From all the research I have seen, it seems it is an unproven claim. Tests have been carried out on mice and have a way to go yet before a claim that resveratrol rebuilds heart cells can be substantiated.

That being said, it can be extremely good for your heart, as the French Paradox shows. This is whereby the French consume a lot of resveratrol rich red wine and have a lower instance of heart disease than Americans, even though their diet is similarly high in fat.

Research has shown that resveratrol is an anti inflammatory and can prevent fatty deposits building up in the arteries which can lead to a heart attack or stroke.

Experts have also found that it can lower your bad (LDL) cholesterol due to its powerful antioxidant properties. So it positively helps your heart, but not in the way some claim.

I think the most interesting attribute is that it is being hailed as one of the most powerful substances ever found to reverse the signs of aging, and perhaps even increasing our lifespan.

So even if the claim that resveratrol rebuilds heart cells isn’t accurate, this wonder nutrient has many other incredible properties as you can see. I’m sure the list will increase with time!

Experts agree to get the maximum benefit you should not drink excessive amounts of red wine but to take it in a combined health supplement.

If you take it with other nutrients, when these ingredients are put together they create synergy, which means you get the direct benefits of each nutrient and the benefits from their interaction with one another.

Most manufacturers don’t put a special coating on the pill, so much is lost due to the actions of stomach acid, and so even if resveratrol rebuilds heart cells, you wouldn’t get the benefit unless it reached the bloodstream.

What you need to look for is one with a natural enteric coating, which means it passes through the stomach and is released in the upper intestine, where all the nutrients can benefit you.

I firmly believe in the future we will hear some incredible things about this wonder nutrient. GlaxoSmithKline has already invested nearly a billion dollars into more research, so that’s very promising to say the least.

But make no mistake about it, you can get many of the benefits already, here and now, if you choose the right supplement with care, and although the fact that resveratrol rebuilds heart cells is not yet proven, it may help you live a longer and healthier life.

If you would like to learn more about the synergistic supplements which I personally take, including resveratrol, why not visit my website. 

Guest Author: Valerie Rosenbaum


If you have read reports saying that resveratrol rebuilds heart cells, find out where the reporters got there information. There are published studies that concluded it protects and prolongs the lifespan of heart cells, but rebuilding is another story entirely.

After an attack, damaged heart muscle cells cannot regenerate. The muscle struggles to pump blood. Additionally, tissue damage can lead to congestive heart failure, which leads to death in more than half of diagnosed patients.

There is research indicating that cardiac function can be restored and improved through the use of stem cells. There are other studies indicating that resveratrol can prevent the cells from dying. But, there is no research indicating that resveratrol rebuilds heart cells. Of course, it is possible to become confused.

Those things that protect a cell may be thought of as rebuilding it. But one of the worrisome things about resveratrol is that it may deliver survival or death signals to a cardiac cell, depending on the dosage. In other words, at high doses, it could cause a heart cell to die. The major concern, for health writers like me, is that some supplement companies promote the use of high daily doses of this compound, when there is no good data on when a dose becomes toxic.

Mega doses, anything higher than 400 units per day, of vitamin E cause bleeding. Vitamin A, in the animal form, is also toxic and causes liver dysfunction, along with other health problems. Zinc causes copper deficiencies at 100-300mg/day and causes acute toxicity at higher doses. Continuous excessive intake of calcium can result in cardiac arrest. All of these vitamins and minerals are essential to human health, but it is possible to overdo it.

Those basic vitamins and minerals have been studied for decades. Researchers know when too much is too much. Research concerning resveratrol has only been ongoing for the last couple of years. We understand that small amounts are good for our health. But, we have no understanding of toxicity that could occur when consuming hundreds or thousands of milligrams per day, which is what some, supplement companies recommend.

20-50mg per day is sufficient. More than 100mg per day is risky. Doses of 200mg per day or more could cause serious problems.

If you are like most people, you want to do everything that you can to protect your health and reduce your risk of serious diseases. There is still much that we do not know, but more and more information is becoming available.

It seems that dietary nutrients can help reduce our risk of cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, macular degeneration, type II diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and many other health problems. A good multi-nutritional supplement takes the guess work out of how much of these things you should consume every day, as long as the manufacturer realizes the risk of overdoing it.

There is no indication that I can find that resveratrol rebuilds heart cells, but it could prolong the life of those cells, as long as we don’t overdo it.



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