Recent studies have shown that a diet that follows the path of caloric restriction (CR) will promote longevity, because it reduces the usual effects of aging. CR is a way to promote anti-aging. In plain English this means that if you fast like a monk in a monastery, then you will live longer than you would if you continue consuming your current quantity of food every day. Most of us do not feel called to the monastic life, so we need to find another path to achieve longevity.

Fortunately, we have a way to promote longevity that does not require us to limit strictly our enjoyment of food. How can a person enjoy their senior health, if they have to fast every day. The beginning of an alternative answer to CR came from studies of the eating habits of the French people. The French consume large amounts of butter and animal fats, but they do not suffer from cardiovascular disease. This French paradox led researchers to study the complete diet of the French. These studies revealed that the French consume a lot of red wine that contains the most
resveratrol. Resveratrol has been implicated as the principal anti-aging substance that promotes cardiovascular health among the French.

In the last few years a number of studies have shown strong indications that resveratrol may have other anti-aging effects similar to CR in regard to cardiac and muscle aging.
In addition it imitates the effects of CR in controlling blood sugar levels that can possibly prevent the onset of diabetes. Additional diseases associated with aging that may be alleviated by resveratrol include Alzheimer’s disease and inflammatory arthritis. The implications of these studies are very encouraging, because the show serious potential for improving health for seniors

The good news for seniors is that after years of intensive research, a standardized resveratrol extract is now available as a dietary supplement. This whole grape extract contains a spectrum of polyphenols that are naturally contained in red wine such as proanthocyanidins, anthocyanins, and flavonoids. These compounds that are present in red wine are the ones that produced the French paradox. The standardized extract provides the amount of resveratrol that would be found in several bottles of red wine.
By taking resveratrol seniors can get the anti-aging benefits of CR without being required to fast like a monk. They can enjoy their senior health by eating normally.

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