Great News About Resveratrol

The most significant human study to date, which supports the health-enhancing benefits of resveratrol that may address many of the age-related chronic diseases of our time, has just been published!
In a study featured this month in Cell Metabolism, Dutch researchers showed that taking a resveratrol supplement for 30 days significantly lowered multiple markers associated with heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and many other chronic diseases. These include markers of inflammation, improved mitochondrial capacity, lowered blood pressure, and blood glucose.
Since inflammation is at the root of literally hundreds of diseases, this has immense potential health implications. And we know that chronic inflammation leads not only to age-related diseases but to accelerated aging as well! This study also showed reductions in both blood pressure and triglyceride levels, both of which are associated with heart disease risk.
Diabetes has increased a whopping 35% in just the past decade. Until now, the only non-pharmacologic way to improve insulin sensitivity and reduce your risk of developing diabetes has been calorie restriction and weight loss, which is so very hard for people. This study would suggest that adding a high-potency resveratrol supplement may help improve your insulin sensitivity and lower blood sugar levels.
Anyone out there too tired to exercise? Well, this study may provide an answer for this, too! These study participants showed significant increases in markers of mitochondrial function. Mitochondria are your body’s energy producers, which tend to decrease in number and output as we age. The increases seen in this study were similar to those seen with endurance training. So get some of the energy benefits associated with exercise and ramp up your mitochondria just by taking a resveratrol supplement! Sounds too good to be true, but I must say the results here are compelling and exciting.
My advice is that, along with trying to eat better and exercise regularly, it makes better sense than ever to add a high-potency resveratrol supplement to your daily routine.

A 30 day supply of Shaklee's Vivix delivers the equvalent amount of resveratrol contained in 3000 glasses of red wine.

Nutrition and the Brain

I have been flying through the last two courses of my RNH studies. The information is so exciting and gravitating but the one area that really got my attention is how Nutrtion affects the brain.
It really opened my eyes. When our nutrition is poor we can all understand how it can physically affect our liver , heart etc, but most of us don't realize what great affects bad nutiriton can have on our brains. If our brains are not functionally ideally the symptoms are endless and the consequences can be very vast as our brain controls our thoughts, decisions and actions.
Brain health is fully dependent on good nutrition. We often judge people with mental illness and see them in a different light than those that may have heart disease or kidney disease, but the brain is just one more organ that needs specific nutrients in order to operate optimally.
It really made me wonder about all the people locked up in prison and institutions, and all the school kids that are controlled with Ritalin. How much does nutritional deficiencess and toxic exposures play in where they are now? I think it's time to bring nutrition education to the forefront.