Red Wine Benefits Through Resveratrol

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Red Wine Benefits Through Resveratrol

• By Anthony Anastasio

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Need
Figure 2 Wine still remains the leased
consumed alcoholic beverage

• Figure 1
• Over the passed 6 years, disorders from alcohol
  have increased

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Red Wine Antioxidants

• Flavonoids- Antioxidant found in different foods
  and alcohol, but with higher quantity in Red
  Wine.
• Resveratrol- antioxidant found in red wine that
  helps the prevention of clogged arteries in mice.

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Resveratrol

• Found in the skin of grapes that are used in the
  fermentation of red wine.
• Found in plants as a defense system against
  disease.

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Literature Review

• Bass, 2007
• When drosophila exposed to resveratrol, no
  increase in lifespan is shown
• C. Elegans show an increase in life span with
  resveratrol supplement

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Literature Review

• Bauer, 2004

Drosophila showed an increase in lifespan with
resveratrol supplements
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Do-ability
Cultures available and exposure to resveratrol
is do able

• Resveratrol supplements obtainable