Category Archives: Resveratrol

Nutrition for Eye Health

Posted on July 31, 2024 by Robert Barrington

Nutrition can play an important role in the health of the eyes. Damage to the eyes can occur over the lifetime of the individual and one of the main drivers of eye disease is free radical generation, which can in … Continue reading →

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Resveratrol and Mood

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Robert Barrington

Resveratrol is a polyphenol found in the skins of red grapes and therefore red wine is a rich source. Resveratrol is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory, and studies show that it may confer a number of health effects. One aspect of … Continue reading →

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Resveratrol as a PPAR Ligand: Mood Stabiliser

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Robert Barrington

Resveratrol is a polyphenol present in the skin of red grapes. As a result one of the best dietary sources of resveratrol is red wine. Other food sources of resveratrol include pomegranate and nuts. Resveratrol has been evidenced to exert … Continue reading →

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Grape Seed Extract and Cognition

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Robert Barrington

Grapes are high in antioxidants and are known to have a number of health benefits in humans and animals. However, the antioxidants differ between different parts of the grapes and this may give them different properties. For example, scientists have … Continue reading →

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Resveratrol in Foods

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Resveratrol is a stilbene polyphenol that is found in red wine. Resveratrol is a component of red grapes, and during the manufacture of wine it passes from the grapes to the wine. Resveratrol is considered a biologically active antioxidant, and … Continue reading →

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Resveratrol: Anti-Anxiety Component of Red Wine?

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Red wine is a complex mixture of phytochemicals and their metabolites. One phytochemical in red wine is resveratrol, a polyphenol antioxidant that is found in grapes. Evidence suggests that resveratrol is effective at protecting from a number of diseases, and … Continue reading →

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Red Wine and Anxiety

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Robert Barrington

Resveratrol is a polyphenolic substance found in large amounts in red wine. Resveratrol is associated with a number of health effects and this has been linked to its antioxidant effects. As antioxidants are protective of mood disorders, it has been … Continue reading →

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Resveratrol As A Treatment For Anxiety

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Robert Barrington
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Are Low Energy Neuroprotective?

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Robert Barrington

Fasting has been known to produce anticonvulsant effects since the 1920’s. In fact low energy diets and fasting are recorded at effective treatments for epilepsy by mainstream medicine. As understanding of this process has increased, it has become clear that … Continue reading →

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How Do Red Wine Antioxidants Protect Lipoproteins?

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Robert Barrington

Lipoprotein oxidation is considered a possible mechanism by which atherosclerosis can develop. The process is not fully understood, but it has become apparent that only oxidised lipoproteins are involved in the process of atherosclerotic plaque formation in humans. This has … Continue reading →

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