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Add 10 Years to Your Life with This Nutrient

http://blog.drdavidwilliams.com/blog/digestive-health-guidance/add-10-years-to-your-life-with-this-nutrient

You can’t help getting older, but that doesn’t mean you have to age as you do so. Research shows hormones are critical in the aging process. Insulin has been in the news for quite a while as one of the controllers of aging, but there’s also another hormone receiving scrutiny—insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). Research shows it works intimately with insulin to help control the speed at which we age.

Unlike artificially manipulated hormones—which are usually short-lived and can trigger increased levels of insulin and sex hormones—IGF-1 works naturally.

In fact, research from Harvard University found that a compound in red wine increased the activity of a longevity protein that affects the insulin/IGF-1 system.  The compound, resveratrol (pronounced rez-VER-a-trawl), is a polyphenol that has already been shown to mitigate various age-related problems like arteriosclerosis (clogging of the arteries), nerve degeneration, and cancer formation.

Other researchers have just shown that, in various organisms and animals with the same systems as humans, longevity can be safely regulated through the IGF-1 pathway and that the IGF-1 pathway can be modulated by lowering insulin production (by getting a healthy amount of exercise and eliminating refined carbohydrates—steps you should be taking already) and by taking resveratrol.

How much resveratrol should you take? The studies indicate that 20 mg a day of resveratrol provides the maximum health benefits.

Now it’s your turn: Do you take resveratrol?

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