Metabolic syndrome is part of the bad news when the doctor tells us we have diabetes.  Then we discover the metabolic syndrome dangerously increases our risk of heart disease, which is the biggest cause of death among the senior population. Scientists have conducted a number of epidemiologic studies to substantiate the fact that resveratrol lowers or reduces the threat of metabolic syndrome and it is also the reason given by some that increased red wine consumption provides the resveratrol protection.

A Chinese researcher at the University of Hong Kong, Dr. Ling Liu strongly believes that resveratrol is a very powerful influence in activating sirtuins to increase the life span and prevent the negative effects of excessive intake of insulin resistance and metabolic Read the rest of this entry »