{"id":963,"date":"2018-04-27T08:59:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T08:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/?p=963"},"modified":"2019-06-20T09:05:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T09:05:36","slug":"resveratrol-polyphenol-a-powerful-epigenetic-influencer-and-antioxidant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/nutrition\/resveratrol-polyphenol-a-powerful-epigenetic-influencer-and-antioxidant\/","title":{"rendered":"Resveratrol: Polyphenol a powerful epigenetic influencer and\u00a0antioxidant."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Resveratrol is part of a group of compounds called <a href=\"\/polyphenols\/\">polyphenols<\/a> and&nbsp;has been shown to be a powerful epigenetic influencer and&nbsp;natural antioxidant. A&nbsp;natural compound found in red grape skin&nbsp;to protect the plant against fungal diseases,&nbsp;inflammation,&nbsp;drought and ultraviolet sunlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phytonutrient &#8211;&nbsp;a substance found in certain plants which are believed to be beneficial to human health and help prevent various diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Resveratrol Rich Foods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Resveratrol&nbsp;&nbsp;(3,5,4\u2032-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene) in food include the skin of red grapes, blueberries, raspberries, mulberries, <a href=\"\/cocao-vs-cocoa\/\">cocoa<\/a> powder, smaller amounts in peanuts. But everyone&#8217;s&nbsp;favourite it&#8217;s the plant compound found in red wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A powerful antioxidant that plants produce to protect themselves against environmental stresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is believed to be responsible for low rates of heart disease in the French population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Potential Health Benefits of Resveratrol<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Resveratrol is believed to help&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>anti inflammatory<br>Reducing oxidative&nbsp;<em>stress<\/em>, which prevents premature aging of cells<br>lowering cholesterol<br>lowering blood pressure<br>lower blood sugar levels<br>antioxidant so can help prevent cancer<br>may lower brain plaque levels<br>Increase&nbsp;Longevity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NOTE:&nbsp;Resveratrol has mild estrogenic activity&nbsp; women with cancers that are estrogen sensitive should seek advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Resveratrol and Anti ageing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xqgVeOkNbmE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drugs.com\/resveratrol.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is Resveratrol?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/20361959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anti-inflammatory activities of resveratrol in the brain: role of resveratrol in microglial activation.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/17897053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anti-inflammatory responses of resveratrol.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/18667005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Potential of resveratrol in anticancer and anti-inflammatory therapy.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/17897053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anti-inflammatory responses of resveratrol.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/20443159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fighting cancer with red wine? Molecular mechanisms of resveratrol.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/21261635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resveratrol and cellular mechanisms of cancer prevention.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29359958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Effect of resveratrol on blood pressure<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5245087\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The effect of resveratrol on hypertension: A clinical trial<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resveratrol is part of a group of compounds called polyphenols and&nbsp;has been shown to be a powerful epigenetic influencer and&nbsp;natural antioxidant. A&nbsp;natural compound found in red grape skin&nbsp;to protect the plant against fungal diseases,&nbsp;inflammation,&nbsp;drought and ultraviolet sunlight. Phytonutrient &#8211;&nbsp;a substance found in certain plants which are believed to be beneficial to human health and help [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[69],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=963"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":967,"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963\/revisions\/967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}