[ameribbean expat]

“Scientists are close to developing a pill that delivers the concentrated benefits of resveratrol, the component in red wine thought to be beneficial to health.”

This is why the general public has a low level of respect for science. What genius decided to take the fun out of working toward better health?

[Georgia Girl 2]

I harnessed it years ago by drinking red wine every day. :-)

[GreenHornet]

1000 Bottles of Wine on the Wall

Great! Now there's going to be 999 more threads following this one!

[plain talk]

I tend to believe there are benefits to resveratrol. There are already products out there that advertise on the radio all the time.

However here is a muted contrarian view. Just throwing this out there. It doesn’t trash resveratrol but dampens the excitement just a tad especially if it involves mega-doses of the stuff. Of course if someone has Alzheimers - what the heck?

http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/DSH/resveratrol.html

[pieceofthepuzzle]

This is a bit old (2012), but very relevant regarding the risk of hype in biomedical science. I'm not saying there is no benefit in reservatrol, but all such research and potential ‘miracle’ substances/drugs/molecules/cells/diets should be viewed with appropriate skepticism.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/756905

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryhusten/2012/01/16/resveratrol-and-fraud/#91651cb73b73