The Power of Dietary Supplements: Resveratrol

Healthy diet is an essential part of healthy living.

Dietary supplements became very popular in the past decade with people who care about healthy lifestyle.

Resveratrol is an antioxidant found in red wine, grapes and berries.

It can help stave off weight gain, improve energy and boost endurance.

In the last few years a lot of people turned to Resveratrol to enhance their already healthy lifestyles.

As a matter of fact, sales of the recently popularized dietary supplement are estimated to be over 30 million annually.

Nowadays, Resveratrol is one of the top five best-selling supplements available at the Vitamin Shoppe, a national chain of health and wellness stores, with purchases having more than doubled between 2008 and 2009.

Much of the initial excitement about this dietary supplement revolved around its potential to expand longevity and its promise to lower the risk of heart disease, a variety of cancers, type 2 diabetes, and age-related problems, like bone loss etc.

Among the ongoing medical explorations in the last few years, one of the most immediate possibilities of Resveratrol lies in the realm of fitness.

There is definitely more research needed on the above dietary supplement, but so far it was found that Resveratrol has an unprecedented promise for improving people’s physical endurance and helping them control their weight.

What the studies have shown so far is very encouraging.

Resveratrol appears to activate enzymes that help muscles use oxygen more efficiently.

When you process energy more efficiently, you can significantly increase your endurance.

People who have been taking this supplement reported to have more stamina because of it, and have been able to push themselves further than before.

Fitness experts started to take notice of Resveratrol back in 2006, when one of the magazines reported that mice given the above antioxidant ran nearly twice as far on a treadmill than unsupplemented mice.

More energy and less muscle exhaustion led to a better workout, as if you could put all of the benefits of exercise and a healthy diet in one pill.

This also means that Resveratrol can help you work out harder and longer before your muscles become too fatigued to perform.

Therefore, these more intense workouts will condition muscles for a greater effort the next time you go to the gym, and so on for a continuous cycle of improved fitness.

With no true consensus on the ideal amount of Resveratrol necessary for measurable fitness achievements, many experts advise to proceed with caution and always consult your doctor before you start taking any dietary supplements.

What is proved to be safe and healthy is consuming moderate amounts of natural sources of Resveratrol.

Due to the fact that the supplement’s long term safety has yet to be proved, I would rather enjoy a glass of red wine or grape juice now and then, instead of taking supplements.

Researches show that that moderate amounts of red wine can lower risk of cardiovascular problems.

Red wine, depending on the grapes, vineyard conditions etc., has the highest concentration of Resveratrol, with as much as 15 milligrams per bottle in types like pinot noir.

Also remember that eating right, getting enough sleep and exercising regularly will keep us healthy for a long run.

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