Definition: Resveratrol is an ingredient of red wine, red grape skins and seeds purple grape juice. It is also a natural antioxidant (a polyphenol), known to protect against a range of illnesses and diseases including neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's or other dementias, cancer and heart disease. One or two glasses of red wine per day is generally considered the 'therapeutic' dose, but no substantive evidence is available to support this.
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Proof positive that something of what we fancy really does do us good. Red wine is under the microscope as holding out hope for degenerative brain diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. It also has good effects on herpes, the common cold, heart diseases and cancer. If that wasn't enough it even tastes good!