• Thursday March 03rd
  • The Very Best Food Sources For Resveratrol and Tips For Getting The Right Balance in Your Diet

  •   If you are looking for the best food sources for resveratrol, then this article will outline them for you and how to overcome the problem of absorption with this super antioxidant.

    You may have heard the rumour about drinking lots of red wine but this is not really true. Although certain wines do contain it, they are not among the best food sources for resveratrol, as very little reaches your bloodstream and the counter effects of the alcohol can be detrimental to your health too.

    Here are the best food sources for resveratrol and the amount you get per serving:

    1 cup red grapes - 1.25mg

    1 cup peanut butter - 0.15mg

    1 cup peanuts - 0.25mg

    1 cup boiled peanuts -1.30mg

    Other sources include blueberries and the Japanese knotweed plant.

    Remember that only a tiny percentage of these amounts makes it into your system as resveratrol is very hard to absorb.

    So how do you avoid the absorption issue and get the maximum benefits?

    Don't be fooled by the many companies offering high and unproven doses of 500mg a day or more! For starters you don't need that much and they are normally in powder form or with a cheap veggie cap on a pill that is released into the stomach, so most is destroyed anyway.

    To enjoy the maximum health benefits which include increased energy and endurance, powerful anti-cancer properties, treatment for diabetes, anti aging qualities and much more, this antioxidant should be combined with other special nutrients.

    The best two for increased absorption are bromelain and piperine from black pepper, increasing the amount that enters your bloodstream by up to 2000%!

    Other extracts like green tea and olive leaf combine particularly well and enhance the resveratrol power significantly.

    The most potent and active form you should look for is called trans-resveratrol and 10-20mg a day is the optimal dose.

    An enteric coating is essential to protect the supplement from being destroyed by the stomach acid and releases it instead in the upper intestine.

    As you can see, although many of the best food sources for resveratrol contain a good amount, they are unable to provide any major benefits.

    If you want to find out more about the nutritional supplements containing resveratrol which my family and I use on a daily basis, click here.

    To your good health,

    Ric Hawkins 

     

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