Fountain Of Youth In A Wine Rx?, Researchers Tell Morley Safer Red Wine Substance Resveratrol Could One Day Lengthen Lives - CBS News
Scientists are uncovering a “pill” through wine against aging or at least a mechanism that slows the aging of a person for some ten years or more. CBS 60 minutes has the documentary displayed below. Oh by the way, imaging what would happen to the US Social Security system if that happens. The old (God-bless) will live longer but will the young still be able to pay the price of the current social security system by financially contributing to the system for more retired people but who would manage to live longer? Or, would the elderly be forced to work more in exchange for a “pill”?
“(CBS) Seventeen years ago, 60 Minutes first examined the so-called French paradox, which suggested that the French - despite a high fat diet and high consumption of wine - had a remarkably low incidence of heart disease, compared with Americans. Most researchers agreed that there was something in the wine that offered protection, and a few years later, even the highly cautious federal dietary guidelines say that moderate consumption of red wine can be beneficial.
Now, scientists across the country have identified a substance in red wine called resveratrol that they believe might do more than just protect the heart, but could - in very high concentrations - significantly extend life by preventing a number of age related illnesses. If they're right, we all may soon be taking a pill that could give us an extra decade or two of healthy old age.”