Dr. Joseph Mercola Recommends Purple Defense Supplement

Dec. 18, 2010 - PRLog -- Chicago, Illinois, December 17, 2010 –Touted as a modern-day "fountain of youth," resveratrol is a powerful antioxidant found in berries, cocoa, grapes, and peanuts.* It has been shown in studies to protect your cells from free radical damage, boost your heart health, maintain your blood pressure in the normal range, and help control the aging process.*

According to natural health expert Dr. Joseph Mercola, resveratrol is a unique antioxidant because it can cross the blood-brain barrier and reach your brain and nervous system. “Proof of its potency is when a fruit triples its shelf life once a solution of this antioxidant is applied,” Dr. Mercola says.

Researchers believe that resveratrol is responsible for the “French paradox” – the observation that French people have better cardiovascular health despite having a diet rich in saturated fats. High red wine consumption in the country has been suggested as a primary factor of this trend.

However, Dr. Mercola does not recommend wine as a resveratrol source. He points out that alcohol is a neurotoxin that can poison your brain, disrupt your hormonal balance, and increase your insulin levels. High insulin is associated with nearly every chronic disease.

Excessive alcohol intake is also seen to increase your risk of cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, and liver cirrhosis.
Significant amounts of resveratrol are also found in cocoa powder and dark chocolate products. “But chocolate tends to contain a lot of sugar, which can seriously impair your immune system. Commercial chocolate also retains less than half of the nutrients it originally contained after it is processed,” warns Dr. Mercola

Muscadine grapes – with their extra thick skins and numerous seeds -- contain the highest natural concentration of resveratrol. The caveat is that you would have to eat a lot of grapes, which can lead to an overdose of fructose. Fructose is converted to fat faster than other forms of sugar.

Dr. Mercola personally uses and recommends Purple Defense, a premium resveratrol supplement that contains grape seed extract, grape skin extract, organic black currant powder, and organic plum extract. One Purple Defense capsule contains the amount of resveratrol present in 39 eight-ounce glasses of wine.


*This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

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