At this point most people know that pesticides are bad. Most people understand that if pesticides get into the foods we eat, they can have very negative effects. What people don’t know is that pesticides are having a very negative impact on our food supply, even when they are not in the food we eat!
Hey, What Happened to All the Resveratrol in My Red Wine?
Resveratrol is an incredible popular nutrient found in red grapes and red wine. Click here if you want to read our full Special Report on Resveratrol - its health benefits, the science and the clinical studies. We go over it in detail in the report, but Resveratrol has strong anti-aging benefits and it is believed to at least partly explain the “French Paradox” - the French have a high fat diet and smoke, but they have very low rates of heat disease. The theory is the Resveratrol in the red wine they drink is what keeps them healthy.
About 30 years ago a bottle of red wine had about 30mg of Resveratrol. Today that same bottle has only about 3mg! Why is the Resveratrol content of Red Wine decreasing? Pesticides.
Pesticides Are Making Grapes Lazy!
The antioxidants in red grapes - the resveratrol and the other polyphenols are produced by grapes to fight off infection, bugs and harsh conditions. Well, guess what happens when you start to use Pesticides to fight off the bugs and infection? You guessed it - the grapes decrease the amount of resveratrol and other polyphenols that they produce.
Resveratrol Levels Dropping in Red Grapes and Muscadine Grapes
The problem with pesticides is not just the toxic chemicals getting into our food, the problem is they are changing the actual nutritional content of the food we eat. Red grapes and Muscadine Grapes that have been sprayed with pesticides produce much less resveratrol - there is no need for resveratrol if the pesticides are doing all the work.
Our Advice - Don’t Buy Any Resveratrol Supplements Unless You Know the Grapes Were Not Treated with Pesticides
When shopping for a trans-resveratrol supplement, you want to make sure the grapes used in the supplement were not treated with pesticides. Products such as the Perfect ResGrape Resveratrol have spec sheets to show that NO pesticides were used - this is EXACTLY what you want to see before buying any Resveratrol supplements.
