Comment · Mon, March 11, 2013 · Ceretropic
New drug being developed using compound found in red wine 'could help humans live until they are 150'
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danielsun · 4 points
My understanding is that the effects of resveratrol are not exaggerated but there is the problem of getting a dosage that we can get all the benefits from. When they show studies of mice eating the equivalent of e all fast food diet in addition to living 15% long life spans, they did not mention that they gave them dosages that are about 25% of the animals body weight.
I tried looking for the source but could not find it, if anyone can exercise their google fu / pubmed fu better than I. I would appreciate that
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867406014280
mice that were given a dose of 200 or 400 mg/kg/day (mpk) of RSV administered in either a chow diet or high fat (HF) diet for 15 weeks.
200*4/37 = 21.6mg/kg
400*4/37 = 43.2mg/kg
So that would mean that I would have to take between 1.7g and 3.5g of resveratrol per day to see the same effects. Most doses I see people taking range from 100mg to 500mg. So it's doable. However, most people are not going to pay the high price for multi gram daily resveratrol regimens.