Numerous scientific studes have been conducted recently on resveratrol and prominent news programs and talk shows have featured it. According to an article published by WebMD, resveratrol may help slow breast cancer.

Resveratrol is a substance called an antioxidant (this is why acai berry supplements are so popular) that is contained in the skin of red grapes, red grape juces, and red wines. reservatrol can also be found in peanuts and some berries like cranberries and blueberries. Resveratrol supplements aer also starting to become popular.

Estrogen has been established as one of the risk factors associated with breast cancer. If the body’s system for dealing with estrogen gets out of balance, high levels of estrogen can interact with cells and cause tumors to start growing.

Resveratrol research done by the staff of the University of Nebraska has shown that it can decrease the effects that estrogen has on causing tumor growth. It may also increase the production of a beneficial enzyme that neutralizes harmful estrogen particles. This could mean that resveratrol stops breast cancer before it even starts, at least the cases that are due to too much estrogen in the body.

For the laboratory tests, relatively low levels of resveratrol were used to produce the desired results. Much more testing is needed to figure out what level of supplement would need to be taken to produce the desired level in the blood, but since it is a low level, researchers are hopeful that this can easily be accomplished.

In short, their research shows that resveratrol could stop the first step of the process that can lead to breast cancer that is caused by elevated levels of estrogen. These promising results were achieved in a laboratory setting, but much more research needs to be done before it can be proved that it really helps breast cancer in women.

This article should be used for informational purposes only. There has been no approval by the FDA for any health condition or disease treatment with resveratrol. You should consult your doctor for any treatments needed and before starting any exercise or diet program. Much of the information used in this article was obtained from research done by Oregon State University and is published at lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/phytochemicals/resveratrol/.