In very brief, I need help convincing my parents to take resveratrol....in fact, to take anything. My mother is 63 and my father 71, and they are the most intransigent people I have ever met. Once they get an idea in their head
As an example:, recently, my mother considered trying CBD to help treat her life-long crippling insomnia. She did not, because "diarrhea" was listed as the last possible side effect on the label. She's smoked marijuana before, and the idea that a byproduct of it will give her GI problems should be absolutely ludicrous, and even if so, treatable and bearable enough to solve help her get more than 4 hours of sleep before she works 12. But no; she had this idea that is will give her diarrhea, and so she refuses to even try the smallest amount. She smoked throughout her youth and this idea should be absolutely absurd to her.
Another good one: she broke her ankle falling on the ice last year, went to physical therapy the amount required but still leaving her in pain, but decided she didn't need to go any more for no reason she could articulate. When I encouraged her to go until she was free of pain, she literally yelled at me.
I'd say the real problem is her doctor; she goes to a lazy, run-of-the-mill salaried doctor, and despite being 64 and probably weighing 250lbs, her doctor sends her away saying she has nothing to worry about, every time. My father has not seen a doctor in 5 years and is such a sensitive subject my mom can't bring herself to even ask him. I read forums like this and can think of dozens of things she and my father could be doing to extend their life, from fish oil to D3 to TEMPOL to cerebrolysin......to resverotrol. She has actually heard of this, but knows nothing about it. I received the RevGenetics 1/2 off offer in the mail recently, and thought how wonderful it would be if I could get my parents to order it. But we're not exactly rich, and $152 is nothing to sneeze at for people who treat their old age with such a cavalier and uncaring attitude.
What I want to know/what help with, is how I might get my mother to purchase this excellent 1/2 off deal of resveratrol. She isn't stupid (in fact teaches a master's class in children's literacy)....but once she gets ANY negative reason in her mind, there is no changing it. Does anyone have any resources they could suggest such that I could send her, she could read and understand with limited medical knowledge, and might entice her to become interested in what this supplement could mean for her in her old age. Sadly I have to stay out of it, since me suggesting something means an automatic disqualification more often than not.
I love my parents greatly and would like them to be around a while longer, but as things stand they refuse to even look at themselves in the mirror (in terms of health). Any books, web pages, YT Videos, TV specials....anything positive and convincing, would be a godsend, and exactly what I need.