Just got this in my email from Longevinex. Take it for what you will:
Bulletin to consumers of Longevinex...
Independent laboratory tests, conducted at the Plant Bioactives Research Institute in Utah, confirm that the resveratrol molecule has been preserved in Longevinex, and another independent lab test conducted at Biomol indicates Longevinex capsules exhibit biological activity. This was enough for TIME Magazine to herald the introduction of Longevinex as the world's first stabilized red wine molecules in an airtight pill. Here is the text of the TIME report.
RECENT VINTAGE, NO BOQUET
Why would anyone looking for the health benefits of red wine choose a little pill over a nice glass of Pinot Noir? Well, calorie counters or teetotalers might. At least that's what the makers of a bumper crop of new red-wine pills are banking on. The latest entry in the burgeoning wine-supplement market is Longevinex, which boasts that its pills are the only ones that both come in airtight capsules and -- mon Dieu! -- are made of real red-wine extract from France. Packed into each Longevinex capsules is an active ingredient roughly equivalent to between 5 and 15 glasses of red wine or unfermented grape juice.* The key compound is an antioxidant called resveratrol, which has been shwon to play a role in longevity -- at least for one-celled organisms. Perhaps time and further research will tell whether the benefits of wine, if not the pleasure and bouquet, an be packed into a pill for people. Meanwhile, which pill will pair best with foie gras? --Time Magazine, Feb. 16, 2004, p. 99.
* Time Magazine erred here and mistakenly printed that resveratrol can be obtained from grape juice. Resveratrol is destroyed during pasteurization of grape juice.
The asterisked comment is from the email.
Hugh
