Oh please, Stop it! Univera is a bullshit MLM outfit. You've given us a link to a religious site that has an Intelligent Design video; the guy is one of countless Univera sellers. Univera doesn't have anything worth a damn. Resveratrol doesn't need to be "stabilized". The science has been done on this; you were misled by your employer.I found a very provokative statement from the depths of the interwebs:
http://www.lewrockwe...di/sardi25.htmlDue to processing, grape juice provides little resveratrol. Sun-dried raisins also contain no resveratrol due to oxidation by sun rays. The same is true for resveratrol pills which are widely marketed. Their resveratrol content, extracted from the Giant Knotweed plant (also called fo-ti in Asian cultures) for use in dietary supplements, is nil. Sinclair has tested a number of brands of resveratrol pills and their resveratrol content was zero. The resveratrol disappears soon after exposure to air during encapsulation. For now, red wine is the only reliable source of resveratrol.
This can't be true, or can it?
In case you're interested, I found the page as I was googling for the resveratrol content of raisins. There is contradictory information on that as well and I would really like to know the truth. Does anyone have access to this study?
It's true! I actually just finished working for a company called Univera that boasted that their resveratrol was the only one that is stabilized and actually contains resveratrol indefinitely. Google search it.
Each serving is equivalent to about 100 bottles of wine and was stabilized with vitamin E, EPA and DHA (I believe, unless there was more). Also, it was 3rd party validated. It's the only true resveratrol supplement that I'm aware of.
*edit* I just found this: http://1familyman.wo...l-and-diabetes/
*edit again* Here's this too:
http://dawinedog.blo...01_archive.html
*edit again* Meh, somebody could just contact the head scientist, Stephen Cherniske. I just can't seem to find any good links.
I agree that the links aren't credible, but that's why I mentioned that things should be corroborated.
I'm certainly inclined to disagree with you, however, I must always remain objective. That in mind I'll have to research it more. If I'm wrong I'd like to whole-heartedly thank you.
*edit* "Due to processing, grape juice provides little resveratrol. Sun-dried raisins also contain no resveratrol due to oxidation by sun rays. The same is true for resveratrol pills which are widely marketed. Their resveratrol content, extracted from the Giant Knotweed plant (also called fo-ti in Asian cultures) for use in dietary supplements, is nil. Sinclair has tested a number of brands of resveratrol pills and their resveratrol content was zero. The resveratrol disappears soon after exposure to air during encapsulation. For now, red wine is the only reliable source of resveratrol."
I'm not trying to be argumentative, but without the vit E, etc. to preserve its contents, why wouldn't it be useless like the OP suggests and you're stating? I'm just trying to elucidate a discrepancy here. :(
Edited by N.T.M., 26 February 2010 - 05:14 AM.