Resveratrol

July 30th, 2010

Muscadine Grapes

Muscadine Grapes are reputed to contain the most resveratrol of all grapes. Resveratrol is found in the skin and the seeds of muscadine grapes and possibly other parts of the grape. To increase the amounts of resveratrol muscadine grapes are exposed to fungi which turns on the cellular mechanisms that produce reveratrol. Muscadine grapes also contain many other polyphenols that have anti-oxidant properties which include: anthocyanins such as delphinidin and petunidin, tannins, quercetin, catechins and epicatechin (particularly in seeds), gallic acid, ellagic acid (particularly in skin), ellagic acid glycosides, ellagitannins, myricetin (particularly in leaves) and kaempferol.

Interestingly, the rank order of total phenolic content among muscadine components was found to be that seeds have the most followed by skins followed by leaves and pulp has the least. This result could be explained by how fungi would attack the plant. The leaves and skins face the environment and would need protection the skins more than the leaves (based on the idea that the plant does things to perpetuate itself) and the seeds need special protection because they will be exposed to the harshest conditions and they also contain the genetic material for reproduction.

Resveratrol

Resveratrol is a well-studied polyphenol thats been shown to impact multiple mechanisms of cellular aging in a positive manner. Mechanisms include DNA protection and repair, genetic regulators of cellular aging, and mitochondrial biogenesis that support cellular functions and longevity. A page pointing to much of this research is Wikipedia. There is also an extensive page at the Linus Pauling Institute website. The researcher who discovered Resveratrol is Dr. David Sinclair of Harvard. He participated in developing the Resveratrol market, but has since retracted some of his statements use in marketing Resveratrol. While the animal testing shows positive anti-aging properties, Resveratrol is largely unproven to affect the human lifespan. Many of the properties that have been shown in the studies point to Resveratrol as a potent anti-oxidant and there are no reports of negative side effects in humans.

Studies have shown that a restricted calorie diet turns on certain genes that tend to extend the livespan of several animals. Resveratrol has been shown to turn on these same genes. In a mouse study carried out by Dr Sinclair, Resveratrol was shown to extend the lifespans of "fat" mice over the control group of "fat" mice. And that the extended lifespans appear to mimic the mice on a restricted calorie diet. This is the research that has been interpreted as extending lifespans of other mammals not in the study. This potential is the basis for thinking that Resveratrol is the beginning of discoveries that will lead to extending man's lifespan. The research goes on as the supplement industry has made Resveratrol available to the general public.

Studies do show that the muscadine grape has higher concentrations of Resveratrol than other grapes. Resveratrol is found in the skin, seeds and possibly other parts of the muscadine grape, there are some studies that refute this finding. It is known that Resveratrol content is increased where the grapes are exposed to fungus and it is believed that plants that produce Resveratrol do so to resist fungal attack.

Common Misspellings of Resveratrol

Reservatol
Reservatrol
Resveratol
Resveretrol
Resveritol
Resveritrol
Resvertrol

Resveratrol is easy to misspell, the list above is a short list of the most common misspellings. I remember how to spell it as "res" which is latin for "thing" added to "vera" which is the other half of "aloe vera" added to "trol" which is the second half of "control". Most of the misspellings come from not pronouncing the word correctly in your head, the rest come from vowel substitution. At any rate, the following link will take you to Resveratrol.

Anti-Aging Diet

The anti-aging diet can be thought of as a healthy diet. Raw foods particularly vegetables are known to have both better nutrition and better natural enzymes to aid in digestion. There are at least 5 general catagories of food in addition to exercise that will help you create your own anti-aging diet: Produce, Certain Proteins, Omega-3 Rich Foods and Fish, Whole Grains, Red Wine (and other drinks)

1. Produce

Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables is a no-brainer. Fruits and vegetables are high in fiber, nutrients and generally low in calories. They can help you lose weight as well. Reducing caloric intake below what you burn is one of the keys aspects of both losing weight and producing an anti-aging effect. Certain fruits and vegetables have surprising anti-aging benefits.

Currently (currants too) there's buzz about blueberries which appear to have a memory-boosting potential. However berries of all colors are antioxidant-rich. That means they can neurtalize free radicals, molecules that are linked to chronic inflammation and can cause widespread cell damage. Unlike acute inflammation that occurs when you sprain an ankle or strain a muscle, inflamation that contributes to aging is persistent, and thought to be the source of most chronic diseases including, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, arthritis, and osteoporosis.

Dark green and leafy vegetables like spinach are prime sources of lutein and zeaxanthin, plant pigments that protect your eyes from the harmful effects of ultraviolet light. These vegies can keep your vision sharp. Leafy greens are rich in vitamin K, which plays a role in reducing bone loss and preventing fractures.

2. Certain Proteins

It is known that muscle mass begins to decline up to about one percent a year in men and women over 40. Protein in your diet is important to keep your muscle mass up in addition to exercise. Drops in muscle mass create a drops in metabolism which can create weight gain if caloric intake is not reduced. Added weight can put your health at risk, sap your energy, and even create balance problems. Added weight also puts more pressure on joints in the lower body, hastening cartilige break down in hips, knees and ankles.

Keeping your muscle mass and maintaining your metabolism requires that you include protein in your diet and as an added bonus protein will keep you feeling full after meals. Not all protein is the same but generally good sources of lean protein are skinless chicken, turkey, beans, and seafood. Dairy can be a good source of protein, however it has been shown that certain dairy products like cheese concentrate casein which when metabolized can create certain metabolites that are known to be addicting. Yogurt can be a good source of protein and as an added bonus there are probiotics that are not present in most other dairy products.

3. Omega-3-Rich Foods and Fish

Omega-3 rich foods such as walnuts, flaxseeds and fish can help increase good cholesterol and reduce chronic inflamation. Omega-3 oils are also known to act on an area of the brain that leads to improved mood and attitude in healthy adults. Improved outlook can lead to feeling more vigorous and healthy. Omega-3 fatty acids are found in salmon, tuna and mackerel and some other fish. It has been shown that Omega-3 fatty acids have a potent anti-inflammatory effect as well as being anti-aging.

4. Whole Grains

Whole grains include whole wheat, oats, quinoa and brown rice, and whole grain products made from them. A meal plan loaded with whole grains helps you stay slender, in part, because whole grains contain fiber. Fiber can help in appetite control and contributes to digestion by adding bulk to your food. Whole grains generally have low glycemic index ratings (a system that rates the effect of different carbohydrates on blood sugar levels with lower glycemic rated foods helping you to maintain appropriate sugar levels in your blood).

Research has shown that whole grains can offer some protection from diabetes, high blood pressure,stroke, heart disease, colon cancer and gum disease. Whole grains offer an array of vitamins, minerals, plant chemicals, and fiber that work together to promote health.

5. Red Wine and Other Drinks

Red wine offers you resveratrol which is a potent antioxidant, inflammation damper, and artery protector. Higher doses of resveratrol may counteract cell death in the heart and brain, which may mean this compound has even greater potential to prolong your life. Too much of a good thing could be bad so limit yourself to one five-ounce glass a day.

Other drinks that can have an effect on aging and your health are coffee, tea and some herb blends. Coffee appears to lower the risk of type 2 diabetes and Parkinson's disease, and evidence suggests that it may lower your risk of dying from heart disease. There is some benefit that may come from caffeine, but coffee also contains chlorogenic acids, antioxidants that might also play a protective role. Drinking tea may lower your risk of heart attacks, strengthen your immune system, protect tooth enamel, and help fight memory loss associated with aging. Choose green, black, white, or oolong their leaves all come from the camellia sinensis, or tea plant. And their polyphenols (antioxidants), fluoride, and caffeine are largely missing from herbal brews. There are many herb teas that have healthful effects.

Dark chocolate and a handful (not a canful) of nuts have longevity and weight-loss benefits. Nuts give you a surprising diet edge. A recent study found that despite being a high-fat, high-cal food, they don't promote weight gain. People find nuts filling and after eating them, offset some of the calories by eating less later on. Best of all, up to 20 percent of the calories in nuts don't get absorbed. There is some evidence that suggests cocoa flavanols (more predominant in dark chocolate than milky versions) may lower inflammation, keep blood pressure in check, prevent platelets from clotting (which could, in turn, prevent strokes and heart attacks), and boost brain power.

6. Exercise

No anti-aging diet is complete without mentioning exercise, being active maintains muscle mass, boosts metabolism, and keeps your heart and lungs primed, among other benefits. Running, in particular, promotes a long, independent life. 45 minutes to an hour of moderate aerobic activity, five days a week, will keep you healthy and you should work in some kind of strength training at least twice a week to maintain muscle mass and keep your metabolism from slowing down.

Anti-Aging

Aging theories fall primarily into two groups. The genetically determined lifespan theories hold that aging follows a biological timetable set out in our genes. The wear-and-tear theories emphasize environmental factors assaulting our systems that gradually cause things to go wrong over time. Both theories are probably part of the picture. There is certainly a genetic basis for aging because we know that in some families men outlive women and in others women outlive men. We also know that in some families, adults die young and others boast centenarians. We also know that men who have jobs that require heavy lifting and heavy repetitious work will have certain chronic conditions that are associated with aging. We also know that injuries to the back for instance will cause conditions indistinguishable from conditions resulting from aging. What if there was an anti-aging supplement that could affect both kinds of aging?

Aging involves all parts of our bodies over time. It is easy to simply say that the parts wear out but the actual process is more complex. The aging process affects every molecule, cell, organ, and body function. Interestingly many parts of our body actually last longer if we try to wear them out. But it is also true that if we try too hard to wear certain parts out, we can succeed. People wear out knees and hips by too much or too difficult or simply not the right exercise. So exercise is anti-aging to the extent that we do it properly and not overdo it. What if there was an anti-aging supplement that you could take that actually stopped or reversed the aging process? What if the anti-aging supplement worked on the molecular level and helped us retain healthy cartilage? What if we could keep our blood vessels from accumulating fatty deposits and calcium? What if we could delay or eliminate the onset of hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis)?

Our production of digestive enzymes declines keeping us from realizing the nutrition we think we are getting (or not getting). Decreased absorption of the nutrition we think we are eating begins about age 20 and decreases as we get older. Our lungs also begin to lose their capacity to oxygenate our blood as we age. This can be delayed by aerobic exercise, but ultimately we will all have diminished lung capacity as we age. There are a lot of variables associated with aging. Recent genetic work has helped us to realize that some decline through aging is related to our genetic make-up and not to environmental influences. Certainly environmental issues can cause premature aging and disease and if anything our environment is getting more and more complex with the invention of new chemicals. There are some exciting things happening in unlocking biological secrets to aging. A whole new science of anti-aging is emerging. What if there was a supplement that helped us retain adequate amounts of digestive enzymes so we could get the nutrition we feed into our bodies? What if this anti-aging supplement helped us retain our lung capacity?

Methuselah set the record so far as we know for reaching old age. According to the Bible, he lived over 900 years. It is interesting to note that neurophysiologists have suggested from what we know about the brain that the capacity of the brain is about 900 years of information. No one has tested this idea recently, but the number of people who over 100 does seem to be increasing as a percentage of the population. If there was an anti-aging supplement it should make our minds more clear and make us less forgetful.

As baby boomers age we are finding that many of the diseases associated with aging and are more severe than in previous generations. Some eighty-eight percent of those age 66 and older have at least one chronic health condition. Coming into the consciousness of the general public are diseases including arthritis, Alzheimers disease, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, and osteoporosis which were not talked about in earlier generations. Many of these diseases are brought on by health-damaging behaviors, such as tobacco use, a sedentary lifestyle, and poor eating habits. One avenue to reduce these diseases of course is to encourage the cessation of these behaviors. But what if there was an anti-aging supplement that could help repair damage done in the past?

Enter resveratrol, a substance isolated from the skin and seeds of grapes. So, what is resveratrol? Its discovery lends itself to some story telling but the gist of the story is that a scientist wondered why skinny mice lived longer than fat mice. In answering this question, the experiments eventually isolated a protein, resveratrol that appeared to be produced by skinny mice that was not produced by fat mice and that if resveratrol was injected into fat mice, it made them live longer too. This surprising discovery was then expanded to learn what if any plants produced resveratrol. It was known for instance that red wine seemed to have a substance that helped make people healthy and there was already some evidence that whatever the substance, that it may extend the life of moderate red wine drinkers.

So the race was on to discover which grapes produce the most resveratrol. So far in that race Muscadine grapes seem to excel in producing resveratrol. Evidence is mounting on the experiential level that resveratrol supplementation can make a person feel healthier and may extend their life.

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Power Posting

What is Power Posting? It is a simple way to post on the internet, build backlinks, and notoriety on the web to help brand yourself and your marketing. Simply create a group of like-minded people and decide on a subject. When posting in forums use hyperlinks that relate to the group and hyperlinks that take people to your blogs and the blogs of others in the group. Often with a little communication, the entire group can go to a particular forum and begin posting on a single thread. One person can ask a question and someone else can answer it and before long you have created interest in your marketing information that others in the forum begin to comment on. This quickly to communication with others in the forum which leads to building relationships on which business can be transacted. Business is always based on a Know, Like and Trust Relationship so it helps to tune your postings to begin and solidify relationships with others in the forum so that you can begin doing business with them.

Power Posting on Blogs is simply blogging with your group of like-minded people on similar subjects and then using hyperlinks to refer to each others' blogs. Power Posting also includes using RSS feeds to increase your blogs popularity. RSS feeds help the spiders follow all of the latest information on your blog and the blogs of all the members in your group.

So, how do you form a group of like-minded people? You can do it yourself by building a website and marketing it so people will join you in your endeavor or you can join a group with similar goals. We have been building a marketing group called Purple Cowboy Marketing in which we teach you Power Posting and many other marketing tips. You may have seen us already on the web. One of the programs we use to boost our web presence is Veretekk (you can sign up for a free Silver System) which is one of the cheapest most powerful ways to market on the web today. When you become a gold member you instantly have 42 marketing portals that you are able to configure to your marketing campaign using keywords of your choice. This instantly gives you the credibility of well "seasoned" domains with 12 years or more of exitence on the web.

04/29/2008 05:47 AM

RSS Feeds

RSS is a bit confusing at first. RSS means "Real Simple Syndication" and syndication is just another word for publishing. RSS is really two separate programs, one program runs on a server, the other program runs on a client. The program on the server takes information and puts it into a pre-set protocol (written in XML) and creates a web page on which it displays the information in an XML format. XML is another mark-up language like HTML created specifically for data exchange on the web. The other program is a client side program that "unpacks" the XML page and displays it in a manner more pleasing to the eye. RSS feeds are simply a way to transmit data from one website to another in a dynamic way. By placing an RSS feed on your website created on another website, you add content to your website in a seamless way that spiders can easily read and so can people visiting your website. Spiders like lots of new content and since you can publish an RSS feed in on one website and display it on any number of websites you have an instant way of creating new content on all of the websites.

Veretekk has a method of creating an RSS feed that you update like a blog and then when you post it, you can have it show up instantly on all 42 Veretekk portals and any additional sites that you set up in the easy to update window. This is a quick way to add content to all of your websites and control it in just one place.

Putting an RSS feed onto your website is as easy as creating a hyperlink to the RSS feed source. There are a lot of buttons out on the web to choose from. To use one simply right click on the button and click on properties. In the properties popup window you will find the URL of the button. To create the link you use an anchor tag with the href pointing to your RSS feed XML page and for the display text use an image tag pointing at the button. So it would look like this ‹a href="http://URLofTheWebSite.com/RSSFeedURL.xml"›‹img src="http://URLofTheButton.com/images.gif""›‹/a"›. If you are able to access the directories on you website servers you can install a program that will display the RSS feed on your website rather than just the button.

04/29/2008 05:46 AM

Business Relationships

Business is always carried out by people who know, like and trust each other. Business is not carried out by a person and a computer or a computer and a computer. So, what about Amazon? Amazon has built a know, like and trust relationship with its customers by using people to foster the relationship with the company. Amazon by itself is nothing without the people. People are willing to suspend the personal contact because Amazon has done a great job building its reputation as a company of people willing to service the needs of the customers. No "Brand" survives without "customer service" and customer service people are the people in a corporation the make the "Brand" work. So, if you want to market on the internet you need to either personally build the "know, like and trust" relationship or you need people who work for you to build the "know, like and trust" relationship. If you are like a lot of internet marketers you are working for yourself so it is you who must build the "know, like and trust" relationship.

How does one build the "know, like and trust" relationship? First and formost you must "connect" with your customers, partners or joint venture partners. One of the best ways to connect is to learn what we call "color personality technology". For thousands of years it has been known that personalities fall into four distinct groups. These group names have been the subject of many different monikers such as: sanguine, red bile, yellow bile, phlematic, caloric, thinkers, feelers, etc. to name a few.

What we found was that you will forget the various names pretty easily so the best way to describe these personalities is to use the primary colors, red, green, blue and yellow which are not only easy to remember, they are hard to forget. Then associate each personality type with a color. There are two continuums along which we can separate the personality types one is the "Direct-Indirect" continuum and the other is the "Open-SelfContained" continuum. So if we put thest two continuums at right angles we define four distinct personality types demonstrated by the following table:

The "Yellow" Personality type is described as Indirect and Open; The "Blue" personality is Direct and Open; The "Green" personality is Indirect and Self Contained; and the "Red" personality is Direct and Self-Contained. With this basic scheme we can add additional information to each personality type and create a more complete picture of each personality so that you get an idea of what the person is like who displays that personality, but better yet you can determine in advance the kinds of things that you should focus on when you talk to that person so that you can connect with them.

Yellow Indirect Open	Blue Direct Open
Green Indirect Self-Contained	Red Direct Self-Contained

For instance you when you talk to a Red personality, you focus on the money, the competition, and you must have very direct answers to questions. A Red will try to control the conversation so you may have a difficult time keeping the conversation going. A red will make you feel like you are wasting his time. You must close with a Red because they expect it.

On the other hand if you are talking to a Yellow you must focus on relationships and family, you must not focus on the money (they don't care), they don't care about competition and you should never try to "close" a yellow you will lose them.

When you are talking to a Blue you must talk about the money, you must talk about the notoriety and the fun they will have by joining you, family is also important to a Blue. You can try to "close" a Blue but it is best if they make the decision by themselves. If you try to tell them about the details, their eyes will glaze over and you will lose them.

On the other hand if you are talking to a Green you must focus on the details you must talk slower and allow them time to think about what you are saying, almost always you will have to have more than one conversation with them before you actually connect with them. Never try to "close" a Green, you will lose them. Blues make up about 15% of the population, Reds make up about 15% of the population, Yellows are about 35% of the population and Greens are about 35% of the population.

So you see that if you try to "close" all of the people you meet, you are reaching 15% of the population and a maybe on an additional15% of the population and you have just eliminated 70% of the population. This technology works and it is a wonderful tool to use when you talk to people because it helps you focus on what their interests are so that you can more quickly "connect" with them so that you can begin to develop a "know, like and trust" relationship.

At Purple Cowboy Marketing we teach you Color Personality Technology, how to develop a "know, like and trust" relationship and a lot of other skills for internet marketing including Veretekk which helps you develop a never ending supply of people to talk to about whatever you are marketing.

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