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[blackbirdbeatle]

bah, late in the game!

Okay trans-resveratrol(The form you want and what I should have said earlier), has many functions. Besides the anti carcinogenic properties it also is cardio protecting, neuro protecting(beta-amyloid protecting so it helps prevent things such as Alzheimers), builds bone, keeps the protstate healthy, etc...

It's ability for the cells to prolong it's DNA repair time is what makes you live longer, not that it prevents you from becoming a pile of cancer in your later years(Although if you have caner I'm sure that helps). The carioprotection effects alone are worth it.

Th get the full benefits of course you would have to take about 1-4 grams per day, which is a lot from those overpriced pills.

[Legend]

It's ability for the cells to prolong it's DNA repair time is what makes you live longer, not that it prevents you from becoming a pile of cancer in your later years(Although if you have caner I'm sure that helps). The carioprotection effects alone are worth it.

So is that the effect of SIRT1?

[charlesclemens]

I've been taking Resveratrol from two month and have good experience as an increase in available energy. Resveratrol works well & allows me to walk farther, workout longer, and has really helped to curb hunger. Resveratrol is naturally created by certain vines, pine trees, peanuts, grapes, and other plants. Resveratrol, an active ingredient of red wine extracts, has been shown to exhibit neuroprotective effects in several experimental models. Resveratrol is known to be protective against oxidative cardiovascular disorders. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.

[Jdog]

This thread seems dead but for anyone who comes to read it:

I started taking mega-doses of resveratrol a little over a year ago now. I had trouble finding pills that were highly potent with trans-resveratrol, which seems to be what you get the benefits from. I found some on a site called megaresveratrol.com that have 500mg of t-resveratrol per pill, where as many others I found have a lot less. I'm not sure how potent Rez-V is, as that is the one everyone is talking about. It says 200mg resveratrol per pill but i did not find what percent of it was trans.

Anyway, on to my story. I ordered these pills and started taking 1g per day. After not too long I started seeing results, but I wasn't sure what it was from as I was trying various pills at the time. My skin then got dramatically better and I stopped taking a lot of the pills but continued with the resveratrol as well as decent sized doses of fish oil and other fatty acids such as evening pimrose oil. Probably now for the past half year at least I have been off all other methods, and my skin has not been so good since before 7th grade (I am now 21).

I have had more than my fair share of acne struggles, and I went through accutane twice in high school, which worked but only very temporarily. Since then I have experimented with many things and at this point i can safely say that these two supplements (resveratrol and fatty acids) are truly the answer that I have been looking for. The price is kind of steep but more than worth it to me, my skin has cleared so well in the past year that I feel like a new person. Also, my skin always used to constantly fluctuate. It would get better for awhile, then really bad for awhile, then a little better, then bad again, etc. I'm sure most of you have had the same type of thing. These fluctuations have completely disappeared as well. Aside from the occasional annoying zit or two now, my skin stays steadily clear, which has been an enormous relief.

If you have the funds for it I would highly recommend trying out resveratrol. The more I take the better I do. There have been a couple times where I either ran out of pills or got lazy for awhile and did not keep up well with taking them and there has definitely been a correlation with worsening skin. Once I get back on track though my skin gets great again. And the great thing is that with both of these supplements it seems that you can take as heavy a dose as you would like without danger. The only thing I warn about with resveratrol is to see how your intestines react to it before doing more than a gram or so, on me at least it acted as a laxative when I first started taking it (but my body has gotten used to that).

If anyone wants to continue on this thread let me know what you think or if you have tried this before.

[valo_123]

This thread seems dead but for anyone who comes to read it:

I started taking mega-doses of resveratrol a little over a year ago now. I had trouble finding pills that were highly potent with trans-resveratrol, which seems to be what you get the benefits from. I found some on a site called megaresveratrol.com that have 500mg of t-resveratrol per pill, where as many others I found have a lot less. I'm not sure how potent Rez-V is, as that is the one everyone is talking about. It says 200mg resveratrol per pill but i did not find what percent of it was trans.

Anyway, on to my story. I ordered these pills and started taking 1g per day. After not too long I started seeing results, but I wasn't sure what it was from as I was trying various pills at the time. My skin then got dramatically better and I stopped taking a lot of the pills but continued with the resveratrol as well as decent sized doses of fish oil and other fatty acids such as evening pimrose oil. Probably now for the past half year at least I have been off all other methods, and my skin has not been so good since before 7th grade (I am now 21).

I have had more than my fair share of acne struggles, and I went through accutane twice in high school, which worked but only very temporarily. Since then I have experimented with many things and at this point i can safely say that these two supplements (resveratrol and fatty acids) are truly the answer that I have been looking for. The price is kind of steep but more than worth it to me, my skin has cleared so well in the past year that I feel like a new person. Also, my skin always used to constantly fluctuate. It would get better for awhile, then really bad for awhile, then a little better, then bad again, etc. I'm sure most of you have had the same type of thing. These fluctuations have completely disappeared as well. Aside from the occasional annoying zit or two now, my skin stays steadily clear, which has been an enormous relief.

If you have the funds for it I would highly recommend trying out resveratrol. The more I take the better I do. There have been a couple times where I either ran out of pills or got lazy for awhile and did not keep up well with taking them and there has definitely been a correlation with worsening skin. Once I get back on track though my skin gets great again. And the great thing is that with both of these supplements it seems that you can take as heavy a dose as you would like without danger. The only thing I warn about with resveratrol is to see how your intestines react to it before doing more than a gram or so, on me at least it acted as a laxative when I first started taking it (but my body has gotten used to that).

If anyone wants to continue on this thread let me know what you think or if you have tried this before.

Hey, how long before you had results? I don't think you mention it above...sorry if you did. So you took 2 of the pills from that site per day? What time did you take each of them and was it with food? Also, does it not work unless you take the fish oil, or did you just take the oil as a supplement on the side? Thanks

[tofupalace]

i remember doing some research on resveratrol a while back in relation to acne and the two things that stuck out to me were its possible anti-inflammatory and phytoestrogen-like properties. never got around to taking any aside from eating some local muscadine grapes (which are delicious btw)

[Jdog]

The site I mentioned offers pills that are either 99% trans-resveratrol or 50? I take the 50% ones (it comes out to be a lot cheaper), and I started out taking 4 of those a day. This would be equivilant to 2 per day of the 99% ones. I try to take 6 a day now but often I forget and only get in 4. If it didn't act like a laxative, I would take even more, because I'm convinced that the more I take the better my skin does. Either way this is a very large amount of resveratrol. If you want to compare it to other brands, I'm taking about 1-1.5g of trans-resveratrol per day.

I usually take the pills with lunch and dinner just because thats when I can remember best, but I haven't found anything regarding whether it makes a difference to take them with or without food. I've done both in the past and never noticed differences.

I don't remember exactly but I think I started seeing results pretty fast, I think within a couple weeks. It kept getting better though, and it might be different for different people too so definitely at least wait until you finish off a bottle maybe, you should definitely see results by then. Especially if you are able to take a large amount the results should come faster. A bottle (of the 50%) usually lasts about a month for me.

I don't think there's any relation between the resveratrol and the oil supplements. I just mentioned that because it's the only other thing that I have found to really work well on me. There have been stretches actually where I ran out of fatty acid pills and was only on the resveratrol however, and my skin still did quite well, so I'm pretty convinced that that is the most effective thing for me. This site I ordered the resveratrol from recommends buying a supplement called quercetin that's supposed to somehow make the resveratrol more effective. I didn't buy the quercetin until maybe a couple months ago, but there doesnt seem to be a big difference from before I took it, so don't worry about buying this if you don't want the extra expense. I did find it for a decent price though at swansonvitamins.

Tofu, I read about the possible anti-inflamatory properties as well, and this would definitely make sense to me. I say this because for me one of the best quick-fixes I can do for acne is to pop some advil, which works because it is an anti-inflamatory. Obviously this is not something you should do every day, but if I get a big zit or have an event coming up and want to look especially clear, I'll take 3 or 4 advil, maybe twice a day for a couple days. Only do as much of this as you feel comfortable with taking, but I swear sometimes this can make a huge difference in as little as 2 days. It seems to work especially well when something new pops up, almost like if the pimple is still forming then the anti-inflamatory stops and reverses it. I haven't looked up the science on this, but the advil thing is by far the best quick fix I've found, even compared to any topical.

[GreaseFactory]

Whats more important to control the oil on my face, EHA or DHA? I know most pills come with 25%-50% more EPA than DHA but some have all DHA.... any ideas? My skin is still oily with 3g EPA and 2g DHA a day (10 pills!)

I also started milk thistle... but im gonna stop soon cuz i dont think its doing shit, maybe making things worse.

[andersoj]

This intrigues me, I wonder why this thread has been hibernating so long?

Wow very pricey, I guess that wide the thread died.

[AutonomousOne1980]

i think resveratrol is one reason why my face is better.

ive been taking it for a while now.

plus it has been shown to increase life span by alot in smaller organisms.

[andersoj]

I just ordered some Resveratrol, because I'm desperate and I found a sourece that is not prohibitively expensive, less than a dollar a day for over a gram of t-res. I found it here, Imminst is your friend! I am also going to supplement with over 4 grams of omega 3/day, and am very interested in Guggulsterone, which I also came across on imminst. I will let you all know how it goes.

And Autonomous one, I really appreciate all of your research into this supplement that I came across on other threads and am curious what your results have been. From what I can make of it it, it seems to have moderately helped, because yous till seem committed to your relentless quest for clear skin. I am curious how much you are taking and whether it is t-res, because there are precious few anecdotal reports on how effective it is for acne and will savor any advice you can give.

[AutonomousOne1980]

I just ordered some Resveratrol, because I'm desperate and I found a sourece that is not prohibitively expensive, less than a dollar a day for over a gram of t-res. I found it here, Imminst is your friend! I am also going to supplement with over 4 grams of omega 3/day, and am very interested in Guggulsterone, which I also came across on imminst. I will let you all know how it goes.

And Autonomous one, I really appreciate all of your research into this supplement that I came across on other threads and am curious what your results have been. From what I can make of it it, it seems to have moderately helped, because yous till seem committed to your relentless quest for clear skin. I am curious how much you are taking and whether it is t-res, because there are precious few anecdotal reports on how effective it is for acne and will savor any advice you can give.

its been a while since i said these statements but yea i still think between fish oil, (trans)resveratrol and alpha lipoic acid, lie a unique combo for acne.

Right now im regularly taking 400mg of trans resveratrol a day, but i just upped my dose from 100 a day, only about a week ago after experiancing great amounts of physical endurance
from upping the dose.

As far as all the detailed specifics, in the hustle and bustle of daily life,that info tends to fade. So exactly why resveratrol would help acne i cant immediatly remember. it does have estrogenic qualitys though so it may effect androgen receptors, but dont quote me, other wise its a very powerful antioxident, and that is good i guess, but the greatest thing about it is it extends life span and is the #1 antiaging supplement so i may live a little longer if i continue to take it. From what i remember all the ground breaking research was done with the trans resveratrol form, so its something to check up on.

[hipster23]

The RevGenetics resveratrol is the cheapest one by far to anyone who's interested. Apparently you need at least 500 mg a day taken all together for maximum benefit. If I had a credit card I'd sooo buy some, not for acne but for other health benefits. Guess I'll just have to wait till I'm older then D=

[andersoj]

I just ordered some Resveratrol, because I'm desperate and I found a sourece that is not prohibitively expensive, less than a dollar a day for over a gram of t-res. I found it here, Imminst is your friend! I am also going to supplement with over 4 grams of omega 3/day, and am very interested in Guggulsterone, which I also came across on imminst. I will let you all know how it goes.

And Autonomous one, I really appreciate all of your research into this supplement that I came across on other threads and am curious what your results have been. From what I can make of it it, it seems to have moderately helped, because yous till seem committed to your relentless quest for clear skin. I am curious how much you are taking and whether it is t-res, because there are precious few anecdotal reports on how effective it is for acne and will savor any advice you can give.

its been a while since i said these statements but yea i still think between fish oil, (trans)resveratrol and alpha lipoic acid, lie a unique combo for acne.

Right now im regularly taking 400mg of trans resveratrol a day, but i just upped my dose from 100 a day, only about a week ago after experiancing great amounts of physical endurance
from upping the dose.

As far as all the detailed specifics, in the hustle and bustle of daily life,that info tends to fade. So exactly why resveratrol would help acne i cant immediatly remember. it does have estrogenic qualitys though so it may effect androgen receptors, but dont quote me, other wise its a very powerful antioxident, and that is good i guess, but the greatest thing about it is it extends life span and is the #1 antiaging supplement so i may live a little longer if i continue to take it. From what i remember all the ground breaking research was done with the trans resveratrol form, so its something to check up on.

Thanks, dude. BTW, just out of curiosity are you clear?

The RevGenetics resveratrol is the cheapest one by far to anyone who's interested. Apparently you need at least 500 mg a day taken all together for maximum benefit. If I had a credit card I'd sooo buy some, not for acne but for other health benefits. Guess I'll just have to wait till I'm older then D=

Thats where I got mine, should be good. Can't you get your parents to buy it for you?

[AutonomousOne1980]

I just ordered some Resveratrol, because I'm desperate and I found a sourece that is not prohibitively expensive, less than a dollar a day for over a gram of t-res. I found it here, Imminst is your friend! I am also going to supplement with over 4 grams of omega 3/day, and am very interested in Guggulsterone, which I also came across on imminst. I will let you all know how it goes.

And Autonomous one, I really appreciate all of your research into this supplement that I came across on other threads and am curious what your results have been. From what I can make of it it, it seems to have moderately helped, because yous till seem committed to your relentless quest for clear skin. I am curious how much you are taking and whether it is t-res, because there are precious few anecdotal reports on how effective it is for acne and will savor any advice you can give.

its been a while since i said these statements but yea i still think between fish oil, (trans)resveratrol and alpha lipoic acid, lie a unique combo for acne.

Right now im regularly taking 400mg of trans resveratrol a day, but i just upped my dose from 100 a day, only about a week ago after experiancing great amounts of physical endurance
from upping the dose.

As far as all the detailed specifics, in the hustle and bustle of daily life,that info tends to fade. So exactly why resveratrol would help acne i cant immediatly remember. it does have estrogenic qualitys though so it may effect androgen receptors, but dont quote me, other wise its a very powerful antioxident, and that is good i guess, but the greatest thing about it is it extends life span and is the #1 antiaging supplement so i may live a little longer if i continue to take it. From what i remember all the ground breaking research was done with the trans resveratrol form, so its something to check up on.

Thanks, dude. BTW, just out of curiosity are you clear?

im very clear sometimes, clear enough not to need accutane, so hopefully that explains where i am right now, from about a year ago, i have a good deal of control, the super intense anxiety inducing breakouts that make me want to hide for weeks on end id say is pretty much over, although occasionally a breakout will be like kinda borderline, ive made some good progress id say.

[andersoj]

Been taking .9 gram for the last few days now, no change as I'm still weening myself off of a micro dose tane course. I'll continue to update here.

[AlexGF]

will you get same benefits if you drink red wine dialy?

[BarryAllen]

BUMP

[xboxfreak]

I just received my order of Resveratrol today. I am going to start taking 0.9 grams a day. I will try to update in a while how it is working for me.

@AlexGF: The experts say no. Because you would need massive amounts of Red Wine (like 250 bottles a day) to get the needed amount of Resveratrol. That is why they say to supplement.

[Thomas Ahn]

I also started Resveratrol recently. Saturday night to be exact. I will be starting at 1gram of trans-resveratrol a day and bumping it up to 2 if necessary. I will give weekly to bi-weekly updates.