Today's blog will focus on the potential benefits that resveratrol may provide for heart health. Resveratrol is a powerful antioxidant, a factor to which its heart-protective effects are largely attributed. Resveratrol may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease by lowering low-density lipoproteins (or “bad cholesterol”) and their degradation by oxidizing agents such as free radicals facilitates their incorporation into artery-clogging plaque.
Resveratrol could potentially help keep your heart and arteries healthy by preventing cholesterol plaque from forming within artery walls regardless of whether circulating levels of cholesterol are high or low. Laboratory experiments in vitro and studies in animals have shown that trans-resveratrol can stop blood platelets from sticking together (platelet aggregation). Since sticky platelets are tied to increased risk of heart attack, stroke and blood clots throughout the body, this is a significant finding in regards to life-threatening risk factors.
Another of resveratrol’s interesting cardiovascular implications is its ability to enhance angiogenesis, the development of new blood vessels, in order to help feed the heart during periods of oxygen deprivation (ischemia). The formation of new blood vessels caused by trans-resveratrol restores the blood supply to the ischemic area, preventing heart cell death and abnormal changes to the heart.
Resveratrol also has the potential to improve blood circulation by relaxing the endothelium that lines the arteries, allowing for efficient blood flow.
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