# Resveratrol **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 14, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930 "2010-02-14T05:15:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZSPHOBIASZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b19c9b/32.png) [@ZSPHOBIASZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZSPHOBIASZ)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/1 "2010-02-14T05:15:14Z")
Many people ask me and now I wonder if using resveratrol will make you get old slowly? Is this true? How does it work? Where can I get some quality product? ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/2 "2010-02-14T05:23:05Z")
[Apparently](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol) it works for flies and worms, but not for mice. Which are you? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/3 "2010-02-14T05:26:53Z")
> [@ZSPHOBIASZ](#): > > Where can I get some quality product? I sold my last batch of it back in 1891. ---
**Author:** ![ZSPHOBIASZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b19c9b/32.png) [@ZSPHOBIASZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZSPHOBIASZ)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/4 "2010-02-14T05:39:06Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > [Apparently](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol) it works for flies and worms, but not for mice. Which are you? What about for monkies? People are like monkies, and if you don’t let monkies eat doesn’t it keep them young? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/5 "2010-02-14T05:41:46Z")
Dude, you’ve been here for _eight years_ and you have a total of TEN posts. And 20% of them are in this thread. What’s the deal? ---
**Author:** ![ZSPHOBIASZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b19c9b/32.png) [@ZSPHOBIASZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZSPHOBIASZ)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/6 "2010-02-14T05:50:14Z")
I thought this was only on americonline, and then it left americaonline and then I saw it n here and I signed up, but then I forgot it and then yesterday I saw a straightdope VHS tape at a yard sale and I remembered. So then i came back. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/7 "2010-02-14T06:35:05Z")
> [@ZSPHOBIASZ](#): > > I thought this was only on americonline, and then it left americaonline and then I saw it n here and I signed up, but then I forgot it and then yesterday I saw a straightdope VHS tape at a yard sale and I remembered. > > So then i came back. Welcome back! It’s been dead here without you! ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/8 "2010-02-14T06:48:21Z")
> [@ZSPHOBIASZ](#): > > What about for monkies? People are like monkies, and if you don’t let monkies eat doesn’t it keep them young? Humans are genetically similar to other primates, this is true. But preventing living things from eating does not keep them young; it makes them dead. ---
**Author:** ![ZSPHOBIASZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b19c9b/32.png) [@ZSPHOBIASZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZSPHOBIASZ)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/9 "2010-02-14T07:16:51Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Welcome back! It’s been dead here without you! Thank you I have many questions. > [@](#): > > Humans are genetically similar to other primates, this is true. But preventing living things from eating does not keep them young; it makes them dead. Wasn;t there a thing like if you don’t eat you start to age slower like a hibernator? ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/10 "2010-02-14T09:40:45Z")
Wait wait wait wait wait. There’s a straightdope VHS tape? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/11 "2010-02-14T13:14:48Z")
> [@ZSPHOBIASZ](#): > > Wasn;t there a thing like if you don’t eat you start to age slower like a hibernator? There was a study done with monkeys [sic]. One monkey was fed a reduced-calorie diet, and the other could eat whatever he wanted. After 20 years, the first monkey looked young and fit, while the other looked old and fat. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/12 "2010-02-14T13:19:32Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > There was a study done with monkeys [sic]. One monkey was fed a reduced-calorie diet, and the other could eat whatever he wanted. After 20 years, the first monkey looked young and fit, while the other looked old and fat. But which monkey was happier? ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/13 "2010-02-14T13:24:30Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Wait wait wait wait wait. There’s a straightdope VHS tape? Yeah, the whole Beta thing didn’t work out. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/14 "2010-02-14T13:32:00Z")
Nevermind ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/15 "2010-02-14T16:46:48Z")
> [@ZSPHOBIASZ](#): > > Wasn;t there a thing like if you don’t eat you start to age slower like a hibernator? You’re probably thinking of [calories restriction](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorie_restriction). Up till now, there is zero evidence that it works on humans to extend a normal lifespan. There is zero evidence that anything can slow aging in humans, just to forestall the next obvious question. ---
**Author:** ![ZSPHOBIASZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b19c9b/32.png) [@ZSPHOBIASZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZSPHOBIASZ)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/16 "2010-02-14T16:52:56Z")
So it is a FRAUD like Kevin Trudeau? ---
**Author:** ![IAmNotSpartacus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@IAmNotSpartacus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IAmNotSpartacus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/17 "2010-02-14T17:13:32Z")
> [@ZSPHOBIASZ](#): > > So it is a FRAUD like Kevin Trudeau? Absent evidence indicating otherwise, this is a safe assertion to make. ---
**Author:** ![ZSPHOBIASZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b19c9b/32.png) [@ZSPHOBIASZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZSPHOBIASZ)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/18 "2010-02-14T17:32:20Z")
> [@IAmNotSpartacus](#): > > Absent evidence indicating otherwise, this is a safe assertion to make. Thank you > [@EvilToj](#): > > Wait wait wait wait wait. There’s a straightdope VHS tape? They had this for TV and the lady made a tape. And then she sold the tape. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/19 "2010-02-14T17:47:29Z")
> [@ZSPHOBIASZ](#): > > So it is a FRAUD like Kevin Trudeau? No. Kevin Trudeau is a total fraud with no scientific or medical understanding of anything. Calorie restriction is a hypothesis that has successfully passed some tests on animals. That automatically puts it into a different category. The gap between “successfully passed some tests on animals” and “works to lengthen the human lifespan” is huge. Thousands of hypotheses never jump that gap. This may be one of them, or it may not be. Right now there’s no evidence that it’s true. I wouldn’t go any farther than that. The 1996 [Straight Dope](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398574/) tv show. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930/20 "2010-02-14T18:58:36Z")
[Which monkey looks happier?](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/science/10aging.html) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resveratrol/528930.md?page=2)