RESVERATROL . . . WORKS TO RESTORE BRAIN TISSUE AFTER TRAUMA

My dad was a big fan of professional and amateur boxing.  It was popular in his day.  I couldn't stand it.  Too violent.  Who would willfully step into the ring to get their brains splayed?  That sport was not for me.  Nor was football.  Basketball was as close as I would come to a contact sport, though I did love baseball, I just never played in any organized team or league.  I ran.  I ran cross country, ran track, and played basketball.  Later I played tennis, and that's what I stuck with for most of my life.  Economists might point out that these athletes know the risks, and so they trade off high salaries for the risk of a serious injury.  I would say that they understand the risks, that they've agreed to the risks, and then take every precaution to prepare for and avoid the risk.  Or as best they can.  Until that one day when they're in the middle of an important game, and WHAM!  They don't know the risks unless they know of other players whose football career was destroyed because of an injury, not to speak of a post-football career if one, in fact, exists for them.  

On the video, h/t Jason Kottke.

But what are these young men doing for their organs?  Do they have a pregame vitamin or nutritional regimen?  Do they think that exercise alone is enough for health?  To young, healthy, strong young men, it may seem that way.  But they need more.  They need vitamin C for blood vessel integrity.  All of the blood vessels--veins, arteries, capillaries.  Approximately 6 to 8 grams a day of oral vitamin C.  For bones and muscles, it is vitmain D.  For brain tissue, it is Benfotiamine.  I wishsed someone inside or outside the league would get this information to these guys. 

There are other compounds you'll want to keep on the back of your mind in case something awful happens to somone you love.  The reports on resveratrol's benefits on brain trauma are absolutely stunning.  

Four years ago (2013) a mega-dose of resveratrol was shown to remarkably reduce damage to the brain 5and 12 hours AFTER mild brain trauma.  The intentional brain injury was included in lab animals and overcome with a human equivalent single dose of 7000 milligrams of resveratrol, which would be impractical and problematic dose over the long term.  But it does provide evidence for the use of resveratrol in brain injuries. 

In anotheranimal study a similar protective effect was observed in laboratory animals that had heavy weights dropped on their skulls and mega-dose resveratrol had a healing effect upon brain neurons after the event. 

In yet another animal study daily mega-dose resveratrol was administered and reduced brain edema (swelling) and improved cognition (thinking).  Researchers concluded, “resveratrol may represent a novel therapeutic strategy for traumatic brain injury.” 

There are other corroborative studies.

Resveratrol is not just a preventive but also therapeutic (i.e., it works to restore brain tissues after trauma).

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