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Most of the naysayers about resveratrol research would say that almost all of the experiments that show a benefit to taking resveratrol were conducted on animals and nary a shadow of an experiment on humans that proves that this so called magic anti oxidant can extend or enhance human well being. Some of the potential benefits claimed to be good for cancer, an anti inflammatory, beneficial for the cardiovascular system and lowers blood sugar. Resveratrol is an anti aging supplement found in the skin of grapes and and seems to explain why people living in France have a lower incidence of heart disease despite eating far more butter, cheese, meat and other saturated fats than people in any other country yet suffer far fewer incidences of heart disease in their population.