The popularity of health supplements is rising around the world. When people learn about the benefits of naturally occuring supplements, supplementing their diet with these supplements is a logical choice. For some people, herbal remedies are starting to replace traditional medicine as people seek drug free solutions to illness.
Resveratrol is one of those natural supplements that a lot of people are trying. Supplments containing resveratrol are being studied for the treatment of multiple health conditions as well as being studied by pharmaceutical companies as a drug to extend life and cure age related illnesses.
Laboratory tests on small animals like rats show that reservatrol may potentially help us live healthier, longer lives. Studies in test tubes show that resveratrol may cure diseases like cancer. There is a lot of research out there on websites like WebMD.com so you can do your own research.
If you want to find out where to get good prices on resveratrol supplements and find learn some more, you can head over to Resveratrol-Supplement.info where you can watch a video from 60 Minutes talking about the potential benefits of supplementing with resveratrol.
This article should be used for informational purposes only. The FDA has not approved resveratrol supplements for the treatment of any disease. You should consult a doctor for any medical advice needed and before you make any health related changes. A lot of the information used in this article was obtained from research done by Oregon State University and is published at lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/phytochemicals/resveratrol/ as well as articles published on WebMD.
A hormone believed to encourage bonding between babies and their mothers was part of a study conducted by the Center of Cognitive Neuroscience in Lyon. The findings of that study indicate there may be a hormonal mechanism to help improve social interaction in adults with autism.
Administered nasally, the hormone is Oxytocin. Researchers discovered that those given the hormone showed improved understanding of social cues in game simulations and were more attentive to facial expressions.
Angela Sirigu led the study. She noted the potential therapeutic benefits of Oxytocin for adults as well as children with autism. These benefits include both eye contact improvement as well as an increased understanding of how others respond to them, fostering an overall improved ability to learn appropriate social responses.
While the study indicated improvements for children and adults, early introduction of Oxytocin may hold particular promise. Said Sirigu, “For instance, if Oxytocin is administered early when the diagnosis is made, we can perhaps change very early the impaired social development of autistic patients.”
Alex Martin, chief of cognitive neuropsychology at the United States National Institute of Mental Health, commented, “I think it’s going to be a very exciting finding for a lot of people.”
The study examined two groups of 13 individuals (11 men, 2 women). One group was composed of those with higher-functioning ASD and a control group of the same number of men and women without ASD. For two weeks there was no mediation administered and tests run which included social games and facial expression tests; then Oxytocin was inhaled and the tests rerun.
Brian Field is the National Autism Examiner