| Whenever most of us think of endurance, we think | | | | mice who were not given the compound (even after |
| of a variety of things. We think of an athlete | | | | the weight gains were taken into account). |
| crossing the finish line after a ten mile run. We | | | | Whether this will work the same way in humans is |
| imagine mountain climbers sopped in sweat reaching | | | | still the root of much speculation. To begin, the mice |
| the apex of a steep grade. We think of lung | | | | were given so much reservatrol that a human, in |
| capacity, we think of willpower and we think, with a | | | | order to receive the same amount, would have to |
| bit of envy, of the Energizer Bunny. When it comes | | | | consume nearly 100 glasses of red wine in a 24 hour |
| to endurance, we think of all sorts of things, but | | | | period. Though some people might think this a great |
| wine isn't usually one of them. Drinking paper cups of | | | | idea, most would probably find such excess only |
| Chianti during a race seems pointless, crossing the | | | | results in the world's biggest hangover or - as |
| finish line and immediately chugging a glass of Shiraz | | | | Gatorade likes to call it - "job security." |
| seems weird, and pouring a bottle of Merlot over | | | | Reservatrol is believed to help endurance because it |
| yourself in a celebratory shower seems downright | | | | jumpstarts the body's mitochondria, which provide |
| ridiculous: that stuff will stain your workout clothes. | | | | cells with energy. When the body consumes |
| Despite the fact we might not equate endurance and | | | | reservatrol in large amounts, the passage that |
| wine - or really wine and athletics - recent studies are | | | | provides cells with more mitochondria is activated, |
| proving there may be a strong relation between a | | | | and the body is suddenly consumed with much larger |
| red wine compound and your body's ability to | | | | amounts of energy. This also leads to an enhanced |
| produce energy. | | | | metabolism and an ability to burn fat at an increased |
| Now Gatorade, don't worry. PowerAde, stop pouting. | | | | rate. |
| All Sport, be a sport: red wine is not out to take | | | | Reservatrol doesn't just help increase endurance on a |
| your jobs, it's simply out to prove that endurance | | | | muscular level: it also adds to the greatest endurance |
| can be found at the bottom of all sorts of bottles, | | | | of all: an increased lifespan. Known as a compound |
| not just the ones designed as sports drinks. | | | | that can literally slow down the aging process, |
| In November of 2006, Johan Auwerx - a researcher | | | | reservatrol is a multi-talented chemical. Like the |
| at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cell | | | | overachiever we all hated in high school, reservatrol is |
| Biology in France - published an article based on proof | | | | the class president/cheerleading captain/teacher's pet |
| that reservatrol, a natural compound found in red | | | | scholarship winner of the chemical world. |
| wine, could help improve endurance in mice. He and | | | | As of now, the future influence reservatrol will have |
| his coworkers proved this by putting groups of mice | | | | on endurance is very much up in the air. We only |
| on a variety of diets and noting the results. | | | | know that the above findings have opened doors to |
| One group of mice was placed on a regular diet, one | | | | many possibilities. Drinking just a glass or two of red |
| group was placed on a diet high in fat, and one group | | | | wine a day won't suddenly give you the ability to "be |
| was placed on a diet high in fat and high in | | | | like Mike," but this discovery could lead to athletes |
| reservatrol. After three weeks, the mice on the diet | | | | one day taking reservatrol supplements. It could even |
| high in fat weighed 60 percent more than the mice | | | | open the door to a "sports drink meets wine" |
| on the regular diet, but the mice on the diet high in | | | | conglomerate: as bottles of red wine get infused with |
| fat and high in reservatrol weighed only 20 percent | | | | more reservatrol to become Graperade, a fitness |
| more than the mice on the regular diet. The mice | | | | drink for the next generation, known for reeling in |
| who were taking reservatrol gained 40 percent less | | | | athletes with the tagline, "Wine is just "win" with an |
| weight. These mice also portrayed better fitness | | | | 'e. |
| levels: they were able to run twice as long as the | | | | |