RESVERATROL: What is it? Ah, you forgot.
(Chug a carafe of after-trek wine or just do trail GORP?)

Diane's coffee table is piled with outdoor mags, including A2Z and etc. She's a "Curves" client and part of that stack was the latest copy of, coincidentally, Diane. Flippantly flipping through it, I stumbled on a filler, A Glass of Pinot, Please. The University of MS did a study of 11 red wines and ranked Pinot Noir (CA) numero uno for the highest levels of resveratrol, best known as the wine ingredient that reportedly, ad infinitum, renders the French as superior to Americans, cholesterol-wise (but that's it!). Resveratrol, with it's high antioxidant properties, is credited with anticancer and heart disease benefits, yadda, yadda and, again, lowering LDLs. All good things. Anti-aging? Yes. Here, of course, the plot thickens.

The results of a Cornell University study claims that it's NY State wines that contain the highest levels of resveratrol, refuting the CA credits. It's all based on a particular grape, muscadine, and the role its skin plays in the fermentation process.

Meanwhile, University of Georgia scientists are engineering peanuts which have so far yielded 12.3 times the resveratrol levels in wine. Confused? Hang in there, especially if you have problems with wine and/or peanuts. Supposedly, de-alcoholed wine is equally effective. Does grape juice work? Welch's says so. Allergic to the legume? Then skip the GORP or just pick out the M&Ms.

Plug "resveratrol" into Google Search and you can probably learn more then we did to generate this post. That includes where to buy it in pill form. Typical on the www: RESVERATROL -ANTIOXIDANT BENEFITS, INFORMATION ON SUPPLEMENTS, ARTICLES, LINKS,

A panacea for a successful next trek? We don't know. And, not to be flippant, please experiment and report back....

Disclaimer: Sobriety is always the better choice, whatever your goal (snicker).