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I have a new article at Pterostilbene.com<\/a>. \u00a0The bottom line is that pterostilbene may be a “better resveratrol”. \u00a0It is better\u00a0absorbed, stays in the blood stream longer, and has a stronger effect on insulin metabolism and SIRT-1 than resveratrol. \u00a0But resveratrol got there first, and there has been much more study of resveratrol in actual animal tests, so it will be a few years at least before we know for sure. \u00a0Len Guarente’s MIT lab is where resveratrol got its start, and Guarente has recently launched a corporate spinoff to sell a pterostilbene formula.<\/p>\n

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