Overall, a pretty good segment on Resveratrol
on tonight's 60 Minutes seventeen years after
the French Paradox aired...

Morley Safer was his usual skeptical self
with sardonic wit (excellent characteristics
for a news anchor/reporter to have and
Morley is pretty seasoned.)

I was, of course, disappointed to see it so
centralized/dependent on the medical angle
however,

Why we have to have PhD's and MD's
force-feeding us to believe anything is
pretty sad... since the medical profession
is one of the most backward on earth
as far as accepting substantive improvement
rapidly. Many millions have died through the
centuries for its snail's pace of internalizing
change. Certainly, nowadays, with the implied
threat of litigation hanging over every physician's
head, true help is being often withheld for fear
of a lawsuit.

Also, no mention was made, as far as I could
tell, of overdosing on Resveratrol (>100mg/day)
which could lead to serious health consequences,
including death apparently.

No mention was made that some people have
reported that on 100mg/day of Resveratrol
an extreme hyper-reaction, extreme nervousness
and agitation -- many people do not want to live
that way or be seen like that... I have a close friend
and he has a close friend who had that reaction...
and ceased resveratrol immediately upon confirming
the above personal observations of each other, preferring
instead a laid-back persona/presentation. Both are
tenured professors and in the scientific field (computer science.)

Last, members of the CRS Caloric Restriction Society,
shown in the episode, looked very ill to me, dangerously
thin, emaciated, almost like prison-camp-detainees. I don't think
I'd want to go that route...

Stuart