An excerpt from The Cancer Project's article on Resveratrol - click here for the full article.

"You may have heard about some favorable effects of red wine. This is apparently due to the phytochemical resveratrol (RES-VEAR-A-TROL), which shows a dramatic tendency to decrease risk of many types of cancer. The question as to whether or not the best source of resveratrol is red wine remains debated, considering the high caloric content of wine and alcohol's possible role in breast cancer. Healthier sources of resveratrol include grapes, berries, and peanuts. The ways in which resveratrol helps fight cancer are manifold: Studies show that resveratrol may slow tumor growth in the lungs by preventing the replication of DNA, prevent tumors from forming both in the lungs and the colon by destroying potential carcinogens, prevent liver cancer because of its antioxidant activity, prevent breast cancer by protecting cells from the harmful effects of linoleic acid, a type of fatty acid implicated in breast cancer and arrest the growth of leukemia cells.”