THE PCO BIOFLAVANOID COMPLEX -Powerful Antioxidant!GRAPESEED EXTRACT
A POTENT ANTIOXIDANT
This is one of my favorite supplements. In my research, it stands out as a highly powerful anti-oxidant (30x stronger than E!), and blood vessel strengthener. It makes the walls strong but soft and flexible, thus protecting against stroke. I really encourage anyone over 60 to take this valuable health supplement.
W Mayo
THE PCO BIOFLAVANOID COMPLEX -Powerful Antioxidant!
Bioflavanoids are natural plant components that strengthen and protect living tissue. "Proanthocyanidin" is one of the names used to describe a powerful bioflavonoid complex known as Procyanidolic Oligomers (PCO). "Pycnogenol" was the name originally given to this complex by Dr. Jacques Masquelier, the first to scientifically discover it and the first to patent an extraction process for it from the bark of maritime pine trees. "Pycnogenol" is now a trademarked name for PCO products extracted from pine bark.
- Enhanced capillary strength and vascular function, which helps the heart and decreases: PMS problems, bruising, edema from injury or trauma, varicose veins, leg swelling and retinopathy.
- Enhanced immune resistance.
- Increased peripheral circulation, improving vision.
- Reduced adverse allergic and inflammatory responses.
- Reduction in skin aging and loss of elasticity.
20 times more potent than vitamin C and 50 times more potent than vitamin E
The highest known concentration (95%) of the PCO complex is found in grape seeds, and the second-highest (80-85%) in pine bark.The PCO bioflavanoid complex was recently discovered to be 20 times more potent than vitamin C and 50 times more potent than vitamin E as an antioxidant. The advantages of PCO include:
- It is bioavailable and immediately absorbed from the stomach into the bloodstream.
- It is distributed to virtually every organ and tissue, and remains in the body for up to 72 hours.
- Not only does it neutralize free radicals themselves, but it also conserves and regenerates vitamins C and E. Vitamin E is a powerful free radical scavenger, but it is quickly used up. PCO and vitamin C work synergistically to regenerate vitamin E.
- PCO is one of the few antioxidants that crosses the blood/brain barrier to protect neural tissue.
- PCO extracts have been proven to be completely safe.
Grape Seed Extract May be
the Way to Prevent the Number One Killer
[Copyright 1998, PR Newswire]LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge Corporation --
Today, Alex Sevanian, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Southern California-Los Angeles, announced the results of his ground-breaking study which found that procyanidins from grape seed extract have a significant antioxidant effect in preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD), the number one killer in the developed world.
"We've completed our pre-clinical trials studying the effects of procyanidins on the cardiovascular system, that focused on low, normal and high LDL cholesterol diets," said Dr. Sevanian. "These procyanidins apparently reduce the incidence of aortic lesions that lead to serious CVD or sudden death for those with dangerously high cholesterol diets."
Procyanidins are part of a very powerful class of antioxidants called polyphenols. These particular substances canbe found in dietary sources like red wine -- as evidenced in the celebrated "Mediterranean Diet." But the most reliable and effective form of this substance is not found in any food, it is actually found in grape seed extract.
"Our tests with this powerful antioxidant seem to explain the 'French Paradox' -- wherein people with diets high in LDL cholesterol have low LDL cholesterol levels in the blood stream and no signs of CVD," said Sevanian. "Procyanidins hold hope for millions in the treatment of heart disease."
Sevanian adds that this will potentially lead to the formulation of medical treatments to stave off and reverse CVD caused by high serum LDL cholesterol levels.
[Copyright 1998, PR Newswire]