In a narrow sense, the most remarkable and reliable health care product in the world should be proanthocyanidins, also known as grape polyphenols, or OPC.

In 1950s, Masquerel first discovered that there were a lot of OPC in the bark of pine trees along the French coast. Soon, pine bark extract (containing about 85% OPC) was registered as a medicine in France with the trade name Pycnogenol, which was used to improve the resistance of blood vessels and reduce the brittleness and permeability of capillaries. This is the first clear sign of OPC.

In 1970s, Masquerel discovered another better resource to obtain OPC-grape seed. The content of OPC extracted from grape seeds is as high as 95%, and he systematically made a series of experiments with OPC in grape seeds, such as bioavailability experiment, toxicity experiment, three-cause experiment (teratogenesis, carcinogenesis, mutation) and so on. , all in order to enter the American market.

In 1980s, the influence of free radicals on health was increasingly recognized. Because OPC has a strong antioxidant effect, free radicals are harmful to health through oxidative damage. Masquerel has done experiments on free radical scavenging activity of OPC, which proves that OPC is the strongest free radical scavenger found so far, and its anti-free radical oxidation ability is 20 times that of vitamin C and 50 times that of vitamin E, especially in vivo activity, which is incomparable to other antioxidants.

65438-0986, Masquerel applied for the patent of free radical scavenger function of OPC in the United States, and OPC officially entered the American market as an antioxidant functional food. As a drug, OPC is no longer limited by clear indications, and its application scope is increasing based on the function of scavenging free radicals in the body. Experimental application proves that OPC has direct or indirect preventive and therapeutic effects on nearly 70 diseases.

The discovery of OPC is considered as one of the most important discoveries in the health history of the 20th century, and it is recognized by the scientific community as the most direct, effective and safest free radical scavenger for preventing and treating diseases and maintaining human health. According to the American magazine Health, the discovery of proanthocyanidins has solved the long-awaited health problems! A hundred years of health will no longer be a dream.

OPC has a small molecular structure, which is the only substance that can remove free radicals through the blood-brain barrier to protect brain cells, and at the same time, it can reduce some harm caused by antibiotics to human body.

The main functions of OPC are:

1, antioxidant, scavenging free radicals, improving immunity.

Proanthocyanidins have super antioxidant effect, which can scavenge free radicals and improve human immunity. Procyanidins can freely provide electrons, thus preventing harmful oxidation, intercepting free radicals, preventing free radicals from damaging tissues and improving immunity as a whole.

2. Anti-aging

The youth of human beings depends to a great extent on the elasticity of connective tissue, which is the guarantee of the elasticity of natural internet in all parts of the body, and the antioxidant effect of proanthocyanidins can protect connective tissue from free radicals, thus delaying aging.

3, the patron saint of blood vessels

Procyanidins can increase the quantity and efficacy of collagen and weak protein, make the blood vessel wall more tough and elastic, avoid the oxidation of blood vessel tissue, make the blood vessel wall less prone to cracking and bleeding, and help reduce the probability of blood vessel bleeding and recurrence in patients with diabetes and hypertension.

Step 4 lower cholesterol

Procyanidins can prevent low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol from accumulating on the blood vessel wall, and avoid serious problems such as stroke and myocardial infarction caused by blood vessel blockage.

5, skin whitening wrinkle products

In Europe, procyanidins are called "oral cosmetics". It can protect the skin from the sun's ultraviolet rays, prevent the degradation of collagen fibers and elastic fibers, maintain skin elasticity and tension, avoid skin sagging and wrinkles, and make the skin smooth and delicate; In addition, proanthocyanidins have a unique inhibitory effect on melanin aggregation, which can make natural black spots leave no trace on the face and keep the skin white and shiny.

In short:

It can enhance blood vessel elasticity, improve circulatory system, improve skin smoothness, inhibit inflammation and allergy, and improve joint flexibility.

Helps prevent a variety of diseases related to free radicals, including cancer, heart disease, premature aging and arthritis;

Reduce the occurrence of heart disease and stroke by preventing stress reaction and platelet aggregation caused by smoking;

Enhance the immune system's ability to resist carcinogens;

Reduce the frequency and duration of colds;

Has antimutagenic effect, thereby reducing the formation of carcinogenic factors;

Has anti-inflammatory effect, thereby preventing inflammation, including arthritis and swelling;

Alleviate pollinosis and other allergies;

Enhance the elasticity of arteries, veins and capillaries;

Protect the inner wall of arterial blood vessels;

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Why do some people say that drinking red wine (dry red wine) often is good? Because red wine is made from grapes and contains grape polyphenols (OPC).

Biochemical medicine believes that many civilized chronic diseases of modern people, such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, liver diseases, autoimmune diseases, Alzheimer's disease, aging and so on, are caused by free radical oxidation, so antioxidants have become an indispensable supplement to modern people's health. However, antioxidants are actually just a general term. Each antioxidant with different components will show different antioxidant capacity when fighting against free radicals from different sources. For example, vitamin C, which is well known to most people, can play a very good role in counteracting superoxide radical and hydroxyl radical, but at the same time, it will greatly increase the concentration of another methyl radical, which is why some recent clinical trials have found that taking high dose (more than 500mg) of vitamin C every day will increase arteries.