Pine Bark with Pycnogenol for Heart Health
Nutritional supplements, made from pine bark, can be a key weapon against chronic disease killers such as high blood pressure and heart disease. Study found that a daily dose of natural supplements significantly reduces the harmful effects of risk factors known as metabolic syndrome - a precursor todiabetes, heart disease and stroke.
The danger signs include obesity around the waist, high levels of dangerous blood fats, reduced levels of "good" cholesterol, high blood pressure and blood sugar levels. It is estimated that people with three of the five risk factors have metabolic syndrome, which places them in a significant risk of developing life-threatening conditions.
One in four Britons are affected by this syndrome. A clinical study showed that supplementation of Pycnogenol ® - an antioxidant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine tree, may effectively reduce these symptoms. Approximately 90% of the respondents who take supplements and underwent a healthy diet combined with regular exercise, showed significant improvement in the characteristics of metabolic syndrome, including obesityand high blood pressure.
Lead researcher Dr. Gianni Belcaro from Chieti-Pescara University in Italy, said: "Pycnogenol may help people in the fight against metabolic syndrome to control blood lipids, sugar and blood pressure. The results showed that those who took Pycnogenol as a supplement and have carried unloaded exercise have failed to improve heart health and reduce body weight, reaching almost normal body mass index. The dietary supplement was a natural approach to achieving healthy blood pressure, improve cholesterol levels and blood sugar levels, and eventually it "offers better health of the cardiovascular system" he says.
The study involved 130 people aged between 45 and 55 years with all five risk factors for metabolic syndrome. Results were published in the journal "Phyto-therapy Research". Participants received three times daily placebo capsules those with 50 mg Pycnogenol ®. Assent to truth tablet led to significant improvements after three months. Waist circumference was reduced to levels "non-obese" - up to 99 cm in men and 84 cm in women. Six months later, the patients were no longer in any risk of the five factors. Their body mass index fell by an average of 26.7 to 25.1, blood sugar, triglycerides and bad holesterol already had a healthy level, the patients had a significant reduction in blood pressure and oxidative stress. The rest of the people who took placebo capsules still had all five risk factors, even after six months of dosing and diet exercise.
Dr. Frank Shonlau, Scientific Director at Horphag Research, distributor of Pycnogenol ® in the world, says that several studies have shown that the extract reduces blood sugar in patients with Type II diabetes and help protect the kidneys. He adds: "The additional intake of Pycnogenol ® has been associated with improved cardiovascular health, such as lowering cholesterol, blood pressure control and prevention of thrombosis." In previous studies was found that taking a drink made from pine bark can also relieve the symptoms of jet lag.
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