| Rather than waiting for
cancer cure in a single pill from some giant pharmaceutical company why
not turn to nature chemicals for cancer prevention. Mother Nature
has manufactured for us anti cancer medicines in a wide range of colors
- yellow, red, green, orange and in various flavors and shapes. The only
difference is these are called fruits and vegetables rather than medicines.
These contain battalions of phytonutrients (plant nutrients formed due
to photosynthesis) and antioxidants which mop up the cancer causing free
radicals and flush them down the drain.
Pycnogenol is one such phytonutrient.
These are certain plant flavonoids called proanthocyanidins from pine bark
and grape seeds. Pycnogenol is one of the most powerful antioxidant. It
is 20 times more powerful than Vitamin C and 50 times more powerful than
Vitamin E as a free radical scavenger. Researchers have shown that proanthocyanidins
actively go after the cancer causing free radicals like superoxide, hydroxyl
and peroxide radicals. Pycnogenol is water soluble and moves freely
in the blood stream. This bioflavonoid has become very popular in Europe.
Proanthocyanidins are also known to lower cholesterol levels and reduce
the size of arterial cholesterol levels.
Another of pycnogenol's interesting
effect is on collagen which is the major structural protein that olds the
cells and tissues of the body. Collagens are degraded due to aging and
that is the reason why our skin sags when we get older. Pycnogenol
appears to be the most effective substance for maintaining the quality
of collagens.
This potent antioxidant is
an enemy of cancer. Researchers at Nottingham University , England
have conclusively proven that Pycnogenol antioxidants slows
the mutation of cancer cells and scavenges one of the most carcinogenic
substance in tobacco smoke - benzoprene dioxide. While chewing on grape
seed and pine bark may give you some supply of this wonder antioxidant
it may not be sufficient. A good supplementation of this antioxidant is
always recommended.
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