When the human body is metabolizing, it will produce free radicals. People who pay attention to maintenance are definitely no strangers to free radicals. Solar radiation, various pollution, oil fumes, diet, smoking, drinking, or bad living habits will cause a large number of free radicals to be generated. Free radicals are the main cause of accelerating human aging and disease, and eating more foods or supplements with antioxidant effects can combat free radicals.
Pine bark extract is currently the strongest antioxidant in health food. The pine bark that can be extracted has high-quality requirements, and the tree age needs to reach more than 20 years.
Pine bark extract has been used for medicinal purposes since the 13th century, and its antioxidant capacity is 20 times that of vitamin C and 50 times that of vitamin E! The main reason is that it is rich in bioflavonoids, the most famous of which are proanthocyanidins OPC and polyphenols. In addition, pine bark also contains more than 40 kinds of organic acids, these organic acids can complement each other with OPC to strengthen its effect.
In addition to eliminating free radicals and preventing aging, OPC supplementation has the functions of skin beauty, maintaining cardiovascular health, fighting inflammation, improving allergies, and preventing varicose veins. Therefore, pine bark extract is a nutritionally comprehensive health product.