Comments on: Pycnogenol and Eye Health

By: Shara Helmstadter

Shara Helmstadter — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:09:05 +0000

The company I partner with has a wonderful line of supplements and a few with the Pycnogenol ingredient. Ours becomes isotonic when mixed with water so it is 98 percent bioavailable to the body. I have been taking it for a few years and must say my allergies are gone and I haven’t been ill in almost 2 years! Love it

By: JP

JP — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:35:47 +0000

You’re welcome, Hilla!

Be well!

By: Hilla Abel

Hilla Abel — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:34:27 +0000

Thanks for this summary!

By: JP

JP — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:07:41 +0000

Thanks for sharing that, Arrow!

I’d love to hear about what you discover while using your homemade pine bark extract. I hope your experimentation yields very interesting and positive results!

Be well!

By: Arrow

Arrow — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:17:52 +0000

I forgot to mention that the local Native Americans in Utah back in the 1860′s used pine bark tea as the main system of administration.

By: Arrow

Arrow — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:14:36 +0000

A few years ago while working in hospice I had a patient who was 96 years old and of the Mormon faith. Keeping record and remembering the trials and knowlege of their ancestors is very important to them. She told me that her mother learned to use pine bark extract made from local pine trees in Utah for colds and flu and to maintain a strong system in general. Originally, the recipe had come from the Native Americans local to Utah.

Of course, I was most interested and when she told me she had some of the recepies written down somewhere I encouraged her to find them for me. But, alas, she was a hospice patient and her endurace and health did not permit her to find and share the information. Perhaps it is enough to know that pine bark from pine trees other than the French Maritime is worth some research.

I myself have concluded that the extracts from a varitey of pine trees may offer significant health benefits. There is also the possibility that using local trees will assist in allergy problems. How many people suffer from pine pollen or mountian cedar allergy? Local trees made into appropriate preparation may be the answer for them.

In my quest to find more natural and organic and sustainable sources of supplemental nutrients I have found guidance in making my own pine bark extract which I hope to experiment with next year.

By: JP

JP — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:49:25 +0000

It sounds like you take excellent care of your skin, Nina! I’ll get it does glow!

Thank you for the link about olive leaf and MRSA. So called “super bugs” are a major problem in modern health care (and beyond). Someone we know recently had a very serious encounter with MRSA while in the hospital. Very scary!

Be well!

By: Nina K.

Nina K. — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:08:41 +0000

Hi JP,

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19135874

they write that olive leaf extract fights MRSA! Great!

Nina K.

By: Nina K.

Nina K. — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:02:36 +0000

Hello JP,

i use grape seed extract too, in my skincare and i drink it in my fav Bordeaux wine from which i had too much yesterday

thanks for the links, very interesting.

for skincare it is really very good to use teabags especially green or white tea (you know), sometimes i make a vitamin a and e treatment with red palm oil, wash it of with green tea, very good.

thats a other rec from me for a healthy skin glow: eat extra virgin organic red palm oil. makes really a difference.

See us above
Nina K.

By: JP

JP — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:12:12 +0000

I hope that’s no longer the case. Here’s a news item about it from 2000:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1046878.stm

Very sad.