Pycnogenol obsažený v extraktu z borovicové kůry chrání diabetiky před retinopatií, otoky a cirkulačními problémy.
12.01.2010, 20:42, Jan Lichnovský
Pycnogenol obsažený v extraktu z borovicové kůry má prokazatelně pozitivní vliv na vznikající poruchy zraku u diabetiků. Celkem 46 pacientu s diebetes mellitus (cukrovka) bylo zahrnuto do randomizovaně kontrolované studie. 24 z nich bylo léčeno extraktem z kůry borovice jednou denně po dobu 3 měsíců, zatímco zbývajících 22 pacientů dostávalo placebo. Všichni pacienti měli diabetes minimálně 4 roky a u všech byla zjištěna začínající retinopatie. 75% pacientů ve skupině dostávajících extrakt z borovicové kůry zaznamenalo po 3 měsících zlepšení zraku, zatímco toto zlepšení nebylo zaznamenáno u žádného z pacientů dostávajících placebo.
Studie byla provedena v G D'Annunzio University v Itálii.
Pycnogenol pine bark extract shown to protect diabetics from swelling, circulation and vision problems
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Editor of NaturalNews.com
A research study conducted by G D'Annunzio University in Italy evaluated the benefits of a popular form of pine bark extract in helping diabetics. Published in the Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, findings revealed that people with diabetes can avoid developing retinopathy and maintain proper micro-circulation by supplementing with pine bark.
A total of 46 diabetic patients were involved in the randomized, controlled study. Twenty-four of them were treated with pine bark extract once a day for three months while the remaining 22 were given a placebo. All the patients had diabetes for at least four years and all were beginning to develop retinopathy. Seventy-five percent of patients in the pine bark group experienced improvement in their vision while none in the placebo group did.
Dr. Robert Steigerwalt, one of the lead researchers of the study, confirmed that not only does pine bark extract halt the progression of diabetic retinopathy, it can cause it to regress by sealing the leaky blood vessels in the eye that lead to the disease. Such results were witnessed in as little as two months. He also noted that diabetics in the early stages of the disease can prevent such complications from ever occurring by supplementing with pine bark extract.
Pycnogenol, the branded formula of the antioxidant plant extract derived from the French maritime pine tree, has proven itself time and time again to be a powerful protective nutrient, particularly for diabetics. When administered during the early stages of diabetes, many studies have shown that pine bark is effective at preventing and treating the diabetic retinal diseases.
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