Grape Seed (Proanthocyhanidin)

Grape and blueberry extract may ease memory problems in elderly patients

Reuters Health News | August 07, 2018 Polyphenol-rich extract from grape and blueberry (PEGB) appears to improve episodic memory decline in healthy elderly people with memory problems, researchers report. “Our study demonstrates that PEGB improves age-related episodic memory decline in individuals with the highest cognitive impairments,” the authors write in their paper in The Journals […]

Dietary flavonoid intake and risk of incident depression in midlife and older women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 07/18/2016 Chang SC, et al. For this study, authors intend to investigate the relationship between estimated habitual dietary flavonoids consumptions and risk of incident depression. Finding suggest lower depression risk is related to higher flavonoid consumption specially in older women. Future research are required to verify this relationship. Methods They […]

Nutritional Support for Concussion

Feed a Concussion: Speedy Nutrient Support Offers the Hope of Better Healing June 8, 2015 By Robert Silverman, DC, MS, CCN, CSCS A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that may cause symptoms ranging from a bad headache to altered levels of alertness or unconsciousness. It temporarily interferes with the way your brain works. Concussions […]

Effects of grape seed proanthocyanidin extract on menopausal symptoms, body composition, and cardiovascular parameters in middle-aged women

Menopause. 2014 Sep;21(9):990-6. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000200. Effects of grape seed proanthocyanidin extract on menopausal symptoms, body composition, and cardiovascular parameters in middle-aged women: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study. Terauchi M1, Horiguchi N, Kajiyama A, Akiyoshi M, Owa Y, Kato K, Kubota T. Abstract OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess the effects of proanthocyanidin-a class of […]

Grape seed proanthocyanidins inhibit cigarette smoke condensate-induced lung cancer cell migration

Grape seed proanthocyanidins inhibit cigarette smoke condensate-induced lung cancer cell migration through inhibition of NADPH oxidase and reduction in the binding of p22phox and p47phox proteins Molecular Carcinogenesis, 05/21/2014 Clinical Article Vaid M, et al. – In this research, the researchers report that grape seed proanthocyanidins (GSPs) exert an inhibitory effect on the CSC–induced migration of non–small […]