Does anyone know of any *real* research done on an FDA-approved
food-additive called Pycnogenol, supposedly a super antioxidant
whose primary active ingredient comes from certain cultivated
pine trees in France? It is marketed in this country under a
KAIRE brand name and is being touted, rather aggressively, as
among other things an anti-aging potion 50 times more powerful
than other known antioxidants and a great facilitator of
vitamin C absorption. It is supposed to have restorative
effects on skin, blood vessels, vision, etc. The "research"
I've been handed is clearly company-supported. The pills
themselves are rather expensive, and it is possible that
a lot of people are being taken advantage of in being
sold something suspiciously like a "panacea" (it's even
supposed to have anti-cancer properties).
Is this a known scam, and I'm simply not aware of it?
Please post replies either to the list or to me
personally, Dan Pearlman, at
dpearl at uriacc.uri.edu
Thanks.
