Study results have shown that taking a daily dose of the pine bark extract
pycnogenol
may help to treat or prevent metabolic syndrome, a condition that is
linked to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Researchers
administered 150 milligrams per day of the extract to 64 subjects, aged
45 to 55 years, who had exhibited all five risk factors for metabolic
syndrome for six months. Another group of 66 matched participants served
as controls.
The researchers found that supplementation with the pine bark extract
was correlated with reductions in waist circumference, triglycerides,
fasting blood glucose and blood pressure and an increase in HDL
cholesterol, a.k.a. the good cholesterol. They concluded that the
extract may help improve health-risk factors in people with metabolic
syndrome.
Belcaro, G., et al. (2013). Pycnogenol® supplementation improves health risk factors in subjects with metabolic syndrome.
Phytother Res. Published online January 28.
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Study results have shown that taking a daily dose of the pine bark extract pycnogenol
may help to treat or prevent metabolic syndrome, a condition that is
linked to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Researchers
administered 150 milligrams per day of the extract to 64 subjects, aged
45 to 55 years, who had exhibited all five risk factors for metabolic
syndrome for six months. Another group of 66 matched participants served
as controls.