OPC, an abbreviation for oligomeric proanthocyanidins, belongs to the relatively young genus of phytochemicals (bioflavonoids) with astonishing properties in the prevention and treatment of diseases and premature ageing.
Most of the time, people are initially very sceptical when they hear about a natural substance with a great spectrum of wonderful effects.
How can one and the same substance help with eye problems, reduce skin wrinkles, make joints painless again, prevent heart attacks and also counteract biological ageing?
Conventional medicine teaches us a very isolated view – we have a specialist ophthalmologist, a dermatologist and an orthopaedic surgeon for different ailments – a fatal mistake, because our body is a unified organism and should therefore be regarded holistically...!
Most of the time, people are initially very sceptical when they hear about a natural substance with a great spectrum of wonderful effects.
How can one and the same substance help with eye problems, reduce skin wrinkles, make joints painless again, prevent heart attacks and also counteract biological ageing?
Conventional medicine teaches us a very isolated view – we have a specialist ophthalmologist, a dermatologist and an orthopaedic surgeon for different ailments – a fatal mistake, because our body is a unified organism and should therefore be regarded holistically...!
Many books have been written about it, and yet it is familiar to only a few people. Even doctors know surprisingly little about it. We are talking about melatonin.
In order to adequately describe the effect of L-carnitine on our body, it is necessary to differentiate between general and special effects. It is also advisable to examine the effect on the respective organs and organ systems, even before analysing the individual effect on different symptoms.
Before we turn to the prophylactic and therapeutic effects of green tea in individual diseases in detail, we should first look at the active ingredients in green tea.
Mother Nature endowed pomegranate, nicknamed the ‘paradise apple’, with numerous nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, trace elements, phytochemicals and fatty acids – bio-active substances which should justify these benefits with one feature or another that is worthy of note for our health and well-being.
As with all traditional Chinese remedies, it is the perfect interplay of Mother Nature's miraculously balanced ingredients that produces the amazing effects we have discussed in the section on the ingredients of Astralagus.
While most promises of health benefits are reserved for southern hemisphere fruits and vegetables which have such exotic names as ‘noni’ or ‘aloe vera’, a rather timid, native crop causes quite a stir with the simple name ‘aronia berry’ (also called ‘apple berry’ or ‘black mountain ash’).