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For you, if you are interested in powerful antioxidant protection, anti-age and whole-body support

The ingredients in Pycnogenol® can:

  • Promote healthy circulation 
  • Support vascular health
  • Encourage a healthy inflammatory response
  • Help maintain already-healthy blood sugar levels

Pycnogenol® contains procyanidins, flavonoids and other beneficial compounds that may help your body fight the effects of aging.

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Product details:
Health benefits at a glance:

First of all, what is pycnogenol? Pycnogenol® is the trademark for a French maritime pine bark extract with powerful, scientifically validated benefits for longevity and overall health

Pycnogenol® has a long history of clinical research. For a healthy heart, eyes, cells, DNA, and lifespan; there are few nutritional supplements that have been studied as extensively.


Why it works:

Pycnogenol®, French maritime pine bark extract, is shown to help the body fight normal aging by supporting vascular health and healthy circulation. (1-3) 

It can also can provide powerful antioxidant protection and help prevent inflammatory factors to support whole-body health. (4-7)


The science behind the product:

Unlike other forms of pine bark extract, Pycnogenol® is a patented ingredient that has undergone extensive human clinical research over 40 years to substantiate its numerous anti-ageing properties.

Antioxidant and blood sugar support
Pycnogenol® has demonstrated an ability to help maintain already-healthy glucose levels. (8) It also may bolsters the body’s antioxidant defenses with powerful phytonutrient compounds, preventing the free-radical activity that can be damaging to cells, tissue, organs and DNA, as well as inhibiting stress on delicate vascular walls and more. (9)

Vascular health and healthy circulation
Pycnogenol® can support endothelial and arterial health by helping to prevent inflammatory factors called cytokines. It may also encourage healthy nitric oxide levels in the arteries, which can support endothelial function and arterial blood flow and has been shown to promote a healthy inflammatory response and platelet function. (10-13)

Available as a single-nutrient supplement
Life Extension believe in this extract’s health benefits so much that it has incorporated it into our arterial, circulatory and ocular health formulas, but you can also add Pycnogenol® to your supplement regimen with this stand-alone product.


How to use:

Please take according to the dosage and use guidelines under supplement facts, or as recommended by a healthcare practitioner.

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