Maritime Pine Bark is a natural antioxidant and an excellent source of flavonoids. Antioxidants are chemicals that deactivate free radicals - destructive chemicals that damage cells and contribute to many diseases, ranging from stroke and heart attacks to degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. Free radicals even contribute to aging.
Maritime Pine Bark also has anti-inflammatory properties that work to protect the body from harmful free radicals, help boost the immune system, aid in skin hydration, and strengthen blood vessel walls and capillaries.
This specialist antioxidant is nearly 25 times more powerful than Vitamin C.
Studies have documented a number of strong antioxidant effects of Pycnogenol, placing it among the most potent antioxidants. They also found that Pycnogenol extended the lifetime of vitamin C in the body.
Pycnogenol can aid in the suppression of Nitric oxide production, thus limiting the collateral damage resulting from immune system attacks on viral and bacterial invaders. Excess nitric oxide has been linked to inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, and Alzheimer's disease. It can also be used to help reduce hyperpigmentation of human skin while improving the skin barrier function and extracellular matrix homeostasis.
We believe that the Maritime Pine Bark Extract also supports the circulatory system, and when used as directed, can help reduce stiffness and soreness after strenuous exercise.
Benefits of Maritime Pine Bark
BENEFIT 1 - A powerful antioxidant
Maritime Pine Bark is a natural antioxidant. It is an excellent source of flavonoids and has anti-inflammatory properties that work to protect the body from harmful free radicals, help boost the immune system, and strengthen blood vessel walls and capillaries. This specialist antioxidant is nearly 25 times more powerful than Vitamin C, and boosts how the body utilises it.
BENEFIT 2 – Help fight off a common cold
Maritime Pine Bark can help reduce the duration and severity of common colds. Using Maritime Pine Bark can help reduce the number of complications associated with colds, and when used correctly, can help reduce the need for other compounds.
BENEFIT 3 - Balance blood sugars
Maritime Pine Bark can aid in the reduction of high blood sugar, thus helping with pre-diabetes or diabetes. The use of Maritime Pine Bark may present improvement in blood sugar control and assist with reducing glucose levels.
BENEFIT 4 - Improve cognitive function
There’s evidence that Maritime Pine Bark may be a promising nootropic for various groups of people, including middle-aged professionals, students, and people with mild cognitive decline like brain fog.
A clinical trial of 60 health professionals found that Maritime Pine Bark extract (150 mg/day) improved cognitive function. This included attention levels, alertness, and performance. Research also showed sustained attention, memory, executive functions, mood, and reduce oxidative stress.
BENEFIT 5 - Reduce Allergies
In studies where the participants took Maritime Pine Bark for at least 5 weeks before flu season, it was shown to reduce hay fever symptoms. In another clinical trial of 76 people with allergic asthma, the extract may reduce symptom scores, and circulating leukotrienes are reduced and lung function was improved.
BENEFIT 6 - Improve exercise and physical performance
Pine bark extract can help decrease free radicals in the body after exercise (which cause muscle fatigue and damage). It also reduces muscle cramps and pain.
Maritime Bark Products
McDowells Herbal has a range of Maritime Pine Bark products for humans, horses, dogs and cats, and incorporate our products into a range of different programs due to the amazing qualities it possesses. We also utilise Maritime Pine Bark as a staple ingredient in a lot of our products.
