Whats the difference? I noticed one of vitacost pycnogenol states it has procyanidins and their Pine Bark, which looks like a Great Price, states it has polyphenols.
Procyanidins are an important therapuetic componant of Pycnogenol: "A patented extract of maritime pine bark called Pycnogenol bears 65-75 percent procyanidins (procyanidins).[6] Thus a 100 mg serving would contain 65 to 75 mg of procyanidins." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procyanidin The presence of this in the VitaCost product indicates componant parity with Pycnogenol. It is also found in many foods. --John of Ohio
Do you think their Pine Bark, which looks like a Great Price, states it has polyphenols, is just as good? It doesn't say it has procyanidins.
No way to know if the VitaCost pine bark product is "just as good" as commercial "Pycnogenol." But since it's extracted from maritime pine bark, it should be theraputically equivalent. If I had MM symptoms (I don't, because of my regimen), I'd give the VitaCost product a try. A number of reviewers of VitaCost pine bark users claim to have used both Pycnogenol and the VitaCost product, with equivalent results. --John of Ohio