How it all started....
It began in 1534, when French explorer Jacques Cartier led an expedition up the St. Lawrence River. He and his crew encountered bad weather, trapped and in unknown territory, they had to survive with what food were available to them - salted meat and biscuits. Forced with such a ration, soon Cartier's men began to show symptoms of scurvy. Many of his men died before a chance encounter with a Native American who showed them how to make tea from pine tree bark and needles. This concoction proved to be a life saver to Cartier and his remaining crew members.
About 400 years later, a French Professor Jacques Masquelier; Ph.D. of the University of Bordeaux, France, was reading about Cartier's exploration, and how he and some crew members survived. Intrigued, he did research on pine bark and discovered it has amazing properties. Besides containing some vitamin C, it also contained bioflavonoids which has similar effects to those of vitamin Cs.
Other circumstances also led him to more research on his amazing discovery as you can peruse below.
Following is from the Health +News magazine, Volume 5, Number 3.
Dr. Jack Masquelier, Ph.D., is the discoverer and world's leading expert on oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs).
OPCs can save you from the danger of free radicals. At least sixty degenerative diseases, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and depression have been linked to free radicals. For years, scientists searched desperately for a strong antioxidant to battle free radicals.
In 1987, a patent was issued for a wonder product called oligomeric proanthocyanidins (known as OPCs), a super-antioxidant that is twenty to fifty times more powerful than antioxidants we produce in our bodies. The man behind OPCs is Dr. Jack Masquelier.
Dr. Masquelier began his study of antioxidants in 1947 at the University of Bordeaux in France. Farmers in the area were anxious to know if the red pigment from peanut skins in their livestock feed were toxic, so the government asked Masquelier to research the possibility.
While conducting his research on peanut skins and pine bark, he isolated the first OPCs ever identified. He was able to verify that the OPCs could defend against free radical attacks.
Dr. Masquelier wrote his doctoral thesis on oligomeric proanthocyanidins and registered patents for his method of extracting them from peanut skins and European coastal pine bark. He later registered additional patents for his method of extracting OPCs from grape seeds.
After the product had undergone countless lab tests for safety and effectiveness, Masquelier was granted U.S. Patent Number 4,698,360 which allowed OPCs to be used to prevent and combat the damage caused by free radicals.
Dr. Masquelier's discovery has had a tremendous impact on our modern world. We have a heavier concentration of free radicals now than we've ever had before because of herbicides, cigarette smoke, processed foods, pesticides, and pollution we are exposed to every day.
OPCs combat the toxins we ingest and fight free radicals, preventing them from damaging our cells. These OPCs are the answer to living a longer, healthier life.
It began in 1534, when French explorer Jacques Cartier led an expedition up the St. Lawrence River. He and his crew encountered bad weather, trapped and in unknown territory, they had to survive with what food were available to them - salted meat and biscuits. Forced with such a ration, soon Cartier's men began to show symptoms of scurvy. Many of his men died before a chance encounter with a Native American who showed them how to make tea from pine tree bark and needles. This concoction proved to be a life saver to Cartier and his remaining crew members.
About 400 years later, a French Professor Jacques Masquelier; Ph.D. of the University of Bordeaux, France, was reading about Cartier's exploration, and how he and some crew members survived. Intrigued, he did research on pine bark and discovered it has amazing properties. Besides containing some vitamin C, it also contained bioflavonoids which has similar effects to those of vitamin Cs.
Other circumstances also led him to more research on his amazing discovery as you can peruse below.
Following is from the Health +News magazine, Volume 5, Number 3.
Dr. Jack Masquelier, Ph.D., is the discoverer and world's leading expert on oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs).
OPCs can save you from the danger of free radicals. At least sixty degenerative diseases, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and depression have been linked to free radicals. For years, scientists searched desperately for a strong antioxidant to battle free radicals.
In 1987, a patent was issued for a wonder product called oligomeric proanthocyanidins (known as OPCs), a super-antioxidant that is twenty to fifty times more powerful than antioxidants we produce in our bodies. The man behind OPCs is Dr. Jack Masquelier.
Dr. Masquelier began his study of antioxidants in 1947 at the University of Bordeaux in France. Farmers in the area were anxious to know if the red pigment from peanut skins in their livestock feed were toxic, so the government asked Masquelier to research the possibility.
While conducting his research on peanut skins and pine bark, he isolated the first OPCs ever identified. He was able to verify that the OPCs could defend against free radical attacks.
Dr. Masquelier wrote his doctoral thesis on oligomeric proanthocyanidins and registered patents for his method of extracting them from peanut skins and European coastal pine bark. He later registered additional patents for his method of extracting OPCs from grape seeds.
After the product had undergone countless lab tests for safety and effectiveness, Masquelier was granted U.S. Patent Number 4,698,360 which allowed OPCs to be used to prevent and combat the damage caused by free radicals.
Dr. Masquelier's discovery has had a tremendous impact on our modern world. We have a heavier concentration of free radicals now than we've ever had before because of herbicides, cigarette smoke, processed foods, pesticides, and pollution we are exposed to every day.
OPCs combat the toxins we ingest and fight free radicals, preventing them from damaging our cells. These OPCs are the answer to living a longer, healthier life.
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