OPC's Anti-aging and Antioxidant Properties

Pharmaceutical companies and scientists spend billions of dollars on research to increase the life span of humans. Over the centuries man has developed many controversial drugs, elixirs and potions to ward off Father Time. One thing not in dispute is the role of free radical scavengers (antioxidants) in restoring and maintaining optimum health, especially as we age.

Primary Source® uses only clinically proven, safe and effective Original French OPCs as the active principle in their formulations. Primary Source® OPC products are clinically proven to be the most potent and bio-available antioxidants available. Unlike other antioxidants, OPC penetrates both aqueous and lipid cellular membranes, making its free radical scavenging benefits available to all tissues of the body. It possesses up to 50 times more free radical scavenging capacity than Vitamins C and E.* Primary Source® OPC works to protect, support and restore the potency of Vitamins C & E as they work in the body.*

Primary Source® OPC Inhibits Premature Aging by Strengthening Collagen.*

Primary Source® OPC strengthens collagen protein by affixing itself to collagen, thus providing elasticity, and resiliency. Collagen is an essential and major component of muscles, tendons, cartilage, ligaments, bones, gums, teeth, eyes and blood vessels*. Functioning as an antioxidant, Masquelier's OPC neutralizes the potentially harmful effects of reactive molecules such as hyaluronidase, collagenase, elastase and histidine decarboxylase by blocking their attachment to collagen microfibrils.*

Although no substance can completely prevent the aging process, Primary Source® OPC helps to avert premature aging by reducing free radical-induced weakening of collagen.*

Collagen that is weak and inflexible contributes to premature aging. Visible signs of weak collagen are wrinkles and sagging skin. Non-visible signs of aging are damage to arterial walls which leaves them less resilient and subject to plaque formation.

Primary Source® OPC supports the body's own natural mechanisms to maintain and enhance the health of connective tissue and elasticity of skin.*

* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration, but they have been proven in numerous independent studies.


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