Diabetes' Natural Treatment & Prevention with Pycnogenol, Pine Bark Extract

A recent study demonstrates that phycnogenol, a patented extract from the French maritime pine tree bark can help lower blood sugar (glucose) in patients with mild diabetes, even allowing them to discontinue insulin use. Several earlier studies have suggested that pycnogenol may be useful in the treatment & prevention diabetic retinopathy. Although the research regarding lower glucose level is new, Winston points out that other healing attributes of pycnogenol are widely recognized. This potent antioxidant can help control the free radical damage and inflammation that underlies many chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer and osteoarthritis.

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Acai Berry Destroys Cancer Cells in Lab

A Brazilian Acai berry contains antioxidants that destroyed cultured human cancer cells in a recent University of Florida study, one of the first to investigate the fruit's purported benefits. The study showed extracts from acai berries triggered a self-destruct response in up to 86 percent of leukemia cells tested, said Stephen Talcott, an assistant professor with UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

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