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Can't Get Too Much of that Grape!


posted by on August 25, 2008
Filed under: Food Science Research | 1,069 views

NutriPlex Formulas’ product formulator conducted extensive research when he upgraded SuperGreens PhytoFood a few years ago. One of the most prominent additions to the product was grape seed extract. This is one of the most underrated superfoods today. Here’s just another science-backed reason why grape seeds figure so prominently in health and healing:

Grape seeds are waste products of the winery and grape juice industry. These seeds contain lipid, protein, carbohydrates, and 5-8% polyphenols depending on the variety. Polyphenols in grape seeds are mainly flavonoids, including gallic acid, the monomeric flavan-3-ols catechin, epicatechin, gallocatechin, epigallocatechin, and epicatechin 3-O-gallate, and procyanidin dimers, trimers, and more highly polymerized procyanidins. Grape seed extract is known as a powerful antioxidant that protects the body from premature aging, disease, and decay. Grape seeds contains mainly phenols such as proanthocyanidins (oligomeric proanthocyanidins).

Scientific studies have shown that the antioxidant power of proanthocyanidins is 20 times greater than vitamin E and 50 times greater than vitamin C. Extensive research suggests that grape seed extract is beneficial in many areas of health because of its antioxidant effect to bond with collagen, promoting youthful skin, cell health, elasticity, and flexibility. Other studies have shown that proanthocyanidins help to protect the body from sun damage, to improve vision, to improve flexibility in joints, arteries, and body tissues such as the heart, and to improve blood circulation by strengthening capillaries, arteries, and veins. The most abundant phenolic compounds isolated from grape seed are catechins, epicatechin, procyanidin, and some dimers and trimers.

Source: John Shi, Jianmel Yu, Joseph E. Pohorly, Yukio Kakuda. Journal of Medicinal Food. December 1, 2003, 6(4): 291-299. doi:10.1089/109662003772519831.

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