It is clear from scientific research that antioxidants can have a big influence on the rate that we age and tests have also shown that one of the best sources of antioxidants is from grape seed extract.
The various different types of antioxidants all have varying degrees of health benefits for the specific areas that they help.
Some antioxidants will help reduce the percentage of fat in our body by speeding up the metabolism and helping to burn fat while others will help to protect us against cancer and various other diseases.
Obviously having a combination of foods containing the different antioxidants will be the best way to improve health and assist in remaining younger.
Grape seed however seems to be the antioxidant that has shown to deliver better results than other sources and it is this antioxidant that the cosmetic industry has been adding to many of it’s products to target those people who have been following the news and research that has shown it to have excellent anti aging properties.
Grape seed extract helps to strengthen blood vessels and in doing so stops them from becoming weakened and damaged.
This helps with the circulation of the blood and the removal of toxins from the body.
The active ingredient that is mostly responsible for this is OPC or oligomeric procyanidin that was first discovered by a French Chemist.
The active ingredients that are present in grape seed extract can actually reverse damage that has already been done by free radicals and in doing so reverse some of the aging process of the body.
It’s no wonder that grape seed extract has attracted so much attention.
With twenty times more strength than Vitamin C and fifty times more than Vitamin A the medical profession is even using it for the treatment of people who have suffered from heart disease to aid in their recovery.
There is a lot more research that will be going into the properties of grape seed extract and its benefits for anti aging.