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There is no scientific study to support grape seed extract in the treatment of asthma. None.
I've had asthma my entire life. My childhood asthma was so severe and drugs for treatment so poor, my parents were told when I was 5 I was unlikely to survive. Thankfully the advent of inhaled steroids saved my life.
Asthma can be a very serious condition. If anyone suspects asthma they need to be immediately evaluated by a medical doctor and if diagnosed put on drugs to control the condition. Grape seed extract is not what anyone diagnosed with asthma should rely on for treatment.
I NEVER EVER said to stop drugs and take grape seed extract, I'm saying it can HELP reduce the asthma symptoms in the first place, reduce issues. That's how it's helping my friend, she takes LESS meds.
I NEVER EVER said to stop drugs and take grape seed extract, I'm saying it can HELP reduce the asthma symptoms in the first place, reduce issues. That's how it's helping my friend, she takes LESS meds.
The study you posted was a mouse trial. There's a lot of additional study involved, like with humans, before anyone can say with any authority that grape seed extract does anything for asthma or allergy. Glad your friend believes it helps, but one piece of anecdotal evidence (or many pieces) aren't reason to try this remedy.
Whatever people want to try or don't want to. It's OK. Just putting it out there. MOST trials are done with animals, right? I didn't post to argue or make points or...just an FYI.
I would just like to point out that this is not the alternative medicine forum. Asking for sources and critiquing claims made about supplements is permitted here.
Stating that there is no evidence that grape seed extract can help asthma is not arguing, it's just a statement of fact. The OP has made claims for grape seed extract in multiple threads and none of her claims are supported by any research. People who are reading her posts need to know that.
Here is a review, with sources, of grape seed extract.
The OP needs to be aware that half of adults with seasonal nasal allergies have their symptoms go away with no treatment at all.
Promoting grape seed extract for a disease like asthma, which is potentially fatal, is unwise when there is no evidence that it does anything to help the condition.
Suzy, I lived a life with allergies before I found Pycnogenol and then grape seed ex. Drugs, allergists the whole 9 yards....I don't like to take drugs and go to constant doctors and get NO HELP.. I was not getting better, spending money and time on drugs and doctors.
If one cares to check, there are MANY posts out "there" on this OPC for allergies and asthma and 60 some other health conditions. Being told it "MAY" prevent cancer is the MAIN reason I started on Pycnongenol at a young age of 57...who wants to hear that dx? And IF it could be prevented why not go for it.
I guess about 5% of the population think as I do. Why continue to add toxic loads to the body, lord knows we get bombarded day in and day out.
Peace out all. Take what you may like and leave the rest. I don't work in the pharma industry or supplement industry but in the industry of maintaining good health with as little toxic load as I can.
Suzy, I lived a life with allergies before I found Pycnogenol and then grape seed ex. Drugs, allergists the whole 9 yards....I don't like to take drugs and go to constant doctors and get NO HELP.. I was not getting better, spending money and time on drugs and doctors.
If one cares to check, there are MANY posts out "there" on this OPC for allergies and asthma and 60 some other health conditions. Being told it "MAY" prevent cancer is the MAIN reason I started on Pycnongenol at a young age of 57...who wants to hear that dx? And IF it could be prevented why not go for it.
I guess about 5% of the population think as I do. Why continue to add toxic loads to the body, lord knows we get bombarded day in and day out.
Peace out all. Take what you may like and leave the rest. I don't work in the pharma industry or supplement industry but in the industry of maintaining good health with as little toxic load as I can.
I understand that you are convinced the grape seed extract cured your allergies. The study I previously posted showed that when neither the patient nor the doctor knew who was getting the extract and who was not the extract worked no better than a placebo.
In addition, people with allergies may get better with no treatment at all. In fact, anyone with nasal allergies will know that some seasons and some years are better than others. It is common for the immune system to just stop reacting to substances that provoked a response in the past. Having your symptoms get better after you started taking it does not prove that taking it caused the symptoms to get better. It is more likely your immune system just got used to the pollen in your geographic are.
"Many posts" is not proof that grape seed extract does anything. It has actually been studied. The only thing it has been shown to do is increase blood flow, and there is no evidence it will prevent cancer in humans. For one thing, cancer is not one disease. Next, grape seed extract is not well absorbed and what is absorbed is quickly metabolized. That means it may be difficult to consume enough to do any good, even if the chemicals in the extract are found to have beneficial effects. Finally, many substances found to have effects on cancer cells in a lab or in mice turn out to have no effect when used in the human body.
"Bottom line: It’s too soon to know if GSE is beneficial for your health. But based on other studies of antioxidant supplements, it’s better to get your GSE from grapes than from a pill."
Eating a varied diet heavy on fruits and vegetables will accomplish more than loading up on supplements, including grape seed extract.
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