Re: OT a bit BUT/grapeseed

[Guest guest]

If I remember correctly the grapeseed extract started off as French

Maritime Pine (FMP) sold as Pycnogenol and then they discovered pycnogenol

was in more things & grapeseed was so much cheaper to use - so we all ended

up taking grapeseed extract instead, at more or less the same price, of

course. Some brands gradually increased the grapeseed as they reduced the

FMP ..... Marketing is a wonderful tool.

Jane

[Guest guest]

The history is Pycnogenol was and is in France for at least 50 yrs and I took

the " P " for the 1st yr in 1995, then wanted to stay with it but it was pricey

back then, $40/mo, so a  health food consultant said " why not take grape seed

extract, it's as effective and less expensive, so I've been on G.S.E. for about

16 yrs, but I do buy Pycnogenol at times....they say G.S.E. is more

effective....

 

Pycnogenol came to the U.S. in about 1994.

 

I don't know, did G.S.E. first originate in France too?   You can't buy a

grape today with a seed.

 

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Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2012 7:06 PM

Subject: Re: OT a bit BUT/grapeseed

 

If I remember correctly the grapeseed extract started off as French

Maritime Pine (FMP) sold as Pycnogenol and then they discovered pycnogenol

was in more things & grapeseed was so much cheaper to use - so we all ended

up taking grapeseed extract instead, at more or less the same price, of

course. Some brands gradually increased the grapeseed as they reduced the

FMP ..... Marketing is a wonderful tool.

Jane

[Guest guest]

Yes I took Pycnogenol first in or around '95 too (Neways " Revenol " ) which we

had to order via NZ as not yet avilable here .. the seedless grapes are in

season here at the moment - and we usually get seeds in our grapes

otherwise, some of which out of season come from the US. Not sure where GSE

originated.

Jane

The history is Pycnogenol was and is in France for at least 50 yrs and I

took the " P " for the 1st yr in 1995, then wanted to stay with it but it was

pricey back then, $40/mo, so a health food consultant said " why not take

grape seed extract, it's as effective and less expensive, so I've been on

G.S.E. for about 16 yrs, but I do buy Pycnogenol at times....they say G.S.E.

is more effective....

Pycnogenol came to the U.S. in about 1994.

I don't know, did G.S.E. first originate in France too? You can't buy a

grape today with a seed.