Re: Tremendous Improvement - Horse Chestnut

[Guest guest]

>

>... I decided to battle my condition from the inside by taking 2

KAL's

> Vitamins 'Vein Defense' a day (which contains Horsechestnut about

800

> megs of Vitamin C and other natural antioxidants and roots). It was

> KEY in getting rid of ALL my pain and papules. After about 6

months

> of non-stop viatmin intake, it reduced flush tremendously. It

> strengthened my veins and immune system.

I was hoping someone would jog my memory about the Horse Chestnut!

I haven't started taking this yet (I was in no hurry to strengthen my

facial blood vessels before my FotoFacial last week -- I wanted to be

as red and 'leaky' as possible) but I plan to buy some in a few

weeks, when my GNC discount kicks in at the beginning of the month.

The 'active ingredient' in Horse Chestnut is escin, a substance that

has allegedly been shown (in controlled studies) to treat 'Venous

Insufficiency', specifically in people with varicose veins. However,

given escin's supposed modus operandi, it could theoretically help

any blood vessel in the body.

Venous Insufficiency is believed to occur when the walls and/or

valves of the vein don't perform like they should -- blood

therefore`pools'inside of the vessel, preventing the flow of oxygen

rich blood, which the cells lining the vessel need to make ATP, the

cells `fuel'. When these endothelial cells are deprived of oxygen,

they release a trio of substances which lead to inflammation and

edema and stretched, clogged vessels, and ultimately excessive

angiogenesis, in an effort to bring fresh blood and therefore ATP to

the cells. Cells die of oxygen shortage, causing more inflammation.

Escin is thought to stop this chain of events by slowing the

metabolism of the endothelial cells -- they require less ATP in an

oxygen-poor environment. Therefore, the substances activating

inflammation and angiogenesis aren't released. Escin also has

allegedly been shown to increase venous tone; in essence, how well

the smooth muscles in the vessel contract and consequently increase

the speed of the blood flow. So the vessels are more toned and less

permeable.

It almost sounds too good to be true!

There is an interesting article on this:

http://www.medfaq.com/venastatlong1.htm

Don't know who Frick (the author of the article)is, so I don't

know anything about the veracity of his sources or where his

allegiance lies (and therefore how objective he can be.) But that's

pretty much par for the course when it comes to reports such as this.

I've no doubt that there is some microcirculation brainiac lurking in

the Ivy League ready to pooh-pooh the supposed benefits of horse

chestnut, but you never know...

-- Jillian

[Guest guest]

>

>... I decided to battle my condition from the inside by taking 2

KAL's

> Vitamins 'Vein Defense' a day (which contains Horsechestnut about

800

> megs of Vitamin C and other natural antioxidants and roots). It was

> KEY in getting rid of ALL my pain and papules. After about 6

months

> of non-stop viatmin intake, it reduced flush tremendously. It

> strengthened my veins and immune system.

I was hoping someone would jog my memory about the Horse Chestnut!

I haven't started taking this yet (I was in no hurry to strengthen my

facial blood vessels before my FotoFacial last week -- I wanted to be

as red and 'leaky' as possible) but I plan to buy some in a few

weeks, when my GNC discount kicks in at the beginning of the month.

The 'active ingredient' in Horse Chestnut is escin, a substance that

has allegedly been shown (in controlled studies) to treat 'Venous

Insufficiency', specifically in people with varicose veins. However,

given escin's supposed modus operandi, it could theoretically help

any blood vessel in the body.

Venous Insufficiency is believed to occur when the walls and/or

valves of the vein don't perform like they should -- blood

therefore`pools'inside of the vessel, preventing the flow of oxygen

rich blood, which the cells lining the vessel need to make ATP, the

cells `fuel'. When these endothelial cells are deprived of oxygen,

they release a trio of substances which lead to inflammation and

edema and stretched, clogged vessels, and ultimately excessive

angiogenesis, in an effort to bring fresh blood and therefore ATP to

the cells. Cells die of oxygen shortage, causing more inflammation.

Escin is thought to stop this chain of events by slowing the

metabolism of the endothelial cells -- they require less ATP in an

oxygen-poor environment. Therefore, the substances activating

inflammation and angiogenesis aren't released. Escin also has

allegedly been shown to increase venous tone; in essence, how well

the smooth muscles in the vessel contract and consequently increase

the speed of the blood flow. So the vessels are more toned and less

permeable.

It almost sounds too good to be true!

There is an interesting article on this:

http://www.medfaq.com/venastatlong1.htm

Don't know who Frick (the author of the article)is, so I don't

know anything about the veracity of his sources or where his

allegiance lies (and therefore how objective he can be.) But that's

pretty much par for the course when it comes to reports such as this.

I've no doubt that there is some microcirculation brainiac lurking in

the Ivy League ready to pooh-pooh the supposed benefits of horse

chestnut, but you never know...

-- Jillian

[Guest guest]

>

>... I decided to battle my condition from the inside by taking 2

KAL's

> Vitamins 'Vein Defense' a day (which contains Horsechestnut about

800

> megs of Vitamin C and other natural antioxidants and roots). It was

> KEY in getting rid of ALL my pain and papules. After about 6

months

> of non-stop viatmin intake, it reduced flush tremendously. It

> strengthened my veins and immune system.

I was hoping someone would jog my memory about the Horse Chestnut!

I haven't started taking this yet (I was in no hurry to strengthen my

facial blood vessels before my FotoFacial last week -- I wanted to be

as red and 'leaky' as possible) but I plan to buy some in a few

weeks, when my GNC discount kicks in at the beginning of the month.

The 'active ingredient' in Horse Chestnut is escin, a substance that

has allegedly been shown (in controlled studies) to treat 'Venous

Insufficiency', specifically in people with varicose veins. However,

given escin's supposed modus operandi, it could theoretically help

any blood vessel in the body.

Venous Insufficiency is believed to occur when the walls and/or

valves of the vein don't perform like they should -- blood

therefore`pools'inside of the vessel, preventing the flow of oxygen

rich blood, which the cells lining the vessel need to make ATP, the

cells `fuel'. When these endothelial cells are deprived of oxygen,

they release a trio of substances which lead to inflammation and

edema and stretched, clogged vessels, and ultimately excessive

angiogenesis, in an effort to bring fresh blood and therefore ATP to

the cells. Cells die of oxygen shortage, causing more inflammation.

Escin is thought to stop this chain of events by slowing the

metabolism of the endothelial cells -- they require less ATP in an

oxygen-poor environment. Therefore, the substances activating

inflammation and angiogenesis aren't released. Escin also has

allegedly been shown to increase venous tone; in essence, how well

the smooth muscles in the vessel contract and consequently increase

the speed of the blood flow. So the vessels are more toned and less

permeable.

It almost sounds too good to be true!

There is an interesting article on this:

http://www.medfaq.com/venastatlong1.htm

Don't know who Frick (the author of the article)is, so I don't

know anything about the veracity of his sources or where his

allegiance lies (and therefore how objective he can be.) But that's

pretty much par for the course when it comes to reports such as this.

I've no doubt that there is some microcirculation brainiac lurking in

the Ivy League ready to pooh-pooh the supposed benefits of horse

chestnut, but you never know...

-- Jillian

[Guest guest]

>

>... I decided to battle my condition from the inside by taking 2

KAL's

> Vitamins 'Vein Defense' a day (which contains Horsechestnut about

800

> megs of Vitamin C and other natural antioxidants and roots). It was

> KEY in getting rid of ALL my pain and papules. After about 6

months

> of non-stop viatmin intake, it reduced flush tremendously. It

> strengthened my veins and immune system.

I was hoping someone would jog my memory about the Horse Chestnut!

I haven't started taking this yet (I was in no hurry to strengthen my

facial blood vessels before my FotoFacial last week -- I wanted to be

as red and 'leaky' as possible) but I plan to buy some in a few

weeks, when my GNC discount kicks in at the beginning of the month.

The 'active ingredient' in Horse Chestnut is escin, a substance that

has allegedly been shown (in controlled studies) to treat 'Venous

Insufficiency', specifically in people with varicose veins. However,

given escin's supposed modus operandi, it could theoretically help

any blood vessel in the body.

Venous Insufficiency is believed to occur when the walls and/or

valves of the vein don't perform like they should -- blood

therefore`pools'inside of the vessel, preventing the flow of oxygen

rich blood, which the cells lining the vessel need to make ATP, the

cells `fuel'. When these endothelial cells are deprived of oxygen,

they release a trio of substances which lead to inflammation and

edema and stretched, clogged vessels, and ultimately excessive

angiogenesis, in an effort to bring fresh blood and therefore ATP to

the cells. Cells die of oxygen shortage, causing more inflammation.

Escin is thought to stop this chain of events by slowing the

metabolism of the endothelial cells -- they require less ATP in an

oxygen-poor environment. Therefore, the substances activating

inflammation and angiogenesis aren't released. Escin also has

allegedly been shown to increase venous tone; in essence, how well

the smooth muscles in the vessel contract and consequently increase

the speed of the blood flow. So the vessels are more toned and less

permeable.

It almost sounds too good to be true!

There is an interesting article on this:

http://www.medfaq.com/venastatlong1.htm

Don't know who Frick (the author of the article)is, so I don't

know anything about the veracity of his sources or where his

allegiance lies (and therefore how objective he can be.) But that's

pretty much par for the course when it comes to reports such as this.

I've no doubt that there is some microcirculation brainiac lurking in

the Ivy League ready to pooh-pooh the supposed benefits of horse

chestnut, but you never know...

-- Jillian