How Do You Use Grape Seed Extract?
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a department of the National Institutes for Health, considers grape seed extract to have health benefits as an antioxidant that prevents damage to the cells in the body. It is being studied for possible use treating diseases of the brain, heart and circulatory system and is also thought to have some potential benefit in the prevention of breast and prostate cancer. Grape seed extract is available as nutritional supplements in capsule or tablet form. For use on the skin, it can be purchased as an oil or as a peel-off mask. Use tablets that contain 100 mg of grape seed extract, but do not take them every day. Dr. Ray Sahelian recommends taking one or two tablets “a few times a week.” He says the tablets are effective in reducing joint pain. Take capsules that contain 100 mg of grape seed extract as a dietary supplement because grape seed extract contains procyanidins. These are bioflavonoids that are water soluble. Do not ta
