How did OPCs start?
History records indicate that Jacques Cartier of France was sailing in the St. Lawrence River on an expedition dating back to 1534. He and his crew experienced bad weather conditions and were forced to eat rationed portions of salted meat and crackers. As to be expected, this limited diet led to cases of scurvy on the part of Cartier’s men owing to a significant lack of vitamin C. Many of them died from scurvy. The few who survived met a Native American who became their savior. He saved their lives by making them drink a tea that was concocted from the bark and needles of a pine tree found in the region. The men drank the tea and they were cured. A professor from the University of Bordeaux in France read about Cartier’s expedition 400 years later. His name was Professor Masquelier. He looked into this pine bark. He learned two things: (a) it not only contained vitamin C but was also (b) a good source of bioflavonoids. The benefits obtained from bioflavonoids are similar to the effects
OPC was first invented by French Professor Masquelier from penut skins in 1948, then from French maritime pine bark in 1951, and further later from grape seed extract in 1970. French scientists are the best in making this stuff. French OPC is the world’s best. But most people are now taking Swiss OPC (pycnogenol), British OPC, Belgian OPC, Dutch OPC, Japanese OPC or Chinese OPC. The truly French OPC is FrenchGlory isotonic OPC from OPC ingredients made in native French manufacturers: French grape seed extract, French maritime pine bark extract, & French red wine extract.
