May diabetic patients take isotonic OPC products that contain sugars?
Yes. Many scientific studies indicate that OPC have considerable nutritional benefits for diabetes and related complications, as discussed in several places through this web site. Our isotonic OPC antioxidant formula contains sugars, but only about 1% of the average daily value of the needed amount sugars. This amount does cause any burden to diabetic patients. 5. Are the OPC ingredient specifications on the OPC manufacturers’ web sites reliable? Answer: It depends. According to our PhD scientists, the best OPC ingredients as grape seed extract and pine bark extract in the commercial market contain OPC in about 70-80%. Many sellers label their products as OPC 85%, OPC 90%, OPC 95%, etc. Those OPC sellers are not credible. One reason for this confusion is that some OPC sellers or OPC ingredient manufacturers have no idea what “OPC” really means. They add the monomers and polymeric proanthocyanidins into their OPC content. Some other OPC sellers just want to make the numbers more attract
