Live Better, Longer: The Science Behind the Amazing Health Benefits of OPC
Your body is constantly being attacked by very harmful substances known as free radicals. You cannot see them, smell them, or touch them, but they are always there, trying to destroy body proteins and cell membranes. OPC's (oligomeric proanthocyanins) are among today's most potent and promising free-radical fighters. Found in grape seeds, red wine, and the bark of French maritime pine tress, more powerful than vitamins C and E, the gold-standard among antioxidants. This book explains the benefits of OPCs in combating modern-day killer diseases and in protecting the body's billions of cells.
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Book details
- Author
- Richard Passwater
- Imprint
- Basic Health Publications, Inc., an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Health & Fitness › Diet & Nutrition › Nutrition
Health & Fitness › Healthy Living - Topics
- antioxidants · free radicals · OPCs · grape seed extract · disease prevention · vitamins and nutrients · nutrition science
- ISBN-13
- 9781591202097 (Paperback)9781681627465 (Hardcover)
About the author
RICHARD A. PASSWATER, Ph.D., was a research biochemist who wrote more than 45 books and 600 articles on nutrition, including his 1975 national bestseller Super-Nutrition: Megavitamin Revolution.
Passwater received the James Lind Scientific Achievement Award in 2004 and was inducted into the Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame in 2021. He held senior research roles at Allied Chemical Corporation, Baxter-Travenol Laboratories, and Solgar Vitamin & Herb Company, where he served as Vice President of Research and Development.
Active in nutritional research since 1959, Passwater served as science editor of WholeFoods Magazine for 36 years, authoring its "Vitamin Connection" column. He earned a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Delaware and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Bernadean University of Nevada.
Passwater passed away on April 28, 2022, at the age of 84.