The Remarkable Health Benefits of Grape Seeds & Skins

Not that many people prefer seeded grapes over unseeded grapes. Having to separate the grape seeds from the rest of the grape in your mouth and then spitting out the grape seeds is too much work and annoying to many. It also presents the problem of not looking good in a social setting, to be constantly spitting these seeds out of your mouth.

But do you know that the grape seed contains valuable nutrients that you are just discarding? Grape seed extract is sold as a supplement. Some other people go as far as peeling the skins off or their grapes before eating them.

The skins and seeds of grapes are the most nutritious parts of the grape.

The grape skins are rich in the polyphenol resveratrol, a powerful anti-aging antioxidant.

Some major health claims of grape skins and resveratrol are:

1. A powerful antioxidant

2. Has a positive influence on many genes

3. Stimulates mitochondrial activity

4. Stabilizes blood sugar

5. Decreases inflammation

6. Prevents cancer and causes cell death in cancer cells.

Grape seeds are naturally rich in oligomeric proanthocyanidin complexes (OPC), which is also a strong antioxidant that compliments resveratrol.

Some major health claims of grape seeds and OPC are:

1. Antibacterial

2. Antiviral

3. Anti-carcinogenic

4. Anti-inflammatory

5. Anti-allergic

6. Promotes oral health

7. Reduces the likelihood of hemorrhoids and varicose veins

8. Improves circulation

9. Improve brain function and cognitive abilities

10. Helps to prevent diabetes

11. Improves bone density

12. Stabilizes blood pressure and improves circulation.

To obtain the full benefits of grape seeds, they should be thoroughly chewed before swallowing.

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