Flavay-natural way to prevent blood platelets from sticking

[Guest guest]

Has anyone heard of and had experience with Flavay, it is a natural

substance to prevent platelets from sticking. Check out the website:

Thehealingpine.com and review the information on it. I would like to

read some opinions on this.

[Guest guest]

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> Has anyone heard of and had experience with Flavay, it is a natural

> substance to prevent platelets from sticking. Check out the

website:

> Thehealingpine.com and review the information on it. I would like to

> read some opinions on this.

>

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The French Pine extract has been around for a long while . I have

never taken it and I am unaware of any objective studies as to the

effect fo their products.

The vendor is clearly trying to get a piece of the billion dollar

statin (plavix ) market by saying it prevents platelets from sticking

together .I by teh way am very wary of statins even though some

studies have indicated some lessening of AF (possible through anti-

inflammation-their emphasis) There are many things you can ddo to

reduce inflammation through natural means (not in a pill )

They also wish to convince us that other vendors and other

natural agents are not effective .

If we are trying to get statin like effects I do not know if they can

do that .

If one is concerned about anticoagulation I would say take it if you

like then tell the Doc and test to see if it affects your INR .I would

be very surpized if it gave anticoagulation results ,with this product

alone .

I am of very skeptical that we can take a pill and the problem will go

away.If it is part of a whole natural lifestyle it may offer some

benefits . Check for objective studies of the french pine and let us

know.

By way of disclosure I take garlic and grapeseed oil as well as Co-Q10

and a small amount of l-carnatine . I do not know if they are doing

any thing for me . I do not however have the time to wait for

conclusive objective studies to look after my health .

NSR whole food lifestyle

[Guest guest]

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> The French Pine extract has been around for a long while . I have

> never taken it and I am unaware of any objective studies as to the

> effect fo their products.

> (snip)

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I have seen several studies as to the anti-coagulant effect of

standardized french pinebark extracts. Try a goggle scholar search on

pycnogenol (the trade name of a standardized version).

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?

cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11996210&dopt=abstract

I also saw a study using pycnogenol as a preventive measure to avoid

deep vein thrombosis (DVT) during long airplane flights (also known

as " tourist class syndrome " ). My wife and I now take pycnogenol as a

precaution before transatlantic flights.

, Charlotte NC