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ME/CFS Substantial

Grape Seed Extract, Thins/Cleans our Blood

Condition
ME/CFS
At worst
Not stated
Ill for
Not stated
Published
Dec 2020

Summary

Started taking OPC Vital, a grape seed extract variant, on a doctor's recommendation. Illness duration and severity are not detailed. Says she feels great, is less aggressive, her skin condition is good, she is more productive and active, and her hands, previously always cold, are no longer cold. No relapse or later follow-up is given in the thread.

Read it in their words

healthrising.org

What they credit

Credits Pycnogenol and grape seed extract.

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