Both are supplements- do they offer the same health benefits?
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Answer by oldtimekid2
Not exactly, no. Grape Pips are the seeds of the grapes... just a different name that would be more common in England.
The main difference is that Grape Seed Extract would be a higher potency than just the Grape Seeds. They would have the same benefit, the extract would just have more of it because it's a higher potency. Good luck and I hope I helped!
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The meaning of pip is seed, so grape seeds and grape pips are two terms for the same thing. Grape seed extract is a concentrated form of the powerful anti-antioxidant proanthocyanid found in grape seeds. Grape seeds are pressed to yield grape seed extract. Grape seed extract, or grape pip extract, is a waste product of the wine and grape juice industry, because they don’t go into the finished drinks. However, the extract contains the most anti-oxidants.
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Proanthocyanidins are the most powerful anti-oxidants found in grape pips, and grape pip extracts are a concentrated form of these. Proanthocyanides target peroxyl radicals, involved in the hydrogen transfer mechanism in radical scavenging reactions.
The health benefits of taking grape seed extract are manifold. Procyanidins bond with collagen, the most abundant protein in the human body and are a key component of skin, gums, bones, teeth, hair and body tissues. Procyanadins help protect the skin from sun damage, the eyes from glaucoma and other maladies, the joints from becoming inflexible. Grape seed extract apparently delays the oxidation of low density lipoproteins, the fats that are responsible for “bad cholesterol”. Research is ongoing concerning the protective effect of grape seed extract against colorectal cancer as well.
The US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) reports that oral ingestion of grape seed extract was well tolerated in people over eight weeks of a clinical trial, that deleterious side effects are uncommon. Some negative side effects they warn about include dizziness, nausea, and a dry, itchy scalp.
All indications are that taking grape seed extract will help you become more healthy, so if you're considering these supplements, you should go ahead and try them.
All my best to you.