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[emmysmom]

Supposed to be great for aging,skin, heart disease, circulation, diabetes etc.

Tia!

[MaggieMack]

I have been using it for 10 years. I tried HRT for hot flashes and night sweats and hated the way my body felt and hated the potential damage I could be doing. Then I read about pycnogenol being good for hot flashes and tried it. It took a couple weeks to see a difference, but my oh my what a difference! Better than anything I had ever tried for hot flashes. I take 100 mg capsule at bedtime every night and never have a hot flash. Every couple of years I go off it to see if my body has changed, and the flashes always come back so I start on the pycnogenol again and the problem is solved.

It may be good for those other things you mentioned, hope so, but it is the only thing that stops my flashes. I've told several GFs about it, too, and they continue to thank me because it works for them also.

[Desertdi]

I quit eating meat with all its hormones at "that time".     Never even had a hot flash.........

[emmysmom]

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@MaggieMack wrote:

I have been using it for 10 years. I tried HRT for hot flashes and night sweats and hated the way my body felt and hated the potential damage I could be doing. Then I read about pycnogenol being good for hot flashes and tried it. It took a couple weeks to see a difference, but my oh my what a difference! Better than anything I had ever tried for hot flashes. I take 100 mg capsule at bedtime every night and never have a hot flash. Every couple of years I go off it to see if my body has changed, and the flashes always come back so I start on the pycnogenol again and the problem is solved.

It may be good for those other things you mentioned, hope so, but it is the only thing that stops my flashes. I've told several GFs about it, too, and they continue to thank me because it works for them also.

MM, thanks so much! Wish I'd known about it when I went through menopause! I was taking estrace but my mom and I decided to quit estrogen and go cold turkey!!!!!!!!! ugh..the hot flashes were awful and lasted for a long time..You need to google and see ALL the good things this supplement can do!!!!!

Btw..I love your member name! Its really cute!

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[emmysmom]

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@Desertdi wrote:

I quit eating meat with all its hormones at "that time".     Never even had a hot flash.........

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Are you a vegetarian now???

[Desertdi]

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@emmysmom wrote:

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@Desertdi wrote:

I quit eating meat with all its hormones at "that time".     Never even had a hot flash.........

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Are you a vegetarian now???

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Not a true vegetarian.......I eat yogurt, cheese and fish and, once in a while, some chicken (which I really buy for the cat.)   

[emmysmom]

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@Desertdi wrote:

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@emmysmom wrote:

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@Desertdi wrote:

I quit eating meat with all its hormones at "that time".     Never even had a hot flash.........

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Are you a vegetarian now???

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Not a true vegetarian.......I eat yogurt, cheese and fish and, once in a while, some chicken (which I really buy for the cat.)   

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desertDi..sounds like my diet..chicken, cheese and lots of yogurt..lol. My minpin likes to share my chicken..lol!

[bebe777]

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@emmysmom wrote:

Supposed to be great for aging,skin, heart disease, circulation, diabetes etc.

Tia!

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emmysmon, first off, what would you specifically be taking pycnogenol for? 

The reason I ask is that while it's a very good antioxidant and it will help with circulation, it's very expensive. Unless you need to take it for a very specific reason, your supplement dollars may be better spent elsewhere. 

-- bebe

[MaggieMack]

@bebe777,

I don't find pycnogenol to be nearly as expensive as other supplements I take. I get mine from Swanson's usually, for $16.99 for a months supply of 100 mg per day. I pay $40 per month for Protandim and that's the discounted rate. Honestly, for something that eliminates hot flashes and night sweats for me as well as pycnogenol does, I would gladly pay $100 a month! I take a lot of supplements and find the pycnogenol mid-spectrum as far as cost goes.