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• Cold Pressed Grape Seed Oil:
Grape seed oil can help shrink varicose veins, improve skin color and skin texture. It acts as a catalyst for Vitamin C, which promotes softer, smoother skin, and increases the flow of nutrient-rich blood to all areas of the body, including the extremities. |
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Laboratory Analysis:
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worked with seven different grape cultivars and found that the cultivars contained about the same concentration of component levels reported as catechin equivalents in the extracted oil (ppm). Of the red grapes, Pinot Noir contained the highest level of polyphenols. Of the white cultivars, Riesling contained the next highest level of polyphenols. An HPLC system was used to analyze the polyphenolic compounds.
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| The significant differences in the levels of the various components between the seven cultivars can be used to advantage. An understanding of the importance of these levels becomes an issue not so much in the extraction process developed in the paper as much as to the nutraceutical value of the product. Through blending, much like in the wine industry, one can develop a blend that is reproducible from batch to batch. |
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Vitamins in Grape Seed Oil:
• Vitamin E (0.8 to 1.2 g/kg)
• Vitamin C
• Beta-Carotene
Average
Composition of Grape Seed Soil Fatty Acids:
(Common Name Fatty Acid Average Percentage)
• Omega-6 Linoleic Acid 77-78%
• Omega-9 Oleic Acid 16-20%
• Palmitic Acid Hexadecanoic Acid 5-7%
• Stearic Acid Octadecanoic Acid 2.7-3%
• Omega-3 A-Linolenic Acid .3-1%
At 77.72%, grape seed oil contains a significant level of linoleic fatty acid. It is one of the essential fatty acids necessary for humans. Humans are not able to synthesize it, and therefore must get it either in food or as a supplement. Grape seed oil has the highest level of linoleic of any oil extract in the plant kingdom.
Summary
In summary, these small grape seeds have the power to keep us healthier longer. The latest research shows that the grape seed oil is an antioxidant which is
50 times more powerful or effective than Vitamin E and 20 times more powerful than Vitamin C, destroying free radicals, those bad molecules that roam the body and leave us defenseless against the disease of aging.
This free radical process is one way oxidation occurs and antioxidants often called free radicals scavengers attach themselves to the free radicals blocking their damage. This process reduces the problems of oxidation. Grape seed oil is also rich in
Linoleic acid (78%) which helps to clear the veins and arteries of plaque. Grape seed oil contains Omega-3, 6 & 9 fatty acids which are essential to life and good
health and which protects against disease and can treat illness.
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