Supplements / Conditional
Pycnogenol (French Maritime Pine Bark)
Best for: Healthy aging
Pycnogenol (French Maritime Pine Bark) is rated good evidence (tier B on our evidence scale). 100–200 mg daily. Morning with food.
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When and how to take Pycnogenol (French Maritime Pine Bark)
- Dose
- 100–200 mg daily.
- Timing
- Morning with food.
- Review
- Reassess after 8 to 12 weeks.
- Forms
- pycnogenol
What Pycnogenol (French Maritime Pine Bark) is used for
- Vascular endpoints (endothelial function, BP) have decent trial signal.
- Small benefits across several inflammatory and cognitive endpoints.
Who should be careful with Pycnogenol (French Maritime Pine Bark)
- Not appropriate if you take a blood thinner.
Safety checks for Pycnogenol (French Maritime Pine Bark)
What to look for when buying Pycnogenol (French Maritime Pine Bark)
- Preferred third-party verification: Third-party tested (COA).
- Common contamination risks: Mislabeling / identity, Ingredient swapping.
- Identity: Pycnogenol is the patented, standardized French maritime pine bark extract used in the trials.
Where to get it
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Your experience
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We frame these as personal experience, not medical claims. Self-reported subjective outcomes are influenced by placebo, regression to the mean, and parallel lifestyle changes. We’ll never present ratings as equivalent to RCT evidence.
Research sources for Pycnogenol (French Maritime Pine Bark)
- Pycnogenol systematic review (reviewed 2026-04-30)
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