There are currently more than 4 million people in the United States who suffer from Alzheimer's disease. Dementia is the fourth leading cause of death in those over sixty, while Alzheimer's alone kills 100,000 people per year in the United States. However, Alzheimer's disease does not affect elderly people only, but may strike when a person is in his or her forties. Many of them point to nutritional deficiencies. OPCs also help deliver nutrients to the brain.
Many illnesses result from immune system malfunction causing it to attack the body's own tissues.
Free radicals activate the release of histamine and other mediators and they are also produced by these mediators. This is how free radicals form essential components in the development and perpetuation of inflammations and allergic reactions. Free radical related processes are thought by many to be involved in the development of Alzheimer's disease and are definitely involved in the accelerated aging processes observed in Down's syndrome. OPCs also help deliver nutrients to the brain. OPC is expert at treating vascular diseases because it actually increases the structural strength of weakened blood vessels.