BulkSupplements.com Pine Bark Extract Powder - Pine Bark Supplement, Pine Bark Powder - Antioxidants Support, Gluten Free - 300mg per Serving, 250g (8.8 oz) (Pack of 1)

This Pine Bark Extract fully meets my expectations. It comes in a well sealed protective bag (shown), the powder is very fine and easy to mix with other things, and the effects it has on my body are very good.1. I ordered the 100g bag, the bag is resealable. I'm very happy to find Pine Bark Extract (PBE) affordable enough for me to buy. I have taken Pycnogenol in capsule form and have experienced varied results. However, I take a 1/4 teaspoon of this powdered PBE in the early morning (between 5:30 and 6:30) and I feel the results well into the late afternoon during a full day of studying and moving about.I would like to note that 1/4 teaspoon(751mg) of powdered PBE is equal to about 7-8 100mg capsules. If you take 7-8 capsules a day you will have run through a bottle of 300 in about 43-48 days respectively. An excellent deal for a bottle of 300 100mg capsules runs for about $20 on Nutrivera.com as a special. Total amount of grams in a 300 count bottle of 100mg capsules is 30,000mg or 30 grams priced at about $20 (rare deal for PBE as of this posting).Compare this to 100 grams @ $13.96! That's 3.33 times the amount for about 73% of the price!What that means is that it lasts more than 3 times as long and you spend less money.2. Enough of the math. My overall all quality of life has improved by taking Pine Bark Extract in general. In particular my life has been improved in that my energy lasts much longer and my focus has improved significantly since I began taking 1/4 teaspoon every morning in a spoon full of yogurt. I have since decreased my daily intake of PBE to about 1/8 because my body no longer needs that large of an amount unless preparing for an extraordinary day.3. Using this every day is very easy to do. It does not, however, mix well with water or other simple liquids unless you mix it in really well and drink it down quickly because it settles on the bottom if you let it. I prefer taking it with yogurt, others take it with applesauce. The taste is not "bad", it's just not pleasant because pure Pine Bark does not have the best taste. Also I would suggest either taking this with some food or after you have eaten breakfast so that your stomach will process it well.4. Apart from everything else, if you cannot take powder, it would be possible to encapsulate your own with this powder and still save money. I hope my review has helped you,have a wonderful day.

Cannot explain our dog's health improvements in any other way except to say that it has been the addition of this product that has significantly made him better. Our small dog has cancer and since he is old, we decided not to go with surgery or other measures. He has been steadily going downhill for weeks to the point that we have considered putting him to sleep many times. We added this supplement a few days ago because we read it helps to shrink cancer tumors. Last night and this morning our dog was up, eating on his own for the first time in 2 months (we have been feeding him food in a syringe.) He was walking around and wagging his tail. I knew something was different yesterday as he did not sleep all day, but instead was raising his head watching me walk around the kitchen for most of the day. All I can say is WHOA!!! He is definitely a different dog. The tumor he had on his side that felt like a golf ball is now softer/mushy and getting smaller. Two days prior to giving him this powder supplement, we tried grinding a pycnogenol pill and giving that to him but it clumped and stuck to the spoon (couldn't push the clump through his syringe of food very easy either.) We began giving him this on Tuesday 1/16th to 1/4th teaspoon 1 or 2 times a day) and today is Friday. Today (and last night) he was up begging for food like his old self.I will receive a free product for writing this review, however, I have been offered a free product for purchasing another product from this company in the past. I did not submit a review for that product because I have not used that product yet and I did not want to submit a review that wasn't based in fact. I will update this review in a month or so to let you know about our dog's health in case his improvement is just a fluke...praying his health continues to improve.UPDATE 5/17/15 Our dog has made a tremendous improvement in his health. He is no longer sleeping/dying 23.5 hours a day but instead acts alive again! His back legs had all but stopped supporting his weight and had to be carried over the door threshold, nut now he bounces up and down the deck stairs easily on his own. He is eating normal food again. He did start having runny bowel movements so we lowered his dose to 1/64th a teaspoon and that resolved and we still give it to him wrapped in meat every day. His bump on his side is gone. The cataract in his eye is looking better/going away. God's medicine is amazing!

I have had so many health issues since getting a certain shot and doctors right now are baffled as to how to help me. Not to mention I also have an autoimmune disease on top of these new issues. Anyway it's supposed to help heart, brain and joint issues. Well so far I have noticed that my energy is a little better with Pine bark extract than without it. I put 1/4 teaspoon in my coffee substitute drink every morning. Most of the time the 1/4 tsp stays in lump form so I try to drink it down without stirring it so it doesn't make my coffee taste weird. But sometimes I forget and stir it all up - it mixes eventually or I find if I mix it in first with my coffee powder and sugar before I pour in the hot water then it mixes well. It adds a bit of off flavor to my coffee that way but it's not that bad. I can't say that I have noticed any other help yet other than some extra energy but from what I have read is that this can take up to 12 weeks to get the full benefit from the product. I am also adding a 1/16th bit to my dogs food every other day (they are getting really old and have some arthritis) so am hoping that it will help with their aches and pains too. I may begin to up my dose a little bit take 1/4 tsp 2x a day instead of once a day to see if I see more results. I will write more as time goes on but so far I am glad to find something that has so many benefits for the body and mind. I am over 60 years so anything to help keep me healthy is a blessing - I am allergic to most medicines so I do what I can to avoid them. This product seems to be of good quality and seems fresh (although I don't have any experience with other products yet) and was priced about the same as others online. Stay tuned for more information in a few months.