| When you are taking an air flight that is over four | | | | simply encourages your blood to pool in your ankles. |
| hours long. you should consider taking OPCs prior to | | | | This is because the edge of the seat tends to cut |
| your flight. Since they improve your blood circulation | | | | down on the flow of your blood through your leg |
| and keep your blood flowing. This would be helpful in | | | | veins. Certainly one result would be your ankles can |
| preventing your swollen ankles and blood clots on | | | | swell, but for sure, your worse result would be that |
| long distance air flights. This, as you probably know, is | | | | a blood clot has formed in the deep veins of your |
| called the economy class syndrome. | | | | legs and then travels as an embolism to your lung |
| I have heard of too many of you developing blood | | | | and causes you a deadly pulmonary embolism. |
| clots on these flights. This is generally the result of | | | | And another thing is the reduced oxygen levels and |
| dehydration and your traveling in cramped conditions, | | | | increased radiation levels at all high altitude flights |
| especially in our aged society. The unfortunate results | | | | increases your need for the powerful antioxidant |
| are more embolisms lodging in your lungs, a day or | | | | protection of OPCs. Note, the first thing you will |
| two after your flight, as this clot dislodges from your | | | | notice is that your shoes fit tightly when you arrive |
| leg vein and travels through your body. | | | | at your destination. I believe all airlines should |
| But this so-called economy class syndrome is not just | | | | distribute OPC supplements in-flight just like they |
| limited to economy class flights. I have knowledge of | | | | used to pass out chewing gum to ease your ear |
| this condition being blamed for at least thirty deaths | | | | pressure. And I ask you, why don't they? Better |
| in three years at just one hospital in London, England. | | | | bring some supplements of your own for you and |
| As you sit still in an airplane seat, sitting in that seat | | | | some for those you care about. |