The preprint results, released in late 2024, revealed a complex picture: while patients taking Pycnogenol did experience clinically relevant improvements in their overall health status, fatigue, and brain fog, the placebo group also improved, and there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups for the primary endpoints
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Instead, GH acts indirectly through IGF-1 to stimulate protein synthesis, promote satellite cell proliferation, and accelerate recovery between training sessions (Velloso, Br J Pharmacol 2008)