- 240mg
- Gamma-Linolenic Acid (from borage seed oil)
Format
Softgels
90 Softgels
Dosage
Take one softgel one to four times a day or as directed by your health care practitioner.
Important Information
Consult your healthcare practitioner if pregnant, nursing, or taking other nutritional supplements or medications. Keep out of the reach of children.
- Provides almost five times the amount of GLA found in evening primrose oil
- Promotes healthy cell membrane structure and helps maintain overall health
- High purity Borage Seed Oil
- Supports cardiovascular health
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BORAGE OIL
Optimizes hormone levels in both men and women...
BORAGE OIL contains gamma-linolenic acid, an omega 6 essential fatty acid. “Essential” means that the body does not produce the fatty acids on its own and therefore they must be taken in through the diet. Your body uses GLA to produce hormone-like substances (eicosanoids) that support cardiovascular health. GLA also helps maintain cholesterol levels because healthy fats build HDL cholesterol.
HDL cholesterol is responsible for moving fat, from storage or plaques, into the liver where processing and excretion of fat occurs. By decreasing fatty build-up on arteries it helps to regulate blood pressure. GLA reduces the production of an inflammatory compound called arachidonic acid. Arachidonic acid causes pain and inflammation in conditions such as arthritis.
GLA helps to make the sheath (myelin) that surrounds the nerves that conduct messages from the brain to the muscles and organs of your body, performing a similar function to the insulation sheathing of electrical wires. If this protective sheath degenerates (as in MS), a "shorting out" of the message that the nerve is carrying occurs. Since healthy fats play a large role in hormone formation, borage oil can thus help optimize hormone levels in both men and women. GLA supplements are used to treat atherosclerosis, high cholesterol, arthritis, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, PMS, menopausal discomforts, multiple sclerosis and liver cirrhosis.
Borage oil may also help to reduce and relieve symptoms associated with eczema and psoriasis. In some cases these skin disorders are caused when the body has difficulties converting dietary fats into GLA. Supplementing with GLA and other essential fatty acids helps to revitalize the skin and cause the blood vessels to contract. Not all studies agree with this though, and more research needs to be done to support this. Borage oil can help nourish nails, scalp, and hair. The essential fatty acids found in borage oil can help to prevent nails from splitting and cracking as well as help them to grow. Nourishing the scalp borage oil can potentially be valuable in treating many hair issues.
Used in folk medicine borage oil was used to treat respiratory conditions such as coughs and sore throats. Along with GLA, borage oil contains mucilage - a substance that soothes mucous membranes that are often irritated by coughs. Mucilage is also an expectorant, making it easier to cough up mucous.
Borage seed oil contains a significantly higher concentration of GLA than other GLA supplements. Ensure your borage supplement is not processed with heat because it damages the acids and creates free radicals. Some of the damaged fats turn into trans-fatty acids, which are well known for their promotion of cardiovascular disease. Refrigerate all liquid borage supplements and keep capsules away from heat because they can become rancid.
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