Evening Primrose Oil

Evening Primrose Oil 1000mg

Primrose Oil is the seed oil extracted from the Evening Primrose flower; it is the richest natural source of biologically active polyunsaturated. The Evening Primrose flower is destined to be ranked as one of the greatest nutritional preventative supplements of this century.
Many countries health authority has approved Evening Primrose globally for assistant in treatment of breast pain, allergic and eczema. Researches have indicated it may assist with cholesterol, rheumatic arthritis, and diabetic nerve damage.
Evening Primrose contains some vitamin E, source not only of linoleic acid but also of another kind of fatty acid called gamo-lenic acid (gamma linolenic acid or GLA). The body requires the fatty acid in order for it to function properly, unfortunately the body do not produce this type of fatty acid, therefore we have to consume it through food.
Gamma linolenic acid normally manufactured by the body from linoleic acid is important in many ways, the body transforms the substance eventually into eicosanoids, hormone-like chemicals that include the prostaglandins, and control such processes as inflammation, blood clotting as well as cholesterol synthesis.
Women suffering from PMS are thought to be low in essential fatty acids and GLA levels. In most common cases, this is due to hormone imbalance in the body at the time of menstruation.
It is thought that GLA derived from Evening Primrose Oil, can counter the effects of the imbalance of hormones from the ovaries. The net effect of this is that GLA helps smooth out the actions of rapidly changing hormone levels in the second half of the woman’s menstrual cycle. Hence, the symptoms of PMS have been temporarily relieved in many cases when capsules of the Evening Primrose Oil have been introduced to the diet.

It has been used successfully to prevent pre-menstrual tension, pain and breast discomfort as well as to lower cholesterol, triglyceride levels and high blood pressure. This is great news for the 70% of women in their childbearing years that suffer from pre-menstrual problems of one kind or another. Evening Primrose Oil has been used successfully as a part of a treatment program for PMS since the beginning of the 1980’s. More and more women are turning to this natural solution for relief from the symptoms of PMS.

Intensive studies have shown that Evening Primrose Oil is also helpful in the treatment of: -

Doctors in America, Canada and Scotland have discovered that Evening Primrose Oil can possibly help in the maintenance of normal weight. It is also believed to assist in the balance between food energy and energy output. In this way a feeling of well being is often created.

As a result of these studies, the humble yellow Evening Primrose plant is rapidly finding favours with many health professionals as one of the world’s greatest natural nutritional preventative supplements.