Evening Primrose Oil – Glandular from Nature’s Sunshine Products historically used to provide the body with important fatty acids, maintaining proper temperature, supporting glandular and circulatory systems, promoting bone health.
- Provides the body with important fatty acids.
- May help the body maintain proper temperature.
- Strengthens body tissues.
- Supports the glandular and circulatory systems.
- May help promote bone health.
Native Americans and European settlers used evening primrose, a wildflower that grows in eastern and central North America, for food. Still today, the seeds of the flower are gathered and cold-pressed for their oil, which is then encapsulated to make dietary supplements.
What is evening primrose oil (EPO) good for? This oil is high in essential fatty acids — which provide the building blocks for cell membranes and a variety of hormones and hormone-like substances.
It’s known to help reduce the pain associated with PMS and menopause and improve chronic skin complaints like eczema, acne and psoriasis. EPO can also be used as an anti-inflammatory agent and is known to be helpful for arthritis and more.
The main benefit associated with EPO (Oenothera biennis) is its supply of healthy fats, specifically the types called omega-6 fatty acids. Evening primrose oil has two types of omega-6-fatty acid, including linoleic acid (60%–80% of its fats) and γ-linoleic acid, also called gamma-linoleic acid or GLA (8%–14% of its fats).
Essential fatty acids are necessary for human health, but the body can’t make them on its own — so you need to get them from your diet. Your body needs a healthy balance of essential fatty acids, such as omega-6, found in EPO, and omega-3, found in fish oil.
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