Natural Factors OmegaFactors Ultra Prim Evening Primrose Oil 1000 mg 180sg

Natural Factors OmegaFactors Ultra Prim Evening Primrose Oil

Feature Summary
OmegaFactors Ultra Prim Evening Primrose Oil is naturally cold-pressed, extracted at low temperature without solvents. It is the purest, stabilized form of evening primrose oil. It is a supplemental source of essential fatty acids.

This gentle method crushes the seed to release its nutritional oil, without the application of external heat or harsh solvents such as hexane. Cold-pressing enhances stability and helps preserve the nutritional components of the oil. OmegaFactors Ultra Prim is also ultra-purified to remove any organic residues or impurities, giving you a stable product without preservatives.

Evening primrose oil (EPO) is unique because it is one of the few oils that contains abundant amounts of gamma linolenic acid (GLA), an omega-6 essential fatty acid, vital to health. These essential fatty acids are needed to form important prostaglandins, particularly PGE1, that maintain and regulate vital body functions.

Evening primrose oil has been used to decrease the risk of heart disease by lowering cholesterol, decreasing the risk of blood clots (decreasing platelet aggregation), regulating blood pressure, and maintaining healthy circulation.

Evening primrose oil is often used with success by women experiencing PMS. However, men and women with a wide variety of ailments - cardiovascular disease, respiratory problems, such as asthma, arthritis, eczema and other skin problems (including teenagers with acne) - may benefit from EPO. Recent research shows that EPO may also help children with ADD and ADHD.

Ingredients
Each softgel contains:
Evening primrose oil (Oenothera biennis) (seed) ... 1000 mg
Gamma-linolenic acid ... 100 mg
Cis-linoleic acid ... 720 mg

Uses & Benefits

• Promotes healthy skin
• Excellent for eye health
• Source of omega-6 fatty acid
• Helps alleviate PMS symptoms

Contraindications

• Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you are taking blood thinning or antipsychotic medications.
• Evening primrose oil is safe and is well-tolerated with few side effects.
• There is a caution with EPO and temporal lobe epilepsy: evening primrose oil may have the potential to make manifest undiagnosed temporal lobe epilepsy, especially in schizophrenic patients and/or those already receiving known epileptogenic drugs such as phenothiazines. No epileptic events have been reported in patients not being treated with phenothiazines.
• Do not use if you are taking chasteberry, phenothiazines or if you have any seizure disorder, mania and/or schizophrenia.

Recommended Adult Dosage
2-3 softgels daily or as directed by a health care practitioner. Keep out of the reach of children.