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People should not consume more than 20-30% of daily calories as fats, but a lack of the dietary essential fatty acids has been shown to cause degenerative disease. Unfortunately, mass commercial refinement of fats and oils products and foods containing them has effectively eliminated the essential fatty acids from our food chain, contributing to our modern day deficiency.

The strongest concentration of GLA comes in the form of borage seed oil (24%). GLA has been proven to benefit those affected by pre-menstrual syndrome, benign breast disease, eczema, psoriasis, obesity, and vascular disorders. Individuals who may lack the proper enzyme system would require a GLA supplement in addition to the flax seed oil. Nature's most potent concentration of GLA comes in the form of borage seed oil (24%).

The essential fatty acids combined here have proven to impart a regulatory function on the body's fatty acid metabolism. Fat metabolism is as important, if not more critical, than our body's metabolism of proteins and carbohydrates as evidenced by the drastic rise in fat related degenerative diseases, such as vascular disease and strokes. Dietary essential fatty acids common to borage seed oil are ultimately converted to prostaglandins, and are important for the regulation of a host of bodily functions including:

inflammation, swelling, & pain
pressure in the eye, joints or blood vessels smooth muscle & autonomic reflexes, gastrointestinal, arterial, ear, heart
water retention
blood clotting ability
allergic response
rheumatoid arthritis
nerve transmission
steroid production & hormone synthesis

Without the essential fatty acids, the building blocks of prostaglandins, a malfunction of fat metabolism is certain, as are problems in the regulation of the bodily functions listed above.

When considering an essential fatty acid supplement and deciding on either flax or borage seed oils, the most sensible solution may be a formulation of the two. The combination of both flax and borage seed oil provides nature's best of the omega-3 fatty acids in flax with the best of omega-6 fatty acids in GLA rich borage oil.

The answer appears not to be no fat, but the right fat, as common to flax and borage seed oils, to achieve optimal health.

Other benefits of Borage Seed GLA include:

1.Vasodilation of blood vessels which can reduce high blood pressure.
2.Reduction of abnormal blood clotting which can reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke
3.Enhanced regulation of immune response, specifically a reduction in autoimmune dysfunction, the underlying cause of rheumatoid arthritis.
4.Enhanced defense against abnormal cell proliferation which may prevent and even reverse some cancers.
5.Elimination of common skin disorder such as eczema.
6.Slowing of some aspects of normal aging.