Benefits Of Essential Fatty Acids

Health Benefits of Essential Fatty Acids

I share this information constantly. Quality sources of Essential Fatty Acids really do provide the amazing benefits mentioned below.

EPA

An Omega-3 essential fatty acid found in cold water fish

• Makes platelets less sticky so they are less prone to form clots
• Improves blood flow by preventing the restriction of blood vessels
• Studies show that EPA can dramatically decrease blood levels of triglycerides and cholesterol
• Lowers blood pressure, if high
• Decreases the bad LDL cholesterol
• Increases the good HDL cholesterol
• Studies show a decrease in pain and stiffness in people with arthritis who supplement with EPA.
• Improves circulation to the extremities
• Helps prevent eczema and psoriasis
• Helps reduce migraine headaches

GLA Plus

Derived from borage seed oil, GLA is used to form prostaglandins, which regulate many important body processes

• Dramatically reduces premenopausal symptoms including bloating, breast tenderness, irritability, depression & aggressive behavior
• Greatly improves sexual hormonal response & sexual interest
• Reduces menopausal symptoms including hot flashes, vaginal dryness & mood swings
• Has been used successfully to help with fertility problems
• Increases metabolic rate without dieting & therefore increases weight loss
• Helps prevent hair loss
• Greatly improves the condition of hair, skin and nails
• Significantly improves the itchy rashes associated with eczema & psoriasis
• Notably improves the symptoms associated with multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia and lupus
• Studies show dramatic improvements in hyperactivity & ADD with GLA supplementation.
• Helps lower high blood pressure, high blood levels of cholesterol & Triglycerides
• Improves dry eye syndrome & atrophy of the salivary ducts

WHAT ABOUT LECITHIN?

Lecithin also contains essential fatty acids.  Soybean lecithin contains 57% linolenic acid (which is converted into GLA) and 9% linolenic acid (which is converted into EPA).  However, the lecithin from most other oils contains only linolenic acid.

LECITHIN

• Contains choline which helps the body to utilize fats and cholesterol properly and is involved with the transmission of messages in the brain and nervous system
• Helps keep cholesterol from depositing in arterial linings.
• Prevents and dissolves gallstones and kidney stones as a result of its emulsifying action on fatty substances
• Is an important component of bile, where its main function is to emulsify—break into small droplets—food fats, thus making digestion of fats easier
• Critical for the liver’s role in detoxification, i.e., getting the toxins & poisons out of our bodies
• Helps with memory and learning since lecithin is an integral component of the myelin sheath, which surrounds the nerves in the brain.  It allows nerve impulses to flow smoothly
• Helpful in weight loss because it draws fat and cholesterol into the bloodstream where it can be burned.

Sourced from Gemma Gorham, M.P.H. brochure about essential fatty acids – 1996