- GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID
(GLA):
Gamma Linolenic Acid is used
for many conditions
such as:
Asthma, Bladder, Breast cancer, Bronchitis,
Cancer, Colds, Congestion, Corns, Cystic fibrosis, Diabetes, Digestion,
Eyes, Fever, Flu, Heart disease, High blood pressure, High cholesterol,
Indigestion, Influenza, Insomnia, Jaundice, Kidney disease, Lungs, Multiple
sclerosis, Nerves, Obesity, Pleurisy, Pre-menstrual syndrome, Psoriasis,
Rashes, Respiratory system, Rheumatoid arthritis, Ringworm, Spasms,
Strokes and Water retention.
Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA) is the result
of the body's first biochemical step in the transformation of the main
essential fatty acid LA into important prostaglandins.
Prostaglandins are essential to the proper
functioning of each cell, while essential fatty acids formed from GLA
are required for each cell's structure.
Nature's most potent concentration of GLA
comes in the form of borage seed oil (24%) and a great deal of scientific
research has been conducted with supplements rich in GLA, resulting
in significant interest regarding the aforementioned health ailments.
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
oil are ultimately converted to hormone-like substances known as prostaglandins,
and are important for the regulation of a host of bodily functions.
Scientists continue to discover regulating
effects of prostaglandins. 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 above listed bodily functions.
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania
have reported that high doses of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) were highly
effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis.
An earlier study by the same group had
shown that administration of 1,100 mg. of GLA per day from borage oil
reduced synovitis in six of seven patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
GLA is rapidly converted to dihomogamma-linolenic
acid, the immediate precursor of prostaglandin E1, which is a potent
anti-inflammatory agent.
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