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Latest GLA Research
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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