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This product may have the following benefits
(please
read this important notice concerning supplement medical claims)
BioCare DriCelle *1 Evening Primrose Oil
(Powder)
Features
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Provides micellised *2, bioavailable
cold-pressed evening primrose oil
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DriCelle Evening primrose oil provides
Omega-6 essential fatty acids
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Studies show Essential fatty acids
help maintain the integrity of the skin, heart, circulation and
nerve function
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Studies show GLA is useful pre-menstrually
and for the improvement of joint mobility
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DriCelle Evening Primrose Oil is vacuum
packed to maintain freshness and to protect delicate oils from oxidation
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DriCelle Evening Primrose Oil, when
mixed into water, produces a palatable tasting effervescent lemon
drink
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Evening Primrose Oil powder is more
convenient than taking large numbers of capsules to deliver desired
nutritional intakes of essential fatty acids
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DriCelle Evening Primrose Oil is suitable
for vegetarians and vegans
Benefits of Evening Primrose Oil
In his book 'Fats and Oils' Udo Erasmus
confirms that "oil of evening primrose has been extensively tested in
double blind trials in hospital settings on several continents, and
an impressive list of its therapeutic successes in many diseases has
accumulated".
He reports that oil of evening primrose
"has been used successfully to lower blood pressure, to lower blood
cholesterol level, and thereby to decrease the risk of cardiovascular
accident (stroke and heart attack)".
He continues "Oil of evening primrose
prevents liver damage due to alcoholism, prevents the withdrawal symptoms
when the habitual use of alcohol is discontinued, and prevents the hangovers
which so often spoil the morning after the party."
He further mentions that "Oil of evening
primrose is a useful adjunct in the treatment of schizophrenia, because
schizophrenics have very low levels of prostaglandin E1, the most important
of several prostaglandins made from GLA. When the level of prostaglandins
increased by the administration of oil of evening primrose, some improvement
was noted, especially in schizophrenics whose disease had been of less
than 5 years' duration."
Udo Erasmus states in his book 'Fats and
Oils' that evening primrose oil has been used for weight loss, because
it increases the metabolic rate, and therefore the burn-off of fat,
without special dieting.
A well-known use for evening primrose
oil has been premenstrual syndrome, particularly breast pain (mastalgia).
He states that it is so effective and so safe, that the doctors who
did the studies in Britain and Wales now use it as the treatment of
first choice for premenstrual breast pain. Other premenstrual symptoms,
such as bloating, irritability and depression are also treated in the
UK with oil of primrose.
Ingredients typically per 4g scoop
1000mg Dricelle Evening Primrose
Oil (E.P.O.) (providing approx. 90mg gamma
linolenic acid (GLA))
90mg Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
60mg Vitamin E 90i.u. (d-alpha tocopherol)
4mg Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)
400mcg Beta Carotene 666i.u. (providing
66.7mcg retinol equivalents)
In a base of:
Fructooligosaccharides (F.O.S.), fructose,
freeze-dried lemon juice concentrate, freeze-dried essential oil of
lemon, potassium bicarbonate, anhydrous citric acid
Nutritional Information per Daily Intake
(1 scoop - approx 4g)
DriCelle Evening Primrose Oil 660mg (providing
approx. 90mg gamma linolenic acid (GLA); Vitamin C 90mg (150%); Vitmain
E 90iu 60mg (600%); Vitamin B2 4mg (250%). (% amounts relate to EC RDA).
Allergen Information
Vitamin E in BioCare DriCelle Evening
Primrose Oil is from soya
*1 DriCelle is a unique process that locks
microscopically small droplets of essential fatty acids into a "micelle",
coated first with natural oil of lemon and then with a dry oligosaccharide
powder. The DriCelle process provides the means by which large doses
of essential nutritional oils can be taken in a palatable form with
enhanced absorption and bioavailability.
*2 Micellisation is the dispersion of
micellised fat soluble nutrients to microscopic particles. In this finely
dispersed form, fats and oils are more readily absorbed and soluble
in water.
Research
Ishikawa T, Fujiyama Y, Igarashi O, et
al. Effects of gammalinolenic acid on plasma lipoproteins and apolipoproteins.
Atherosclerosis 1989;75:95-104
Yoshimoto-Furuie K, Yoshimoto K, Tanaka
T, et al. Effects of oral supplementation with evening primrose oil
for six weeks on plasma essential fatty acids and uremic skin symptoms
in hemodialysis patients. Nephron 1999;81:151-9.
Tamimi NA, Mikhail AI, Stevens PE. Role
of gamma-linolenic acid in uraemic pruritus. Nephron 1999;83:170-1
[letter].
Horrobin DF. The importance of gamma-linolenic
acid and prostaglandin E1 in human nutrition and medicine. J Holistic
Med 1981;3:118-39.
Horrobin DF, Manku M, Brush M, et al.
Abnormalities in plasma essential fatty acid levels in women with pre-menstrual
syndrome and with non-malignant breast disease. J Nutr Med
1991;2:259–64
Manku MS, Horrobin, DF, Morse NL, et al.
Essential fatty acids in the plasma phospholipids of patients with atopic
eczema. Br J Derm 1984;110:643.
Horrobin DF. Essential fatty acids in
clinical dermatology. J Am Acad Dermatol 1989;20:1045–53.
Mansel RE, Pye JK, Hughes LE. Effects
of essential fatty acids on cyclical mastalgia and noncyclical breast
disorders. In Omega-6 Essential Fatty Acids: Pathophysiology and
Roles in Clinical Medicine, ed. DF Horrobin. New York: Alan R Liss,
1990, 557–66.
Keen H, Payan J, Allawi J, et al. Treatment
of diabetic neuropathy with gamma-linolenic acid. Diabetes Care
1993;16:8–15.
Horrobin DF. Essential fatty acid metabolism
in diseases of connective tissue with special reference to scleroderma
and to Sjogren’s syndrome. Med Hypotheses 1984;14:233–47.
Vaddadi KS, Gilleard CJ. Essential fatty
acids, tardive dyskinesia, and schizophrenia. In Omega-6 Essential
Fatty Acids: Pathophysiology and Roles in Clinical Medicine. Horrobin
DF (ed). New York: Alan R Liss, 1990, 333–43.
Schalin-Karrila M, Mattila L, Jansen CT,
et al. Evening primrose oil in the treatment of atopic eczema: effect
on clinical status, plasma phospholipid fatty acids and circulating
blood prostaglandins. Br J Dermatol 1987;117:11–9
This information is not intended to replace
the advice of a qualified Healthcare Professional.
We always recommend you
check with your health care practitioner or
physician prior to beginning any new supplement or diet program,
especially if you are on any medication, nursing, pregnant or
have any other existing medical condition.
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BioCare
DriCelle(R) Evening Primrose Oil