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Gamma Linoleic Acid
GLA
is vital to good health maintenance. The body can manufacture it from linoleic acid, yet it is non essential but many people are deficient. Therefor it must be supplied through the diet. This fatty acid is a chemical building bloc the body must have to form needed compounds of its own design. It promotes cardiovascular as well as skin health. It is a must for the build up of the anti inflammatory prostaglandins PGE-1. GLA combined with EPA is necessary for improving bone strength.
Intervention with flaxseed and borage oil supplements modulates skin condition in women.
De Spirt S, Stahl W, Tronnier H, Sies H, Bejot M, Maurette JM, Heinrich U.
Br J Nutr. 2008 Sep 2:1-6.
Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie I, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, P.O. Box 101007, D-40001 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Ingestion of selected nutrients modulates dermal properties. In the present study, two groups of women ingested flaxseed (ALA) or borage oil (GLA) for 12 weeks. The control group received a placebo containing medium-chain fatty acids. Dose was 2g total fatty acids/d with -linolenic acid were predominant. In the flaxseed oil group, the contribution of -linolenic acid in the borage oil group (P0<05). Transepidermal water loss was decreased in both oil groups by about 10<05). Except for hydration, none of the parameters was affected in the placebo group. The present data provide evidence that skin properties can be modulated by an intervention with dietary lipids.
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