Quick info about EFAs / ProEFA

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General Nutrient Support:

Essential fatty acids, a part of the PUFA family (polyunsaturated

fatty acid), are known as the " essential fats " . Omega-3 and Omega-6

fatty acids are vital to health and are can not reproduced by the

human body they must be obtained from diet.

The Omega-3 long chain fatty acids, EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and

DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), are found almost uniquely in foods of

marine origin. It is the long chain omega-3s that the body needs to

synthesize and ensure proper body function. Clinical studies in the

past 30 years have regarded Omega-3 fatty acids as protective,

therapeutic and essential for growth and development throughout the

human lifecycle.

Borage oil, an Omega-6 fatty acid derived from the plant, Borage

officnalis, is the most concentrated source GLA (gamma-linolenic

acid). GLA is beneficial for skin moisture and has been popularly

used by woman suffering from pre-menstrual syndrome.

Omega-3 fatty acids and GLA from Borage Oil as a combined formula may

have a calming effect by increasing the amount of the body's

beneficial anti-inflammatory prostaglandins of the series 1 and 3.

Omega-3 fatty acids and GLA together provide optimal nutritional

support and are " essential " throughout all stages of life.

Most parents found success in the Omega 3 and Omega 6 formula's

mentioned above-but some children do well on Coromega, DHA Jr., or

other pure Omega 3 formulas. It's easy (and cheap) enough to find

out which works best for your child however! Bring all the

information to your child's pediatrician and discuss which he/she

believes you should start with. (Many of us in the past didn't, like

me, but it's better to check so that more doctors can see how well

and quickly the EFAs work and help so that more children can be

helped!)

There are now a few places to purchase Nordic Naturals ProEFA. It

used to be available only to health care providers -but now you can

purchase it right online from Nordic Naturals for $19.95. There are

other places to purchase it from cheaper than Nordic Naturals -and

some with faster and cheaper shipping too. (Nordic Naturals

http://www.nordicnaturals.com has a rule that you ARE allowed to sell

it cheaper than them-but just not any cheaper than 10% off retail

cost) and one of the places that does sell ProEFA cheaper is Shop In

Service. Shop In Service helps to support the operating costs of

CHERAB Foundation by donating a percentage of purchase back to the

Foundation. Shop In Service is not affiliated with CHERAB Foundation

in anyway except by being a proud supporter of hosting the CHERAB

website where most of us learned about ProEFA and it's benefits, and

by donating to CHERAB and it's roots since they started. ProEFA, and other

products that may help http://shopinserviceinc.goemerchant2.com/ Or

the Special page of Shop In Service: 3 bottles of ProEFA and FREE 2

day Priority shipping* for only $53.85!

http://www.shop-in-service.com/proefa.htm

You can find links to purchase ProEFA under " resources " by going to

http://www.apraxia.cc and clicking on index -or you can just put

ProEFA into a search engine and find it that way too. Remember that

ProEFA and Nordic Naturals Complete Omega Ultimate Omega are the same

thing -except 90 capsules of the ProEFA (from Nordic Natural's

website) is $19.95 and 60 capsules of the Complete Omega is $17.95.

One or two capsules a day of ProEFA? Even though I'm told the above

are the same -the one difference is that the bottle of ProEFA says to

take " one " a day, and the Complete Omega Ultimate Omega says " two "

capsules a day. So I guess it doesn't matter if it's one or two capsules a

day! And math is not my best subject, but it appears if you have a

choice you should go for the ProEFA over the Ultimate Omega since

it's the same, but cheaper. Remember to compare costs and types of

shipping, etc. and also make sure it's Nordic Naturals ProEFA by

looking at what the bottle looks like -there are others out there and

I know nothing about them. (one brand called ProEFA is for body

builders I believe -and it's not from Nordic Naturals)

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