Re: Evening primrose

[Guest guest]

Hi Carol,

In addition to a number of other food supplements, I take evening primrose oil

(EPO) on a daily basis.

Judy Graham wrote a book about the benefits of taking EPO. It is featured here:

http://tinyurl.com/epo-book

All the best,

Dudley Delany

http://profiles.yahoo.com/dudley_delany

[Guest guest]

I took EPO from diagnosis 15 years ago until I stopped it 2 years ago and

nothing changed.

I wish it were that simple.

Janet

To: mscured

From: gskill@...

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:03:53 -0700

Subject: Evening primrose

Hello there,

I went to an embroidery digitizing meeting once, and the leader announced that

she had been cured of MS by taking Evening Primrose Oil 1300 mg gelcaps--3 every

morning for 2 years. She said she couldn't even feed herself before.

Then she thought she'd stop because she felt so well, and the symptoms came

back.

So, of course, she resumed taking them. When I saw her you'd never know she had

anything wrong.

Anyone else hear of this?

Thanks. Carol

[Guest guest]

I wish I could remember where I read it but I was under the impression that EPO

was high in Omega 6 and actively inflammatory? On the other hand a friend of

ours with a very " benign " form of MS takes handfuls and swears by it.

Subject: Re: Evening primrose

To: mscured

Date: Friday, 23 April, 2010, 19:29

 

Hi Carol,

In addition to a number of other food supplements, I take evening primrose oil

(EPO) on a daily basis.

Judy Graham wrote a book about the benefits of taking EPO. It is featured here:

http://tinyurl. com/epo-book

All the best,

Dudley Delany

http://profiles. yahoo.com/ dudley_delany

[Guest guest]

Yeah, same with flax and avocado. I've been sticking to fish oil to just get

the omega 3's, but will have to reconsider now that I developed a salmon allergy

because of taking the oil everyday. Anyways, I believe the argument with EPO is

that the presence of anti-inflammatory GLA is a positive that outweighs any

negative.

Crystal

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> I wish I could remember where I read it but I was under the impression that

EPO was high in Omega 6 and actively inflammatory? On the other hand a friend of

ours with a very " benign " form of MS takes handfuls and swears by it.

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[Guest guest]

Regarding allergies, it might help to repair your gut flora. I have been doing

that with the GAPS diet and I have seen dramatic improvement. The fermented

foods are providing probiotic bacteria and bone broth is easy to digest, no

fiber (or very little with cooked vegetables) and it provides essential fats. I

don't ever recommend that you eat factory farmed food.

Pastured meat contains CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), a relative of the GLA

(gamma linoleic acid) in evening primrose oil. It is also a good source of omega

3 fats.

Both flax and avocado are high in copper and if you don't get zinc the copper

will settle in your tissues making it unavailable when you need it (for killing

yeast for example). That happened to me when I ate lots of nuts, seeds and

avocado. Even soaking them doesn't remove all the potential problems but it does

help some.

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> Yeah, same with flax and avocado. I've been sticking to fish oil to just get

the omega 3's, but will have to reconsider now that I developed a salmon allergy

because of taking the oil everyday. Anyways, I believe the argument with EPO is

that the presence of anti-inflammatory GLA is a positive that outweighs any

negative.

>

> Crystal

[Guest guest]

I have this on Borage Oil, which is very similar to Evening Primrose Oil:

" Nervonic Acid

This is one supplement that I found by accident when researching borage seed

oil. Borage oil actually contains a small amount of this special long chain

fatty acid. Nervonic acid is an essential nutrient for the growth and

maintenance of the brain. It is highly recommended to pregnant and nursing women

and small children but can be beneficial to exercising adults as well. Nervonic

acid is an important ingredient in nervous cell membranes because it is vital in

regulating the ion channels and receptors. It plays a part in the biosynthesis

of myelin (10) (the white matter insulating the nerves- that allows the

conduction of impulses from one part of the body to another).

Nervonic acid can regulate the function of brain cell membranes and have a

neuroprotective effect which is important to hard training individuals. Nervonic

acid can enhance neuron " firing " thereby increasing mental focus and maybe even

muscle contraction (although this is just a theory right now). "

Beverly

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> > I wish I could remember where I read it but I was under the impression that

EPO was high in Omega 6 and actively inflammatory? On the other hand a friend of

ours with a very " benign " form of MS takes handfuls and swears by it.

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[Guest guest]

And this:

" It has been suggested that evening primorse oil may be able to help correct the

mobility problems of red blood cells in multiple sclerosis patients.

In recent studies of individuals who have followed a diet low in saturated fat

diet and who have also had long term treatment with evening primrose oil, the

mobility of red blood cells has returned to a normal level. It has also been

noted that individuals who had the most frequent MS relapses were most

responsive to this regimen. "

And this:

" E. J. Field1, G. Joyce1 and B. M. 1

(1) MS Research Unit, Royal Infirmary, Queen Road, NE1 4LP

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Received: 28 June 1976

Summary Erythrocytes from patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) show a highly

significant reduction in their absolute electrophoretic mobility in the presence

of linoleic and arachidonic acids (LA; AA). Patients with other (destructive)

neurologicals disease (OND) and normal subjects show an increased absolute

mobility of their erythrocytes in the presence of LA and AA.

About 40% of blood relatives of MS patients show an intermediate type of

reaction — being slowed by LA and speeded up by AA.

***ADMINISTRATION OF LA (OR GAMMA LINOLENATE) TO AN MS PATIENT FOR SOME MONTHS

LEADS TO CHANGE IN THE MOBILITIES FROM AN MS PATIENT FOR NORMAL TYPE, the AA

result altering first.*** (Gamma Linolenate is GLA which comes from Evening

Primrose Oil or Borage Oil.)

The effect of LA and AA on the absolute mobility of RBC may thus be used as a

simple laboratory test involving a long established technique and eliminating

the animal and other needs of the macrophage electrophoretic mobility (MEM)

test. The implications of these findings for our understanding and handling of

MS are briefly discussed. "

Beverly

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> > I wish I could remember where I read it but I was under the impression that

EPO was high in Omega 6 and actively inflammatory? On the other hand a friend of

ours with a very " benign " form of MS takes handfuls and swears by it.

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[Guest guest]

And this from Udo Erasmus:

" It is ironic. Borage-the leaves, the seeds, the seed cake, and the unrefined

oil-can contain toxic pyrrolizidines. To remove these, the oil is 'refined'.

Refining removes parts per million of toxic pyrrolizidines, but damages oil

molecules to parts per hundred (about 10,000 times more). It is not entirely

clear which is more toxic. I cannot in good conscience recommend either type of

borage oil for the improvement or maintenance of health.

Evening primrose oil, the other readily available source of GLA, is available

from organically grown seeds, mechanically pressed under protection from light,

oxygen (air), and heat, and unrefined. Evening primrose oil is naturally free of

toxins, and therefore need not be damaged by refining. I still prefer evening

primrose oil to borage oil. I prefer evening primrose to other sources of GLA

such as black currant seed oil, which is also damaged by oil refining processes.

And I do not recommend fish oils for the same reason: damage done to the oil

during processing. In addition, there are concerns about fish oil contamination

by pesticides, mercury, dioxins, and chlorinated pesticides. The removal of

these toxins requires more processing with further destruction of fish oil

molecules. Finally, even the cleanest fish oils are not free of contaminants. "

Beverly

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> > I wish I could remember where I read it but I was under the impression that

EPO was high in Omega 6 and actively inflammatory? On the other hand a friend of

ours with a very " benign " form of MS takes handfuls and swears by it.

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