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- From: richter@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (C. Richter)
- Subject: Re: Experience/studies on GLA/Evening Primrose Oil?
- Message-ID: <C04L8D.CwI@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
- Organization: UTCS Public Access
- References: <31DEC92.01070838@nerus.pfc.mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 13:24:12 GMT
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- In article <31DEC92.01070838@nerus.pfc.mit.edu> mrl@nerus.pfc.mit.edu writes:
- >I was just curious if anyone out there is taking or have seen studies on the
- >usefulness of GLA (fatty acid in Evening Primrose Oil.) My holistically
- >inclined MD loves to recommend it for all sorts of problems, and I wonder if it
- >really works, and if so why we don't hear of it more in medical literature. My
- >wife takes it for PMS and to prevent breast cysts, but since she takes other
- >supplements, it's hard to say if it helps or not. Luckily there is a cheaper
- >version of it now from Borage Oil, but I'm still curious. Thanks.
-
- There is an excellent review of GLA by David F. Horrobin, the man probably
- most responsible for bringing the virtues of GLA to the fore.
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- Horrobin, DF 1990. Gamma linolenic acid: An intermediate in essential fatty
- acid metabolism with potential as an ethical pharmaceutical and as a food.
- _Reviews in Contemporary Pharmacotherapy_ 1:1-45.
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