Essential Fatty Acid (EFA) Products

Essential fatty acids are necessary because your body does not make them and they must come from your diet. Low fat diets often produce EFA deficiencies.

EFA's provide health benefits such as:

• regulate blood pressure

• regulate response to pain and inflammation

• mediate immune response

• direct endocrine hormones

• maintain the fluidity and rigidity of cellular membranes

• transport oxygen from red blood cells to the tissues

• maintain proper kidney function and fluid balance

• keep saturated fats mobile in the bloodstream

• prevent blood cells from clumping (conglomeration - a cause of stroke)

• mediate the release of pro-inflammatory substances that may trigger allergic conditions

• being the primary energy source for the heart muscle.

How Do You Pick A Good Oil?

Whether you are buying flaxseed, fish, olive or coconut oil, there are steps you can take to ensure you select the best oil.

1. Expeller pressed
The alternative to expeller pressed is high temperature and pressure over extended times that result in rancid oils. If the label doesn't say expeller pressed, it isn't.

2. Cold-pressed
The official US definition of cold pressed simply means it is processed at temperatures below 104 degrees. Since there is no regulation in this area, it is better if the oil is cold-pressed and expeller pressed.

3. Organic
As much as possible the oils should be organic to eliminate the presence of chemicals. Toxins are stored in the fatty tissue in the body, so consuming contaminated oils only increases the body's need to detox.

4. Taste
A good quality oil simply tastes good!

5. A company you can trust
Without a doubt, Barleans is known throughout the wellness industry as providing oils that meet all of the above standards.