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Posted by kilo8 on July 19, 2015, at 20:41:45
Hello,
I have been taking fish oil daily for years now. But I only take 1-2 grams so it's not much. I have also been taking blackseed oil daily for a few months now. I get no side effects from this.However, I have been taking EPO/borrage oil capsules on and off and every time when I start taking just 1-2 capsules I get the impression that my joint pains (shoulders,knees,cracking of joints) get worse. Is this possible? I cannot make any sense of this because EPO supposedly lowers inflammation.
Then shouldn't EPO make me feel better?
Posted by Hugh on September 1, 2015, at 11:02:21
In reply to Evening Primrose Oil seems increase joint pain!?, posted by kilo8 on July 19, 2015, at 20:41:45
Gamma linolenic acid (GLA) in evening primrose oil and in borage oil works well in combination with fish oil. Most people take way too much GLA. Barry Sears (author of The Zone diet books) recommends taking tiny amounts of GLA -- only a few milligrams a week. (A capsule of evening primrose oil typically contains 90 mg of GLA.) What I do is prick a capsule of evening primrose oil with a pin, squeeze out a drop or two, and then keep the capsule in a sandwich bag in the refrigerator to use again in a few days.
Before I discovered this, I had tried taking whole capsules of borage oil, which is even richer in GLA than evening primrose oil, and I noticed that it made me feel very irritable.
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