Selecting the Best Quality EPO
Regular EPO undergoes heavy refining processes to extend its shelf life. Refining cleans up the oil, allowing cheaper, low quality or dirty oil to be used. This process also damages the oil and strips away the beneficial components of EPO, including Triterpenes - the naturally occurring lipophillic antioxidants in EPO that help the body mop up damaging free radicals. By removing these antioxidants, refined oil becomes unstable and may be prone to oxidation, which can produce potentially toxic and carcinogenic peroxides, especially when it is heated during processing. Triterpenes also enable our white blood cells to function better, and possess anti-inflammatory properties to help reduce joint pain.

When EPO is obtained via cold process which ensures minimal contact with heat, light or oxygen - the 3 factors that can damage oil quality, and is not refined, its quality is preserved at its purest natural state, along with natural components and antioxidants - includingTriterpenes.

In fact, studies including those published in Medical Hypotheses, and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, confirmed that Cold-pressed, Non-raffinated (unrefined) Evening Primrose Oil has indeed greater health benefits than conventional ones.

So, is the EPO you're taking Cold-pressed & Non-raffinated?