YES™ Brand EFAs are getting a NEW name!
Parent Essential Oils (PEOs):
The DIFFERENCE
We are often asked how our EFA-based recommendations differ from
others. The answer is simple but very significant. The term "Essential Fatty
Acids" is being misused so frequently that we were forced to coin a new
phrase,
Parent Essential Oils
(PEOs).
This term "Parent Essential Oils" refers to the only two true essential fatty
acids: parent omega-6 (LA) and parent omega-3 (ALA). The term
"parent" is used because these are the whole, unadulterated form of the
only two essential fats your body demands, as they occur in nature.
Once PEOs are consumed your body changes a small percentage of
them-about 5%-into other biochemicals called "derivatives," while
leaving the remaining 95% in parent form.
This is crucial to understand. There are a host of omega-6 and omega-3
oils being sold as EFAs that are
not
EFAs, but rather nonessential
derivatives such as EPA, DHA, and GLA. Fish oils are made up almost
exclusively of omega-3
derivatives.
Scientifically and biochemically,
calling derivatives such as EPA, DHA and GLA by the term "EFA" is
wrong. Derivatives are
not
EFAs because they are not essential-your
body has the ability to make them
as needed
. Our research has shown
that supplementing with the derivatives so commonly found in the
marketplace and mislabeled as "EFAs" can easily be harmful to your
health.
Don't make the common "EFA mistake" by unknowingly substituting
derivatives for parents! Since the term has become so confused by so
many it is time to focus on the essence of what they are and why they
are so vital to our health and wellbeing. Understanding how PEOs work
is essential to your daily nutritional regimen.
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From this point forward we will use the term Parent Essential Oils
(PEOs) when referring to YES™ Brand EFAs. Our EFA labels will soon
be changed to reflect this.
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