Cold pressed Flax Seed Oil 1000mg soft gel capsules 
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Using cold press to ensure maximum nutritive qualities are maintained.
Contains 500mg Alpha Linolenic acid (ALA)  to 122mg Linoleic acid (LA) . An alternative to fish oils.
Recommended intake 1 to 3 capsules per day
Ingredients:Flax Seed Oil, Gelatine capsules, Glycerin

More information on Flax seed oil
Alpha-linolenic acid is what is known as an omega 3 fat, and is a precursor of the longer chain omega 3 fats eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) - ie EPA and to a lesser extent DHA can be made in the body from ALA. These two fatty acids are the ones available in significant amounts in oily fish. All three omega 3 fats have been shown to offer numerous physiological benefits, notably their anti-inflamatory properties and their ability to offer cardioprotective effects especially in people with pre-existing cardiovascular problems, though EPA and DHA are more potent than simple ALA.

4g a day of ALA should provide enough of the parent omega 3 fat to ensure significant amounts of EPA and DHA are formed by the body (conversion rates are around 5-10% for EPA and 2-5% for DHA). However it is also important  to ensure that the intake of LA is not too high compared with ALA since a higher intake of LA interferes with the process in which the human body converts ALA into the even more beneficial EPA and DHA, so a LA to ALA ratio of around 4 to 1 or slightly lower is considered to be the optimum.

Flax seed oil (also known as Linseed oil) is the vegetable oil which offers the best ratio of ALA to LA. Compared to rape seed oil Flax seed has 5 times more ALA per serving and negligible LAs making it very suitable for people wishing to increase the ALA or EPA and DHA in their diet but who do not wish to use fish oils.