French Evening Primrose Oil - Hydration and Hormonal Well-being

A high-value source of essential fatty acids for skin beauty and hormonal comfort for both women and men

Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) is a biennial herbaceous plant of the Onagraceae family. Native to North America, it is cultivated in Europe for its precious oil with remarkable properties. Today, it is mainly cultivated in Asia to meet growing demand, which highlights the importance of carefully choosing its origin and quality.

Evening primrose seeds are naturally concentrated in essential polyunsaturated fatty acids: gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) and dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (GDLA). These essential fatty acids are vital for the proper functioning of our body, which cannot produce them on its own.

Fatty acids are major components of cell membranes, where they play an essential role: the cell membrane is a thin structure that envelops a cell, separating its contents from its direct environment. It regulates the substances that can enter and exit the cell. Membranes well protected by quality fatty acids thus ensure generalized well-being.

Essential fatty acids promote the production of prostaglandins (chemical substances that regulate our body) which have a beneficial action on the skin, the balance of our cells, and hormonal balance in general.

They must be provided by our diet, but are increasingly scarce in it. Supplementation ensures a good intake of essential fatty acids.

How to recognize a need for evening primrose oil?

It can be noticed in our skin: poorly hydrated and poorly nourished from within, it is often dry and rough, particularly around the elbows and knees.

In case of essential fatty acid deficiency, cracks under the feet and behind the heels may appear. The skin is also more fragile and thinner, and begins to form fine lines. The skin on the elbows is extremely dry or even cracked.

Why take evening primrose oil?

For skin comfort:

• Moisturizing and antioxidant action that helps fight against skin aging;
• Comfort for dry skin by promoting the restoration of the protective lipid film of the skin and mucous membranes.

For women's hormonal balance:

• Helping to relieve premenstrual symptoms;
• Helping to soothe the discomforts of menopause.

For pets:

• To be integrated into the diet in case of Cushing's disease in dogs.

The quality of Djform Evening Primrose Oil:

Victim of its own success, evening primrose oil generally comes from large-scale cultivation far from our lands, where quality standards are much less stringent than French standards, even for Organic oils. They are pressed there and then stored in drums, sometimes for years, before being put into capsules.

It is therefore not possible for the consumer to know the freshness of these oils: indeed, the BBE (Best Before End) date shown on the labelling does not take into account the harvest date or the seed pressing date.

These oils can mostly be recognized by the addition of vitamin E, usually synthetic, which then acts as an antioxidant, allowing the oil not to oxidize but not guaranteeing the durability of its properties. They can be refined, losing most of their properties during the refining process.

Djform Evening Primrose Oil is one of the rare evening primrose oils whose seeds are grown and pressed, as needed, in France. Indeed, essential fatty acids are preserved much better within the seeds. Pressing is carried out cold to keep all the properties of the seed intact. It is paper-filtered so as not to alter its quality.

It is 100% pure and natural. It is guaranteed preservative-free. It has undergone no chemical treatment. It is neither deodorized nor bleached.

Why do we not use plant-based capsules for our Djform products?

The "plant-based capsule" is only plant-based in name! Behind a marketing facade, the plant-based capsule actually contains chemical residues. To always offer you products of the highest possible quality, DJFORM has made the difficult but conscious choice to continue using fish gelatin capsules, even at the risk of losing the ORGANIC certification on some of its products.

To find out more: Djform product capsules, the choice of quality and safety.