{"product_id":"black-currant-seed-oil","title":"Black Currant Seed Oil","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe black currant (\u003cem\u003eRibes nigrum\u003c\/em\u003e) is a northern European shrub whose fruit was long valued for its vitamin C and whose seeds were, for most of that history, discarded. Only when lipid chemists began looking closely did the seed turn out to hold something unusual: an oil containing both gamma-linolenic acid and stearidonic acid, an omega-6 and an omega-3, together in the same pressing. Very few botanical oils carry both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe interest lies in where those fatty acids sit in the metabolic sequence. Dietary linoleic acid must be converted by delta-6-desaturase before the body can use it downstream, and that enzyme is a slow step. Gamma-linolenic acid arrives already past it. Stearidonic acid does the same on the omega-3 side. Both are precursors to the series-1 prostaglandins and to the longer-chain fats the body assembles for cell membranes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack currant seed oil is used to support normal skin moisture and barrier integrity, healthy joint comfort, and the body's normal balance of inflammatory mediators. It is a slow nutrient — worth giving a season rather than a week.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable in 90 softgels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecological Formulas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44225641349223,"sku":null,"price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/foundationlabs.us\/products\/black-currant-seed-oil","provider":"Foundation Labs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}