The short answer is that you need to take it for as long as you want to stay healthy. The long answer is a little more complicated.
There are a number of factors that are essential for life, in fact they number about 50, and include air, water, light, a source of energy, like carbohydrates which provide starch or/and glucose), 20+ minerals, 13 vitamins and 8+ amino acids (proteins). The two Essential Fatty Acids (EFA’s) Omega 3 and Omega 6 also fall into this category.
It is pretty obvious that you will not survive for very long without air, would last longer without water, and could survive for longer without food. Not getting enough light would eventually lead to death, but would be much slower than not getting enough air. The essential fats are required for life, and although you may get some of them in your diet, they are likely to be damaged due to careless processing practices and not being provided in the right ratio. So, you will survive without them in the quantity that they are required, but you won’t thrive – you won’t be able to experience optimal health.
Fortunately, your body tries to compensate when you don’t get enough of them, and will substitute other fats (even damaged ones) in cell membranes where these EFA’s should be. Although this means you survive, it also means that your health will suffer and slowly you will become less and less healthy, eventually succumbing to some disabling, degenerative disease.
Furthermore, the half life of these essential fats ranges from a few minutes to a couple of hours, which means that half of them are used up in this short space of time. This is why they need to be replenished daily.
There is no way to get around this fact. Unless you are taking an undamaged, properly balanced organic supplement every day, you cannot expect optimal health. Most people are unaware of this solidly researched fact, and therefore cannot understand that these EFA’s are a requirement for optimal health, for life.
When people notice the difference in their health, after adding this supplement to their daily diet, they are not prepared to go without it. In addition, they are very pleased and grateful to have found this knowledge.
Please see our testimonials to get an idea of the changes many of our customers have noticed in their health.