[bettie32]

Its omega 3s are only ALAs though, it's missing EPA and DHA.  When such and such has 190 nutrients it has 0.5% the RDA unless you're eating several pounds of it, and it's in the fresh plant not the oil.  It's actually only high in a few nutrients per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_buckthorn_oil .  Nearly every living thing has 190+ nutrients because we need them all.  The growth probably came mostly from the high ALA content (similar to flax oil), though the other omegas and antioxidants may have helped a little too.

Omega 7 and 9 are non-essential fatty acids; your body can make them.  It sometimes has trouble making them, especially in the elderly.  So they're worth considering but mostly as an after-thought.  Plus you can get them from common foods.  Olive oil has omega 9.  Omega 7 is harder to get outside of sea buckthorn and macadamia nut oil, but again your body can make its own.  Macademia nut oil also has omega 9.

A cheaper and more nutritious alternative to sea buckthorn would be flax oil/seeds, macadamia nuts/oil, a handful of almonds and a couple tbsp. rice bran.  Or Chrissygwy would only need to add macademia nuts or their oil to what she has already, and again macademia nuts/oil might not be necessary at all.

Interesting....thank u for the feedback. I don't eat a very balanced diet and I'm lazy haha so I like how Sea Buckthorn contains all the omegas and tocopherols/tocotrienols etc. 4 SB oil pills (made from the fruit and seed) that I'm taking contain 2,000 mg of sea buckthorn, 960 mg monosaturated fatty acids (480 mg omega 7, 360 mg omega 9, 340 mg omega 6, 260 mg of omega 3, 8 mg Vitamin E.....). Not sure if these are good/enough for NBE but I'm very impressed how my GERD/reflux has greatly improved since taking these pills (and believe me, I've tried sooo many other remedies/supplements). I think my skin looks better too so hopefully the boob department will improve too with SBO 

Wish I could take flax oil/seeds but they give me acne! I think several others complain about this too. I'm also confused about flaxseeds because I've read that they're an aromatase inhibitor (maybe that's why they make some people break out?). I also read though that it depends on the amount consumed. A high dose of flaxseeds increases SHBG and binds free testosterone apparently.

Reading your posts Surferjoe, remind me that I should eat more nuts. I only like peanuts, pistachios and cashews though and eat them sporadically. Will look into rice bran. What about a spoonful of coconut oil a day? That might be good for NBE/gaining weight.