How does Evening Primrose Oil help PMS?

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How does Evening Primrose Oil help PMS?

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I'm not sure how it helps, exactly, but I know that it does. My parents are very into vitamins, and had me start taking evening primrose oil as a teenager to help with pms and breast tenderness in particular. The essential fatty acids found in the oil somehow positively affect womens hormones, and therefore lessen pms symptoms. Below are two websites I found that explain better how it helps.

http://nccam.nih.gov/health/eveningprimr...

http://www.bodyandfitness.com/Informatio...