Pets should be kept out of the sleeping area. Cats and dogs should be bathed frequently to reduce the amount of surface allergens on their bodies. Air conditioning is helpful for pollen allergies, but filters must be changed regularly. Food allergies are commonly recognized by the allergic individual's tracking exposure to an offending food or may be identified through the use of elimination diets with cautious reintroduction of suspected foods. A suggested dose would be about 1500 mg daily of GLA from these oils.
Borage oil provides the highest concentration, thereby requiring fewer capsules to be swallowed.
A good balanced product with the correct ratio is Udo's Choice Perfected Oil, two capsules three times daily. Oil supplements should be taken at the beginning of a meal to reduce heartburn and aftertaste. CoQ10 penetrates the mitochondrial membrane and is one of the few antioxidants which can do so. Tocotrienols are relatives of tocopherols, or vitamin E, and are particularly effective free-radical fighters at the cell membrane level. An intake of magnesium supplements from 500 to 1000 mg daily is particularly helpful in many conditions such as asthma.