Genestra Genestra - Biotone EFA, 100 sgels
Genestra Biotone EFA - A unique combination of blend of lecithin-derived free plant sterols, essential fatty acids, and antioxidants that helps to maintain optimal health. Plant sterols displace dietary cholesterol in micelles, resulting in increased cholesterol excreted in the feces and decreased serum cholesterol level. Antioxidants further maintain good health by scavenging free radicals to prevent oxidative damage.
Price
Regular Canadian retail price: $38.58 CAD. Price Vault members pay below retail on this product. Member pricing is private and shown after a free opt-in, with no membership fee, no minimum order and no subscription.
Currently out of stock. Free shipping across Canada on orders over $89, flat $9.95 under that. 30 days to request a return, with return shipping paid by the customer. Ships from Victoria, BC.
Why people keep reordering it
- Meaningful EPA and DHA
- Real doses of the fats most diets fall short on, not a token amount.
- Purified for freshness
- Distilled to remove heavy metals and keep it fresh, with no fishy aftertaste.
- Heart, brain and joints
- The essential fats behind how you think, move and recover.
Best suited to: wants sterols and plant oils in one softgel routine, already eats a low-cholesterol diet and wants mild reinforcement, prefers plant-based fatty acids over fish oil.
What the research supports
A softgel blend built around plant sterols and essential fatty acids from safflower and flaxseed oil. The bottle of 100 lasts about 12 days at the full 8-softgel dose.
Plant sterol trials use 1.5 to 3 g a day.
- Cholesterol (evidence: moderate, from human rcts, meta-analyses)
- Plant sterols look enough like cholesterol that the gut absorbs them preferentially, blocking some dietary cholesterol from getting through. This product supplies well under a gram of sterols a day, under half the dose used in the research showing that effect.
- Fatty acid intake (evidence: limited, from human observational studies, small human trials)
- Linoleic acid and ALA from safflower and flaxseed oil are fats your body cannot make on its own and must get from food. The amounts here are modest, and ALA converts into the longer marine omega-3 forms only in a small, variable share.
Read the literature: Cholesterol on PubMed, Fatty acid intake on PubMed.
Is it right for you
Worth it if
- Wants sterols and plant oils in one softgel routine
- Combines free plant sterols, safflower and flaxseed oil, and vitamin E in a single product instead of stacking separate bottles.
- Already eats a low-cholesterol diet and wants mild reinforcement
- The 896 mg daily sterol dose is a supportive amount rather than a clinical-strength one.
- Prefers plant-based fatty acids over fish oil
- The essential fatty acids here come from safflower and flaxseed oil, delivering linoleic acid and ALA rather than marine EPA/DHA.
Look elsewhere if
- Needs a clinically dosed plant sterol product
- Look for a sterol supplement providing 1.5 to 2 grams per serving, closer to the amounts used in the actual cholesterol research.
- Strict vegan
- Choose a sterol or EFA product made without bovine gelatin capsules or beeswax-derived policosanol.
- Wants omega-3s for triglycerides or heart rhythm support
- Look for a fish oil or algal oil softgel with a stated EPA and DHA amount, since this product's fatty acids are ALA and linoleic acid, not EPA/DHA.
What to expect
Nothing you'll feel day to day. If plant sterols are doing anything, it shows up as a change in a cholesterol panel over 8 to 12 weeks of consistent use with meals, and even then the dose here is on the lower side of what's been studied.
How it compares
- Compared with a standalone plant sterol supplement dosed at 1.5 to 2 grams
- Biotone EFA bundles a smaller sterol dose with essential fatty acids and vitamin E in one softgel The tradeoff: you get less than half the sterol dose used in the research showing meaningful cholesterol effects
- Compared with a fish oil softgel with EPA and DHA
- this product uses plant seed oils for linoleic acid and ALA, which suits someone avoiding fish sources The tradeoff: ALA converts to EPA/DHA in the body only in small amounts, so it will not match fish oil for those specific fatty acids
Product details
- Medicinal ingredients
- Vitamin E (d-alpha tocopherol/mixed tocopherol concentrate), Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seed oil*, Flaxseed (Linum usitatissinum) oil*, -total linoleic acid and 3 more
- Ingredient form
- sgels
- Servings per container
- 100
- Suggested use
- Take 4 softgels 2 times daily with meals or as recommended by your healthcare practitioner.
- Country of manufacture
- Canada
- Independent testing
- independent labs (NSF GMP-certified facility)
- Certifications
- Non-GMO, Made in Canada
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place
- Brand
- Genestra
How to take it
Take 4 softgels 2 times daily with meals or as recommended by your healthcare practitioner.
- Store in a cool, dry place away from direct light.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Consult a practitioner if you are pregnant, nursing or on medication.
Ingredients
Each softgel contains
- Vitamin E (d-alpha tocopherol/mixed tocopherol concentrate)
- 1.25 IU
- Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seed oil*
- 255 mg
- Flaxseed (Linum usitatissinum) oil*
- 36 mg
- -total linoleic acid
- 174 mg
- Free plant sterols (from Glycine max bean) (95% combined: beta-sitosterol, campesterol, stigmasterol)
- 112 mg
- Soy lecithin (from Glycine max bean)
- 20 mg
- Policosanol (from Apis mellifera wax)
- 2.5 mg
- Mixed tocopherol concentrate*
- 4 mg
Yielding Alpha-Linoleic Acid 18 mg
Yielding Gamma-Tocopherol 1.7 mg, Delta-Tocopherol 490 mcg
Non-medicinal ingredients
Capsule (bovine gelatin, glycerin, purified water), silica.
Free from
Contains no gluten, yeast, wheat, sodium, sugar, dairy, artificial colouring or flavouring. Non-GMO.
Interactions and cautions
- Medications
- May add to the effect of blood-thinning medication. Review with your practitioner if you take anticoagulants.
- Timing
- Separate from medications by 2 to 4 hours unless directed otherwise by a healthcare practitioner.
- Pregnancy and breastfeeding
- Consult a healthcare practitioner before use if pregnant or breastfeeding.
- General
- Use only as directed. Discontinue and consult a practitioner if you experience an adverse reaction.
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. Consult a healthcare practitioner before use. Free certified advisors are available at 1-888-386-1211, Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm PT.
Questions about Genestra - Biotone EFA
- Is this the genuine, authentic product?
- Yes. It is identical to what you would pay full price for anywhere else, sourced through our authorized supplier relationships.
- How is the price below retail?
- We buy direct, with nobody in the middle taking a cut, and we sell it for close to what we paid. You see the price privately because you have unlocked the Vault.
- How fast does it ship?
- Orders placed before 12pm PT are processed the same day and ship within two business days. Shipping is free over $89, and a flat $9.95 under that.
- Can I return it?
- You have 30 days after it arrives to request a return. Product must be unused, in its original packaging, with proof of purchase, and return shipping is paid by you. Find it cheaper anywhere in Canada and we will match the price.