HIGH ALTITUDE ORGANICSTM Organic Virgin Avocado Oil is cold pressed from the fruit of the Avocado. As an unrefined oil, Virgin Avocado Oil carries a darker green color with a characteristic odor and taste. The oil is known to be rich in vitamin E and the essential fatty acid Oleic Acid (C18:1). It is rich in Vitamin A, B1, B2, D, and E, sterols, pantothenic acid, proteins, lecithin, beta-carotene, and more than twenty percent essential unsaturated fatty acids: palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic, linoleic and linolenic.It is especially useful for people suffering from skin problems, and in treating skin disorders such as Eczema and Psoriasis.It is also high in sterolins, which are reputed to reduce age spots, help heal sun damage and scars. It is the sterolins (also called plant steroids) in the oil that helps to soften the skin and imparts a superior moisturizing effect. For this reason it is an ideal ingredient to include when formulating for people with dehydrated, sun or climate damaged skin, as it is an extremely good moisturizing and nourishing compound, assisting in the regeneration and rejuvenation of dehydrated and undernourished skin. It was found that avocado oil significantly increases the amount of collagen in the skin and softening the tissue...Enjoy...For mor info go to HighAltitudeOrganics dot net.FREE shipping within All the USA.