Arachidonic Acid: Bodybuilder's Friend or Foe?
- 09-08-2007, 03:44 PM
Arachidonic Acid: Bodybuilder's Friend or Foe?
Some supplements contain arachidonic acid (AA), espousing it as an important anabolic compound. On the other hand, I have read articles describing arachidonic acid as a chief inflammatory compound producing producing several undesirable consequences.
Specifically, an article in the February 2007 edition of the Life Extension Magazine by William Faloon titled "Eating Your Way to Prostrate Cancer" suggests that an excess or elevated level of arachidonic acid can stimulate prostrate cancer, create processes leading to heart attack, cause tissue destruction, chronic inflammation, and increased resistance of tumor cells to apoptosis (programmed cell destruction).
He recommended the reduction of arachidonic acid's effects via the consumption of cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors that inhibit the toxic by-products of arachidonic acid metabolism. COX inhibitors include low-dose aspirin, curcumin, green tea, and resveratrol.
So, is arachidonic acid a bodybuilder's friend or foe?
Only objective responses, please! - 09-08-2007, 03:50 PM
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- 09-09-2007, 12:10 AM
- 09-09-2007, 12:13 AM
- 09-09-2007, 12:14 AM
I also read somewhere that AA may speed up prostrate cancer however it was never proven to have a direct link to prostate cancer itself.
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- 09-09-2007, 12:30 AM
- 09-09-2007, 12:35 AM
Although AA is a great product, i will not run another cycle. Joint pain, and removing fish from my diet was not something i want to do again.
I did make reasonable gains both in size and strength, but im sure some of that was due to eating beef 4x a day, and eggs for the other 3 meals...
They are the true musclebuilders. - 09-09-2007, 12:38 AM
- 09-09-2007, 12:38 AM
mnnn Ive been wondering jjohn. has anyone tried cissus with AA? some results on a incarnate and xfactor stack would be awesome. how about throwing that stack into the mega stack thread jjohn
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- 09-09-2007, 12:39 AM
- 09-09-2007, 12:40 AM
- 09-09-2007, 12:40 AM
- 09-09-2007, 12:44 AM
id love to see a log on it of some sort ehem
. I want to run x-factor with incarnate RPM and citrulline malate. seems like a killer combo.
- 09-09-2007, 12:52 AM
- 09-09-2007, 01:47 AM
- 09-09-2007, 03:10 AM
- 09-09-2007, 03:16 AM
- 09-09-2007, 03:22 AM
I agree. I do think limiting my diet (like i am doing with my second cycle of AA) is a serious detriment - one that i will probably not be following again. I would be a strong supporter of AA supplementation if omega-3's were permitted, but unfortunately that is not the case. I may in future look into Cissus + MRM/Glucosamine and see how well this masks the dryness.
- 09-09-2007, 05:25 AM
- 09-09-2007, 05:47 AM
Originally Posted by krogtaar;
You probably either meant muscle soreness due to cellular lactic-acid build or structural muscle "damage" due to delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS). Lactic-acid levels, though, return to normal levels within an hour of muscular stress, whereas pains associated with DOMS peaks with 24-72 hours after exercise. DOMS are not caused by elevated lactic acid levels, and I am not sure both are induced by arachidonic acid. - 09-09-2007, 05:49 AM
Originally Posted by BullzEye;
- 09-09-2007, 06:00 AM
Originally Posted by BullzEye;
- 09-09-2007, 06:10 AM
That is a very interesting and informative post. What needs to be provided now is if the presence of Prostoglandlin E2 needs to be present to exert its anabolic effects - if not, it seems the most common sides could be diminished relatively easily without jeapordizing its efficacy. I hope a MN rep chimes in...
- 09-09-2007, 10:50 AM
- 09-09-2007, 10:56 AM
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