Trust me, 0311, it was I who was trying not to offend by appearing to be rabidly against this product.

My working motto is: "two sides to every coin".

I have posted on the BN forum that there are some remarkable reports in the medical research lit on the various actions of archidonic acid.

But I am quite likely the only one on these forums who has followed most of the history of prostanoid pathway biochemistry and molecular biology - mostly from a distance by reading journals, but also sitting in on live research presentations given by key cyclooxygenase investigators over the years (that would be about two decades). I had the pleasure of knowing one and partying and sitting thru their painful group seminars, at Vanderbilt U a while ago...

I will tell you that the majority of publications on the cyclooxygenase pathway are directed at controlling the effects of the metabolites and understanding the their many actions within the body under disease conditions. They are the basis for substantial R&D expenditure, yearly, by many drug companies throughout the world in the design of agents to block their action as inflammatory factors and more recently, as gene regulatory factors implicated in several common types of cancers (colon, prostate and uterine).

This is the first time I have seen the precursor, arachidonic acid, used as a basic supplement (x-factor).

I need you to know that I am trying my best, despite by exposure history to this body of literature, to provide you a relatively unbiased opinion on this compound's efficacy for the stated purpose (body compositional changes, vascularization).