Time out guys, this stuff is not any good for you and yes there are sides.
Main component in X-Factor is arachidonic acid (AA).
AA is a inflammatory prostaglandin, it will increase inflammation in the body.
Fish oils decrease inflammation in the body.
Sure you need some infammmatory responce for muscle growth, fend off colds and the like, but adding it into ones diet when one's diet is already too high in AA is psycho.
Higher AA gets yoiu lower HDL to LDL ratio and less test.
Also leads to over clotting, this is not good.
Also ruins the insulin to GH ratio.
What we want here is less AA not more.
A test called the Silent Inflammation Profile (SIP) is new and checks the ratio of Omega 3 to AA.
Fish oils lower AA, which is what we want, also brings us more insulin sensitivity, again this is what we want.
In the presence of AA and excess insulin this is truely a health threatening thing.
I had a debate about this crap on a board where it was sponcered by William (dude that made it), I ripped into them defending their positions on this so bad, not william himself defended his product.
I should find that post.
From Chefx:
Arachidonic acid - This particular polyunsaturaed fat may be the most dangerous fat know when consumed in excess and is known as an Omega 6 fat. In fact, you can inject virtually every type of fat (even saturated fat and cholesterol) into rabbits and nothing happens. However, if you inject (AA) arachidonic acid into the same rabbits they are dead within three minutes. The human body needs "some" arachidonic acid, but too much can be toxic.
Getting alot of AA in the body will upset the ballance of Omega 3 to Omega 6 fatty acids in the body.
Which by the way is already out of ballance from the 1/1 to 1/4 ratio of 3 to 6.
If the typical American diet is 1/10 to 1/25 3 to 6 why in the hell would anyone further the ratio to compromise good health?
All that and it is expensive.
I can think of funner things to take that I can spend my money on for poor health that X-Factor
