Are Prostaglandins Harmful?
Why are prostaglandins made out to be the Saddam Hussein of bodybuilding? There are two reasons: 1) The insiders want to keep their edge-they don’t want you to know about the benefits. 2) Some people don’t have a clue as to what they’re talking about. Some misconceptions about prostaglandins are easy to clear up. For example, we’re told that PGs are antithermogenic, meaning they either reduce your temperature or prevent it from rising. That’s the big lie. Think about the last time you got a fever. You probably took aspirin or ibuprofen. Why? As it happens, they’re very potent prostaglandin inhibitors. If prostaglandins were truly antithermogenic, your temperature would have increased when you took aspirin or ibuprofen, but, amazingly, it reduced your body temperature. So much for the supposed antithermogenic effect. Doctors recommend prostaglandin inhibitors to reduce fever simply because prostaglandins are the main mediators of thermogenic reactions, such as fevers. Any prostaglandin
