What are the benefits of taking arachidonic acid?
Arachidonic acid is the primary building block for the synthesis of dienolic prostaglandins, which includes both PGE2 and PGF2. These are prostaglandins that are tightly involved with the protein synthesis and muscle hypertrophy, two things that occur after exercise. Arachidonic acid is also involved with amplified IGF-1 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor) signaling, the enhancement of satellite cell activation and proliferation, increased regeneration of your body’s muscle cells, increased formation of Nitric Oxide, as well as enhanced androgen receptor synthesis. Additional benefits that arachidonic acid provides include the long-term improvements of vascularity, this is through stimulation of angiogenesis (blood vessel regeneration) in the muscles in your body that are trained. Arachidonic acid also improves body composition by partitioning the negative nutrients found in our body through inhibition of stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1. In addition to all of the above, arachidonic acid inhibits re
