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Originally Posted by Wally Champ
The latter article states that EPA 'probably doesn't belong in a mammalian body'? Doesn't that fly in the face of a lot of what we believe?
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Good catch, Wally. It's the first I've ever heard of EPA interfering with AA utilization. Seeing as how there's a massive body of research on EPA and DHA, you'd think if this was an issue, it would have been brought up.
This is how I see it: Arachidonic acid is a pro-inflammatory O6; the AA cascade system results in inflammatory components like prostaglandins and leukotrines. You know how the anti-inflammtory, analgesic, and anti-pyretic properties of ASA (Aspirin) work? By blocking the production of prostaglandin and thromboxane through COX inhibition---what AA produces.
So to me, EPA blocking AA isn't a bad thing.