Fish Oil???

[terraj]

Dietary fish oil inhibits the early stage of recov... [J Nutr Biochem. 2009] - PubMed result

"Skeletal muscle recovery from disuse atrophy requires the recruitment of insulin signaling for muscle growth, which is driven by protein synthesis. Dietary fish oil, which is rich in long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, is known to enhance insulin signaling and protein metabolism. Therefore, this study was performed to evaluate whether dietary fish oil facilitates muscle recovery during remobilization after disuse atrophy. Ten days of immobilization, followed by 3 or 13 days of remobilization, were applied to the hindlimbs of rats fed corn oil [corn oil diet group as control (CO)] or fish oil [fish oil diet group (FO)] as source of dietary fat. The immobilization-induced reductions in soleus muscle weight and myosin heavy-chain content were significantly restored by 3 days of remobilization in CO. However, in FO, these muscle recovery measurements did not significantly change until 13 days of remobilization. At 3 days of remobilization, both groups had significant elevations in p70 ribosomal S6 kinase (p70s6k) activation and at a greater extent in CO than in FO. The activation of Akt was also increased on Day 3, but it was not significant in FO. Throughout the remobilization period, levels of prostaglandin F2(alpha) (PGF2(alpha)) and cyclooxygenase-2 mRNA were significantly augmented. However, FO had a lesser increase in PGF2(alpha) than CO until Day 13. These findings indicate that dietary fish oil inhibits the early stage of soleus muscle recovery after disuse atrophy by suppressing the activation of Akt-p70s6k signaling and PGF2(alpha) synthesis."

Although they used a "disuse atrophy" model, it's the same thing as resistance training, because once the limb is not suspended anymore, they're essentially lifting weight. Activation of Akt is also very beneficial but was inhibited by FO.

Conditional Activation of Akt in Adult Skeletal Muscle Induces Rapid Hypertrophy -- Lai et al. 24 (21): 9295 -- Molecular and Cellular Biology



but then again theres alot of studies which shows it improves recovery...

You really want to have a go at Bino again huh...

[C_Bino]

You really want to have a go at Bino again huh...

LOL I just find it funny now. Again, people on the board can decide for themselves who to listen to.

There are studies that can prove almost anything. I have read studied in my day that can lead one to believe increasinf inflammation will speed up recovery.

What seasoned professionals will understand is what studies to take into consideration. Here is a study done on rats again, and does not prove that FBO SLOWS recovery. It says that there is a 10day gap between benefits between these 2 oils. In fact doesnt surprise me at all. Hell usually the benefits of FBO arent seen until 60-90 days of beginning use.

But whether this study is accurate or not, again we dont know the rest of the diet or whether it applies to humans and bodybuilding AT ALL, I would not recommend anyone use corn oil. It is almost guaranteed to be GMO corn and doesnt convert well into prostaglandins.