Everyone, please comment upon and critique the below, taken from a commercial site. Note especially the bold sections. Emphasis added in this mail by JH.
Part of it is obvious obfuscation using a brand name to confuse, but some assertions need investigation, like powder not possibly being CM. From:http://www.wellnesspartners.com/cmo/facts.html *Fast Facts On CMO* 1. Even though pain and inflammation are reported to be helped, the CMO Kit is not a pain-relieving analgesic or an anti-inflammatory. It also does not work the same way as do the currently popular glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate and cartilage products. Unlike aspirin, Ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs), *CMO HAS NO SIDE EFFECTS.*Clinical observations strongly indicate that NSAID's actually interfere with the natural healing process, along with side effects and dangers involving the stomach, the kidneys and the liver. 2. CMO is the only product of its kind derived from beef. 3. There are 10 fatty acids that make up the biochemical structure of CMO. It is an analog of cetyl myristoleate produced by a complex proprietary process. 4. CMO is the proprietary designation for cis-9-cetylmyristoleate. As an authentic distributor, we distribute our private labeled CMO product in retail packaging and in bulk for our distributors both nationally and internationally. Products called CMO by other manufacturers are not authentic CMO. If you have any doubt about our product's authenticity, please feel free to contact us directly. 5. *Cetyl myristoleate is not CMO. Cetyl myristoleate is a liquid and was studied as an injectable. In his own journal article, the discoverer of cetyl myristoleate states that it works best when it is injected. It has a very low bioavailability level in oral administration.* 6. Myristoleic acid is absolutely essential to make cetyl myristoleate. Myristic acid cannot be used to synthesize cetyl myristoleate or any of its analogues. 7. There is no vegetable source for myristoleic acid. Coconut and a few other vegetable oils do yield myristic acid. Products made from myristic acid do not function the same. 8. *It is virtually impossible to convert cetyl myristoleate (an oil) into a powder for capsules. Any capsule containing powder is not cetyl myristoleate. It?s likely to be spermaceti or some myristic acid product. * 9. Spermaceti is a synthetic imitation of a natural compound found in sperm whale oil. It has a molecular structure similar to cetyl myristoleate. Bottles of spermaceti capsules fraudulently labeled "CMO" keep turning up here and there. 10. One "vegetable" product was tested and found to be based on myristic acid, not myristoleic acid. Myristic acid cannot be used to synthesize cetyl myristoleate. Remember, that requires myristoleic (not myristic) acid. 11.* Any product described as being white, tasteless, and odorless could not possibly contain CMO, cetyl myristoleate, or any of its analogs because these are all unpleasant tasting, yellowish in color, and have a strong odor. * 12. There is no commercial vegetable source for myristoleic acid. Thus, anyone claiming to have an effective product derived from vegetable sources is not carrying an authentic CMO product, and is making fraudulent claims.
