Why It's Different

CMO is naturally derived from beef tallow. This process provides a naturally associated group of fatty acids. Unlike the many "copycat" products, CMO contains:

How the confusion began

The properties of cetyl myristoleate (not CMO) were discovered in the United States in 1971. CMO was discovered in 1994. It was introduced on a small scale to the medical community in 1995 and became commercially available in 1996. We are the only wholesale source of the product. When Dr. Hunt wrote a book about CMO in 1996, we were the only large wholesale source of any cetyl myristoleate type product. He called it "CMO or cetyl myristoleate". This would later come back to haunt us and create confusion in the market place.

In December of 1996, we had signed an exclusive contract with a major marketing firm. The exclusive portion of our contract expired in December 1997 and now CMO is available in the wholesale market again. CMO remained available through existing retail distributors under a grandfather clause during the exclusive period.

During our absence, the huge public demand for CMO went unfulfilled while public awareness spread like wildfire. In January of 1996 there were only a few places on the Internet that even mentioned CMO. Now there are hundreds of pages on the Internet, health magazine articles, TV news stories and radio talk shows about CMO.

Sorting it all out

By mid 1997, there were "cetyl fever" products that claimed they came from whales, dogs, beavers and vegetables.

The best way to understand whether a product’s claims are fraudulent or not is to understand the sources of myristoleic acid which is needed to make both CMO and cetyl myristoleate. One industrial reference book on this subject is Food Oils and Their Uses . The second edition is written by Theodore J. Weiss, Ph. D. He is the Technical Manager of the Industrial Sales Department for Hunt-Wesson Foods. A look at this reference book will show the composition edible fats and oils.

Vegetable source CMO

There are no vegetable sources that can provide this naturally associated group of fatty acids. In fact, according to Bailey’s Industrial Oil and Fat Products, Fifth Edition, Volume 1, Edible Oil and Fat Products, there are no vegetable sources for myristoleic acid which is needed to manufacture cetyl myristoleate or CMO.

Why CMO is Different from Cetyl Myristoleate

The marketplace seems to be sprouting new CMO impersonators every day. Consumers, distributors, nutritionists, scientists, physicians, and other health care professionals are confused and dizzy from the spin put on these "copy cat" products. We hope to clarify and differentiate between these impostors as best we can.

First and foremost, we are the one and only producer of CMO. It is strictly our own proprietary product. There is no other. And it is the only naturally derived product of its kind on the market. As such it contains many closely related trace substances which may aid in its effectiveness -- just as the bioflavanoids accompanying vitamin C aid in its effectiveness.

HERE ARE SOME FACTS FOR YOU TO DIGEST:

1. CMO is the only product of its kind derived from beef.

2. Their 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.

3. CMO is the proprietary designation for cis-9-cetylmyristoleate. As the manufacturer, we distribute our product in retail packaging as well as private label 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 a product's authenticity, please feel free to contact us directly.

4. 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 himself states that it works best when it is injected. It has a very low bioavailability level in oral administration.

5. Myristoleic acid is absolutely essential to make cetyl myristoleate. Myristic acid cannot be used to synthesize cetyl myristoleate or any of its analogs.

6. 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 as immunomodulators.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. We tested one "vegetable" product and found it to be based on myristic acid, not myristoleic acid. Myristic acid can not be used to synthesize cetyl myristoleate. Remember, that requires myristoleic (not myristic) acid.

10. 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.

10. Remember, there is no commercial vegetable source for myristoleic acid. Thus, anyone claiming to have an effective product derived from vegetable sources is either terribly mistaken or blatantly lying.

11. When someone claims to have "eliminated the esters" from their product, you can be sure it is not a fatty acid "ester" of any sort.

12. We have the one and only CMO. There is no other.

We will try to keep you posted on any relevant new information as we become aware of it.