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CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid)

JaeDaKing
JaeDaKing Posts: 50 Member
edited February 12 in Health and Weight Loss
Should it be taken with meals? How much? How often? Please share knowledge on CLA :)

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  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,452 Member
    Why do you want to take it? The best sources are in grass fed beef and the milk from those same cattle.
  • ProjectYummyMummy
    ProjectYummyMummy Posts: 98 Member
    You can take one or two caps at each meal. I normally take one cap at breakfast and lunch; and two at dinner time.
  • JaeDaKing
    JaeDaKing Posts: 50 Member
    I don't eat much beef and I don't drink milk. Drinking two at dinner doesn't keep you up?
  • ProjectYummyMummy
    ProjectYummyMummy Posts: 98 Member
    Not at all. CLA is stimulant free.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,119 Member
    CLA is exaggerated for fat loss.
    Despite the multitude of human clinical trials testing the effect of CLA on body composition, the effect of CLA has been controversial because significant effects of CLA on body fat have not been consistently reported. Our analyses combine the varied study results to draw conclusions about the body of evidence as a whole. In our analyses, we were able to focus the studies to show that CLA does indeed cause a modest, but significant, reduction in fat loss of about 0.09 kg/wk relative to subjects in placebo groups. Although this effect is seemingly of little consequence, it is larger than and in the opposite direction to the current trend for Americans to gain an average of 0.4 kg total weight each year (0.009 kg/wk) (40).

    http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/85/5/1203.long

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