How does CLA work? Is it safe? Does it affect the heart rate in any way?
Conjugated linoleic acid or CLA refers to a group of positional and geometric octadecadienoic acid isomers of linoleic acid. CLA is not a single substance. In contrast to linoleic acid, all the CLA isomers have conjugated bonds. In an unsaturated organic compound, two double bonds separated by a single bond are said to be conjugated.
The Basics. CLA is a newly discovered good fat called "conjugated linoleic acid" that may be a potent cancer fighter. In animal studies, very small amounts of CLA have blocked all three stages of cancer: 1) initiation, 2) promotion, and 3) metastasis. Most anti-cancer agents block only one of these stages. What's more, CLA has slowed the growth of an unusually wide variety of tumors, including cancers of the skin, breast, prostate, and colon.(1)
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