CLA stands for conjugated linoleic acid and you may find it as safflower CLA or sunflower CLA, these are probably the most common but CLA is also found in animal products, foods such as milk, yogurt, cattle beef, etc.
Cattle beef might just be the best whole food source of CLA, it is probably the richest in conjugated linoleic acid. Supplements will, however, always be able to offer you more CLA than food can and you need more than food can offer if you plan on burning a significant or noticeable amount of fat with it, otherwise your chances of making progress with CLA decrease significantly.
It is bacteria that produce CLA in cows or cattle as well as other animals. A very important factor to remember is grass. When you buy these products, make sure they come from grass-fed cattle/cows because grass has fatty acids which the bacteria process and use to make conjugated linoleic acid. The more grass the animals consume, the higher the concentration of CLA will be and so the grass is very important.
If you look at clinical trials, you see that there is some evidence for CLA even at low doses such as 1.4 grams per day, however, you do need a lot more if you want to be successful with it. The reason for this is because CLA is very controversial and inconsistent. Across multiple studies, it had has conflicting and inconclusive results as you can see if you read them.
In a study from Greece, CLA administered in 1.4 grams/d reduced BFM or body fat mass in healthy volunteers. Furthermore, in another study performed on healthy women it was concluded that it can reduce BFM as well as attenuate the increase in lean body mass or LBM. These studies clearly show that CLA has the potential to help with weight loss, however, this is not all. It has other studies where it did not promote any change in body fat or in bone mass or in lean body mass, in strength, endurance, etc.
This is conflicting with other studies where it offered promising results. Furthermore, it does very poorly in terms of effectiveness as well as consistency and reliability in humans compared to animals.
Also, CLA may not be as safe as some believe. Although for most people, healthy individuals, it is, in others, it can cause oxidative stress, increase in insulin resistance, gastrointestinal irritation, etc. If it is the first time that you are using or considering to use CLA supplementation, I suggest consulting with your medic before doing it. Decide on dosage and make sure that you are healthy enough to not worry about side-effects.
For those of you that are dieting, exercising but are still looking for something, a supplement, to help with your progress, whether it is your metabolism, your physical performance in the workout, muscle gain and so on, you may want to check out CLA and give it a try.
CLA Safflower Oil Diet definitely has the popularity and the reputation to tempt someone into buying and using it. Conjugated linoleic acid might be able to help your muscle growth as well as endurance and strength and it may have a positive influence or impact on your metabolism, helping you burn more calories.
Personally, I definitely think that CLA can be a good choice, but only for some, perhaps not for everyone. For instance, if you are an older individual that is trying to stay in shape, to look toned and fit, to lose excess fat, CLA may help you. For someone young and nonnonobeseot even very overweight, it may not be effective.
Basically, this is the big problem that CLA has, how inconsistent it is and its weak potency, making it an unreliable dietary supplement. Reading the studies and trials that it has makes it clear. Sometimes it manages to promote a fat mass reduction in those with resistance-training programs, yet in other studies its results are conflicting. There are studies where it shows no significant or even noticeable difference in fat mass, muscle mass, bone mass and more, after months of use.
There is even some inconclusive evidence that CLA safflower oil might be able to promote higher levels of testosterone in men, however, even this is unreliable data because it isn't consistent across multiple clinical trials. Most if not all clinical trials and studies on humans fail to reproduce the great results that can be seen in clinical trials and studies on animals and long term use of conjugated linoleic acid appears to not offer significant or noticeable benefits.
What most people want from me when they ask me about CLA is a definite answer, something like yes or no. Can CLA Safflower Oil burn my fat away? Yes or no?
I wish it were that simple but CLA is too inconsistent, too controversial, the evidence is conflicting and there is no yes or no answer, just a maybe.
Regardless, one must workout and diet otherwise it's no use in even trying it. Be careful with CLA supplementation if you are someone obese or with diabetes since it could have a negative influence on insulin sensibility/resistance.
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CLA stands for conjugated linoleic acid and you may find it as safflower CLA or sunflower CLA, these are probably the most common but CLA is also found in animal products, foods such as milk, yogurt, cattle beef, etc.
Cattle beef might just be the best whole food source of CLA, it is probably the richest in conjugated linoleic acid. Supplements will, however, always be able to offer you more CLA than food can and you need more than food can offer if you plan on burning a significant or noticeable amount of fat with it, otherwise your chances of making progress with CLA decrease significantly.
It is bacteria that produce CLA in cows or cattle as well as other animals. A very important factor to remember is grass. When you buy these products, make sure they come from grass-fed cattle/cows because grass has fatty acids which the bacteria process and use to make conjugated linoleic acid. The more grass the animals consume, the higher the concentration of CLA will be and so the grass is very important.
If you look at clinical trials, you see that there is some evidence for CLA even at low doses such as 1.4 grams per day, however, you do need a lot more if you want to be successful with it. The reason for this is because CLA is very controversial and inconsistent. Across multiple studies, it had has conflicting and inconclusive results as you can see if you read them.
In a study from Greece, CLA administered in 1.4 grams/d reduced BFM or body fat mass in healthy volunteers. Furthermore, in another study performed on healthy women it was concluded that it can reduce BFM as well as attenuate the increase in lean body mass or LBM. These studies clearly show that CLA has the potential to help with weight loss, however, this is not all. It has other studies where it did not promote any change in body fat or in bone mass or in lean body mass, in strength, endurance, etc.
This is conflicting with other studies where it offered promising results. Furthermore, it does very poorly in terms of effectiveness as well as consistency and reliability in humans compared to animals.
Also, CLA may not be as safe as some believe. Although for most people, healthy individuals, it is, in others, it can cause oxidative stress, increase in insulin resistance, gastrointestinal irritation, etc.
If it is the first time that you are using or considering to use CLA supplementation, I suggest consulting with your medic before doing it. Decide on dosage and make sure that you are healthy enough to not worry about side-effects.
For those of you that are dieting, exercising but are still looking for something, a supplement, to help with your progress, whether it is your metabolism, your physical performance in the workout, muscle gain and so on, you may want to check out CLA and give it a try.
CLA Safflower Oil Diet definitely has the popularity and the reputation to tempt someone into buying and using it. Conjugated linoleic acid might be able to help your muscle growth as well as endurance and strength and it may have a positive influence or impact on your metabolism, helping you burn more calories.
Personally, I definitely think that CLA can be a good choice, but only for some, perhaps not for everyone. For instance, if you are an older individual that is trying to stay in shape, to look toned and fit, to lose excess fat, CLA may help you. For someone young and nonnonobeseot even very overweight, it may not be effective.
Basically, this is the big problem that CLA has, how inconsistent it is and its weak potency, making it an unreliable dietary supplement. Reading the studies and trials that it has makes it clear.
Sometimes it manages to promote a fat mass reduction in those with resistance-training programs, yet in other studies its results are conflicting. There are studies where it shows no significant or even noticeable difference in fat mass, muscle mass, bone mass and more, after months of use.
There is even some inconclusive evidence that CLA safflower oil might be able to promote higher levels of testosterone in men, however, even this is unreliable data because it isn't consistent across multiple clinical trials. Most if not all clinical trials and studies on humans fail to reproduce the great results that can be seen in clinical trials and studies on animals and long term use of conjugated linoleic acid appears to not offer significant or noticeable benefits.
What most people want from me when they ask me about CLA is a definite answer, something like yes or no. Can CLA Safflower Oil burn my fat away? Yes or no?
I wish it were that simple but CLA is too inconsistent, too controversial, the evidence is conflicting and there is no yes or no answer, just a maybe.
Regardless, one must workout and diet otherwise it's no use in even trying it. Be careful with CLA supplementation if you are someone obese or with diabetes since it could have a negative influence on insulin sensibility/resistance.