| Nowadays people are more and more aware of the | | | | oxidation during sleep." Am J Clin Nutr 2007; |
| benefits of keeping fit, and show more concern | | | | 86:797-804. |
| about their diet and health. Still, isn't it weird that in | | | | Cook, M.E., Miller, C.C., Park, Y., and Pariza, M. Immune |
| spite of that, statistics say there are more and more | | | | modulation by altered nutrient metabolism: nutritional |
| people who are overweight worldwide, the USA | | | | control of immune-induced growth depression. Poult |
| coming in first place in that list, closely followed by | | | | Sci. 1993; 72, 1301-1305.de Deckere, E.A.M., van |
| Australia. Probably one explanation for this paradox is | | | | Amelsvoort, J.M.M., McNeill, G.P., and Jones, P. Effects |
| that diets just don't work. People who fight the war | | | | of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) isomers on lipid levels |
| against pounds, ambitious enough to refrain from | | | | and peroxisome proliferation in the hamster. Br J Nutr. |
| their favorite food and make the strenuous efforts | | | | 1999; 82, 309-317. |
| to lose weight, most often are happy with the | | | | Evans, M. Geigerman, C.,, Cook, J., Curtis, L., Kuebler, |
| results only to see the weight coming back once | | | | B., and McIntosh, M. Conjugated linoleic acid |
| they have gone off the diet. | | | | suppresses triglyceride accumulation andinduces |
| Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying keeping a | | | | apoptosis in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. Lipids. 2000; 35, |
| diet is not a good thing, but in order for your weight | | | | 899-910. |
| loss program to be successful, you have to add | | | | Gavino, V.C., Gavino, G, Leblanc, M.J., Tuchweber B. |
| some exercise to watching your diet. Another thing | | | | An isomeric micture of conjugated linoleic acids but |
| that can help a lot is taking weight loss supplements. | | | | not pure cis-9, trans-11-octadecadienoic acid affects |
| One natural supplement that works well is CLA | | | | body weight gain and plasma lipids in hamsters. J Nutr. |
| (conjugated linoleic acid). | | | | 2000; 130, 27-29. |
| Tonalin Conjugated Linoleic Acid helps lose weight in a | | | | Hayek, M.G., Han, S.N., Wu, D.Y., Watkins, B.A., |
| natural way and maintain your shape. | | | | Meydani, M., Dorsey, J.L., Smith, D.E., and Meydani, |
| - It increases calorie burning and the disintegration of | | | | S.D. Dietary conjugated linoleic acid influences the |
| fat cells, while increasing the energy level at the | | | | immune responses of young and old C57BL,6NCrlBR |
| same time (Park et al., 1997). | | | | mice. J Nutr. 1999; 129, 32038. |
| - Tonalin CLA decreases body fat by increasing the | | | | Houseknecht, K.L., Vanden Heuvel, J.P., |
| rate of fat metabolism and fat breakdown in fat cells. | | | | Moya-Camarena, S.Y., Porocarrero, C.P., Peck, L.W., |
| It also decreases the amount of fat that is stored | | | | Nickel, K.P., and Belury, M.A. Dietary conjugated linoleic |
| after eating and the total number of fat cells (Evans | | | | acid normalized impaired glucose tolerance in the |
| et al., 2000). | | | | Zucker diabetic fatty fa/fa rat. Biochem Biophys Res |
| - At the same time, CLA acts to prevent fat cells | | | | Commun. 1998; 244, 678-682. |
| from refilling, so it helps not only those who want to | | | | Journal of Gerontology 2003 |
| lose weight, but also those who don't want to put | | | | Lee, K.N., Kritchevsky, D., and Pariza, M.W. |
| back on weight (Close et al., 2007). | | | | Conjugated linoleic acid and atherosclerosis in rabbits. |
| CLA will not cause you to lose weight overnight, as | | | | Atherosclerosis. 1994; 108, 19-25. |
| other supplements claim to. It will work slower, but it | | | | Miller, C.C., Park, Y., Pariza, M.W., and Cook, M.E. |
| will work for sure. And it will not only help lose | | | | Feeding conjugated linoleic acid to animals partially |
| weight, but will also keep it from coming back. | | | | overcomes catabolic responses due to endotoxin |
| People of all ages have benefited from the effects | | | | injection. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1994; 198, |
| of Tonalin CLA - from teenagers to seniors. You can | | | | 1107-1112. |
| read some of their reviews. | | | | Nicolosi, R.J., Rogers, E.J., Kritchevsky, D., Scimeca, |
| I hope this information was useful and I am looking | | | | J.A., and Huth, P.J. Dietary conjugated linoleic acid |
| forward to hearing from you. You can find more | | | | reduces plasma lipoproteins and early aortic |
| information on this subject either following the links in | | | | atherosclerosis in hypercholesterolemic hamster. |
| the article, or looking up the materials in the | | | | Artery. 1997; 22, 266-277. |
| reference list below. | | | | Park, Y., Albright, K.J., Liu, W., Cook, M.E., and Pariza, |
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| American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1999 | | | | composition in mice. Lipids. 1997; 32, 853-858. |
| Belury, M.A., Mahon, A., and Banni, S. The conjugated | | | | Ryder, J.W., Portocarrero, C.P., song, X.M., Cui, L., Yu, |
| linoleic acid (CLA) isomer, t10c12-CLA, is inversely | | | | M. Combatsiaris, T., Galuska, D., Bauman, D.E., |
| associated with changes in body weight and serum | | | | Barbano, D.M., Charron, M.J.m Zierath, J.R., |
| leptin in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Nutr. | | | | Houseknecht, K.L. Isomer-specific antidiabetic |
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| Close, Rachel et al. "Conjugated linoleic acid | | | | glucose tolerance, skeletal muscle insulin action, and |
| supplementation alters the 6-mo change in fat | | | | UCP-2 gene expression. Diabetes. 2001; 50, 1149-1157. |