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BodySense CLA
Conjugated Linoleic Acid
 What to expect from this product:
- Aids weight loss
- Increases lean muscle
- Accelerates fat loss in those that exercise
- Reduces the risk of hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis)
- Builds healthier bone and cartilage
- Reduces inflammation
- Modulates the immune system
- Controls blood sugar
Suggested Usage: 4-6 softgels daily before meals. Keep out of reach of children.
Each Softgel Contains:
TonalinTM Proprietary Blend 1000 mg
Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) 780 mg
Encapsulated in a softgel capsule (gelatin, glycerin, purified water, caramel).
CLA is considered to be necessary for both cell growth and as a building block of cell membranes. It naturally occurs in dairy foods and grass-fed beef and lamb. The intestinal bacteria of these animals converts omega 6 linoleic acid into CLA. Humans cannot convert linoleic acid into CLA so we are completely reliant on the foods we eat or supplementation to acquire the necessary CLA. Unfortunately, the CLA content of dairy and meat products has declined due to increased antibiotic use in cattle, which destroys the intestinal bacteria, and changes in the cattle's food supply from grass to grain.
Several hundred published research studies support CLA's ability to exert positive effects on fat loss, prevent and control type 2 diabetes, protect against heart disease, reduce the risk of atherosclerosis, build healthier bones and modulate the immune response. It may also inhibit the growth of certain cancers of the breast, prostate and colon.
CLA Melts Fat
CLA is included as part of the BodySense Natural Diet Program due to its profound effect on fat loss and improving lean muscle mass.
Animal research in 1951 paved the way for further groundbreaking research on CLA and fat loss in humans. The first human clinical trial using CLA was conducted in 1997 in Norway and
published in The Journal of Nutrition in 2000. This 90 day double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled study found a reduction in body fat with an average weight loss of seven pounds of fat and an increase in lean body mass with a 20% decrease in body fat. CLA also stops fat from coming back once participants stop dieting. According to research published in 2001 in The Journal of International Medical Research those who take CLA and exercise increase fat loss and conversion of fat to lean muscle in a shorter period of time and with lower doses of CLA.
CLA and Bone Biology
Research published in The Journal of the American College of Nutrition in 2000 found that CLA had an anti-inflammatory effect by moderating COX-2 enzymes and reducing pain and
inflammation. Inflammation promotes cartilage breakdown and osteoporosis. Controlling inflammation is essential to ensuring adequate calcium levels in bone, thereby maintaining strong bone and cartilage. Animal studies have shown CLA to improve bone formation and reduce cartilage damage. Scientists believe CLA may help reduce pain and inflammation in those with arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis as well.
CLA improves insulin sensitivity
Several studies have shown CLA is able to prevent and control adult onset diabetes by sensitizing insulin. Researchers at Purdue University in Indiana reported a dramatic improvement in serum insulin response in patients taking 6 grams of CLA daily. Over 64% of patients in this eight week trial had an improvement in leptin levels—a hormone that regulates both insulin and weight gain.
News Release
December 05, 2006
U of G Prof Finds Way to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
For many people, it's difficult to avoid weight gain over the holiday season, but a University of Guelph professor has found that overweight adults who took a daily supplement of a common dietary fat lost weight and kept it off over the holidays.
In the new study published in the International Journal of Obesity, applied nutrition professor Andrea Buchholz and her colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison gave half of their 40 overweight study participants a daily supplement of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) for six months and the other half a placebo capsule.
"Despite no differences between the CLA and placebo group with regards to calorie intake or physical activity throughout the study, the CLA group still managed to lose weight prior to the holiday season and didn't gain any weight over the holidays," said Buchholz. "Within the placebo group, holiday weight change was significantly greater compared with the pre-holiday period."
During the same holiday period (November and December), the CLA group lost weight and the placebo group gained 1.5 pounds of fat mass. "There's evidence that you don't lose that holiday weight, so that 1.5 pounds of fat mass would really add up year after year," said Buchholz.
Even though both groups reported decreases in physical activity over the holidays, the CLA group still managed to reduce body fat mass.
Over the course of the study, the CLA group lost 2.2 pounds of fat. "That doesn't sound like a lot, but that's not just weight, that's fat mass," she said. "There was a tendency to lose it over the abdomen, which is even better because that's the type of fat that's really metabolically active and can put you at risk for heart disease."
CLA is a naturally occurring form of linoleic acid (a type of polyunsaturated fat) that's found in dairy products and meat. It has a molecular structure that gets metabolized differently from regular linoleic acid, said Buchholz. "Mice and other animals lose weight and body fat on CLA, but the human data weren't consistent."
There are different forms of CLA, and studies that mixed the two more common forms together showed the greatest promise, so the researchers decided to give their participants a mixed-form capsule of CLA.
This was the first study examining the effect of mixed-isomer CLA to use a four-compartment model to measure fat mass. This method combines underwater weighing, bone measurement, total-body water measurement and body weight. "It's time-consuming and costly, but it's one of the most accurate ways of measuring body fat," said Buchholz.
The researchers also took blood samples at the beginning and end of the study to determine whether there were any risks from taking the supplementary form of CLA. "We looked at effects on liver function, inflammation and insulin resistance and found no adverse effects," she said. "It looks as though there are very few risks in taking the mixed-form supplements (which can be found in pharmacies and health-food stores) and lots to be gained."
An alternative to taking the supplementary form of CLA is getting the fatty acid from food sources, said Buchholz. "Many studies show that low-fat dairy products are helpful in maintaining low body weight, which can probably be partly attributed to the CLA."
Andrea Buchholz
Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition
Additional Abstracts and Studies:
Fat supplement fights holiday weight gain: study
CTV.ca News Staff
A new study has found that overweight adults who took daily supplements of a common dietary fat actually lost weight—and kept it off during the holidays.
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