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  Conjugated Linoleic Acid is an essential fatty acid.  CLA fights cancer.  CLA combats clogged arteries and may prevent or delay the onset of diabetes.  CLA may increase our metabolic rate, decrease abdominal fat, enhance muscle growth, lower cholesterol, lower triglycerides, lower insulin resistance, reduce allergic reactions to food, strengthen our immune systems, and can even help us control or lose weight; a June 2004 study from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition indicates that CLA inhibits body fat while maintaining muscle.  Studies in Europe indicate a drop in the growth of tumors in people with higher CLA levels.

We cannot create CLA in our own bodies and therefore we must get it from our diet.  CLA is naturally occurring in grass-fed animals.  Dairy products from grass-fed animals as well as the meat itself from grass-fed animals are rich in CLA.  You can get grass-fed meat products from U.S. Wellness Meats and grass-fed dairy from Natural By Nature.  Most conventional meats, even organic meats, are grain-fed and do not have the beneficial CLA.  If a cow is primarily grass-fed but finished on grains to fatten up before slaughter, almost all the CLA value disappears in that short time.  Delicious Organics chooses to carry grass-fed options - grass-fed dairy and grass-fed meats. 

How is CLA created?
Cows have 2 stomachs.  The first helps create these fatty acids so important to our health (we cannot create them, we need fish and cows to create them from the foods they eat.)  The naturally eating animal's stomach has bacteria that creates Omega 3 and CLA.  The second creates a higher Omega 6 and CLA.

Omega 3s are created by Beef and Fish from the plants and greens they eat.  They are an essential fatty acid for us but we can only get them from Beef or Fish as our stomachs cannot create omega 3s.  DHA can also be found in eggs of chickens fed flax seeds.  Omega 3s are anti-carcinogenic and important for brain, eyes, and heart health.

Links:

 

  
  U.S. Wellness Meats has more information and lists these additional links:  
 
http://www.cals.wisc.edu/media/news/05_97/CLA_update.html
This site provides a synopsis of Michael Pariza's research at the
University of Wisconsin, Madison and gives succinct information
on conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and some of its benefits.

http://www.wisc.edu/fri/clarefs.htm
This comprehensive site indexes published research reports and
articles on CLA from professional journals over the last decade.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/ttic/tektran/data/000009/53/0000095334.html
This study reveals the various levels of CLA in meat from cattle fed various
diets. The study finds that CLA levels are highest in cattle grazing on grass.

http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/news/GPRA99/Healthy/
CLAdiabetes.html
This Purdue University site reviews a Purdue and Penn State research
study. The study discovered that CLA can slow or prevent the onset of diabetes in
laboratory animals.


http://www.cals.wisc.edu/media/news/09_97/cla_in_milk.html
Review the abstract of this study, which found that the diet of dairy cattle
has a significant impact on CLA levels in milk.

AGRICULTURAL DATABASE RESOURCES
http://www.nal.usda.gov/ag98/
This address will take you to AGRICOLA, which is a government database
of agricultural information. You can do more research here on CLA.

http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/
This address will take you to the Animal Science home page for Cornell
University. By clicking on the Publications Database, a search using the
key words "conjugated linoleic acid" will allow you to view research
published by Cornell's distinguished scholars on CLA.

http://persephone.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/
This is the Purdue University site for Agricultural Communications.
Visitors to this site can view online publications as well as view the
latest agricultural news.

PRODUCTION
http://www.holisticmanagement.org
Better decision making, The Allan Savory Center for Holistic Management

 http://www.lowcostcowcalf.com
The science and economics of low cost cow calf production by Dick Diven.

http://www.pharocattle.com

 DIABETIC RESEARCH
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2000/dec2000_report_control_1.html
Controlling Diabetes The Natural Way
by: Angela Pirisi

 		  
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