What is CLA? What Does it Do for Us and Where Does it Come From?
CLA is conjugated linoleic acid and it’s a bit of a magic ingredient as it’s one of the very few healthy trans fats. It’s got a range of health benefits and it’s easy to include in your diet, coming as it does from 100% grass-fed beef and butter produced from cows raised exclusively on grass. The science stuff CLA is a polyunsaturated fat that forms in linoleic acid – a fatty acid found in plant oils. In beef cattle, CLA is formed by the bugs in the rumen (first stomach). It’s an omega-6 fatty acid, which might scare you as these compounds are associated with inflammation, but if you’re getting your CLA from natural food sources like grass-fed beef and butter, you’d be hard-pressed to eat enough! Eaten in the right sorts of amounts, CLA actually acts more as an anti-inflammatory! What health benefits does CLA carry? CLA can help with weight loss A dose 3-4g a day can promote muscle generation and weight loss, according to several human studies. These effec...