Turning Meat, Poultry, Eggs, and Dairy Products Into Nutraceuticals Through Increasing Their Conjugated Linoleic Acid Levels, Part One: Reviewing the Literature of Benefits Claimed for Conjugated Linoleic Acids in Human Health

Abstract

In the first of ihis iwo-pari series of articles, the débale in Ihc clinical lilcralure over the reality (ir extent ot" particular positive health benefits of a pulative nutraeeutieul, eonjugatecl linoleic acids (CLAs). in human subjeets will be reviewed. In the second artiele, the means by whieh animal scientists and farmers-resptiniling as niueh to annual sales in the hundreds of millions of dollars in health food slores of seed oil capsules rieh in CLAs, as opposed to any eonclusive elinical scienee-are aggressively pursuing ways lo feed livestiKk that would naturally increase the concentration of CLAs per conventional consumer dietary portions, essentially allowing meat, eggs, fluid milk and the processed fcxKls derived from them to be marketed us functional foods. In both installments in this series, the core journals covering developments in CLA related research aie identified for agricultural and ftKxl seienee librarians.