Name: CLA 1000Manufacturer: AST
CLA 1000 Container:
Serving Size: 2 Softgels
Servings Per Container: 45
CLA 1000 Ingredients:
Amount Per Serving:
Conjugated Linoleic Acid 80%: 1500mg
CLA 1000 Review:
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CLA May Promote Muscle Over Fat Gain!
By Nicolle Charbonneau
HealthSCOUT Reporter
TUESDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthSCOUT) -- If you're sick of the drastic swings of dieting, where fat drops off at first but returns with a vengeance, a new study may give you some hope.
Combine your diet with a popular supplement called conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), say researchers, and while you'll still regain weight once you stop dieting, it will be more muscle than usual.
Found naturally in cheese, beef and ground turkey, CLA is considered an antioxidant and anticarcinogen that stimulates immune activity.
While it may not be a magic weight-loss pill, experts say CLA could provide some help for the 97 million Americans struggling with obesity.
The study, by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was presented yesterday at the American Chemical Society Meeting in Washington, D.C., by one of its lead researchers, Michael W. Pariza.
Eighty people were placed on a diet, coupled with a moderate physical exercise program. Half received about 3 grams of CLA daily, while the others took a placebo of sunflower oil. After six months, all had lost roughly 5 pounds.
About one-third of those taking CLA actually gained muscle and lost fat, Pariza says. While those taking the sunflower oil regained their weight at a ratio of about 75 percent fat to 25 percent muscle once the study finished, which is typical, those taking CLA who regained weight put on equal proportions of fat to muscle.
"CLA appears to be very helpful in helping people control weight," says Pariza. "It's not going to cause you to lose fat, but once you have achieved the weight loss that you want from a traditional diet, then at that point you could use CLA to control your weight, so you don't gain it all back -- the old yo-yo syndrome."
How does it work?
"In a general sense, what it's doing is keeping little fat cells from getting big," says Pariza, perhaps by blocking certain enzymes that let fat cells swell.
There appeared to be no side effects from the supplement, says Pariza. At the same time, questionnaires done every two weeks during the trial revealed that those taking CLA were less depressed, had fewer stomach problems and could concentrate and sleep better.
Pariza's was not the only study dealing with CLA at the meeting.
Ola Gudmundsen, chief executive officer of Scandinavian Clinical Research AS, presented a study that suggests CLA could help people lose weight overall, primarily by reducing fat mass.
Sixty overweight people who were not allowed to diet were randomly assigned to take either a 9-gram placebo of olive oil or 1.7 grams, 3.4 grams, 5.1 grams or 6.8 grams of CLA daily for 12 weeks. Their body fat composition was measured at the start, middle and end of that time.
"We saw that they had a significant reduction in weight in the CLA group," says Gudmundsen. "It was about 2.2 pounds in 12 weeks."
However, the researchers found that overwhelmingly, this loss was from body fat, and didn't affect overall weight or body mass index. The 3.4-gram dose appeared to be the most effective, safest dose.
And there were some side effects. The supplement, given in oil, produced mild gastrointestinal upset.
The participants were not followed once they stopped taking the supplement; something Gudmundsen believes should be looked at in future studies.
CLA - Conjugated Linoleic Acid - is not a new discovery as some magazines would have you believe. However, a better understanding of its effects are leading to potential applications that are extremely new and exciting. AST Sports Science was the first company to report on CLA’s possible benefits to the athlete over two years ago, and recent studies are backing up our predictions.
CLA was discovered by accident in 1978 by Michael W. Pariza at the University of Wisconsin while looking for mutagen formations in meat during cooking. CLA, found naturally in many animal products, consists of positional and geometric isomers of linoleic acid. The difference between the two centers around CLA’s conjugated double bonds at carbon atoms 10 and 12 or 9 and 11. The 9 cis, 11 trans isomer is considered the most biologically active form of CLA.
Although all the intricacies of CLA are not fully understood, it is widely accepted in the research community that CLA counterbalances the negative effects of linoleic acid and regulates fat and protein metabolism in animals. Pariza, director of the Food Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin said, “A growing body of data indicates that CLA is a newly recognized nutrient that functions to regulate energy retention and metabolism.” CLA can best be described as a “Growth Factor”.
Food intake efficiency! CLA has been shown in animal studies to increase growth rate through increased feed efficiency. In controlled studies, animals that had their diets supplemented with CLA increased their body protein (muscle tissue) while at the same time, had a significant decrease in body fat. This all occurred in the CLA supplemented animals while their food intake was decreased. Their lean mass increased even though they were eating less! This indicates that CLA increases feed efficiency and also points to a potent nutrient repartitioning effect.
This significant change in body composition can also be attributed in part to CLA’s effect on immune function. When CLA levels fall, interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor-a are involved in the accumulation of body fat. CLA has been shown to inhibit the lean tissue wasting caused by high levels of these cytokines.
Actual human studies are on the way with anticipation of similar outcomes. CLA may be the most significant bodybuilding nutrient discovered in this decade. With anti-catabolic effects rivaling even the strongest pharmaceutical compounds, CLA is a naturally occurring nutrient with the ability to help you pack on lean muscle, reduce body fat and at the same time possesses health promoting properties.
CLA occurs naturally in foods such as milk, cheese, beef, and lamb as well as many processed foods. One processed food in particular that’s high in CLA is Cheez Wiz®. But getting enough CLA from your diet for the preferred benefit would require considerable intake of these types of foods. This is not only impractical, but would also have a seriously negative impact on your metabolism due to the high caloric penalty you would pay.
Since this research has surfaced, a more economical and efficient way to get the required CLA has been devised. Through advanced lipid technology, a CLA synthesizing process allows for precision intake through premeasured softgel capsules. This allows for precise CLA intake at determined time intervals without the high calorie food consumption. Not only has CLA been shown to increase muscle mass while reducing body fat, studies have also shown remarkable anti-catabolic, antioxidant, immune enhancement, and anti-cancer benefits. Several other studies have even revealed dramatic cholesterol reducing effects. All this from a structured lipid. A “designer fat” if you would.
To the athlete looking to add more muscle and drop body fat, CLA is a unique discovery that will make accomplishing this feat easier and faster, all the while having positive effects on immune function and antioxidant status, as well as cholesterol lowering effects.
Why Supplementing With CLA Is The Only Way!
On average, foods rich in CLA contain approximately 7 milligrams of CLA per gram of fat. To get the amount of CLA in one softgel capsule of AST Sports Science CLA 750, you would have to consume over 64 grams of fat! To consume the recommended intake of CLA for the desired lean muscle gain and fat loss benefits, you have to take in a whopping 579 grams of fat from foods rich in this unique nutrient. That’s over 5000 calories from fat. This is totally impractical in every sense of the word. With the development of CLA 750, you put science and technology in your arsenal for building muscle. AST Sports Science uses “advanced lipid technology” to harness the muscle building, fat reducing, and health protecting power of CLA in convenient, easy to swallow softgel capsules. Don’t wait another minute. Start building muscle and losing body fat the safe, natural and effective way. Order your supply of AST Sports Science CLA today!
Questions And Answers
Would you recommend taking CLA? Or, is this something that I could eliminate?
Don't eliminate the "good fat" you are currently getting in AST Sports Science's CLA 1000. Fat in your diet serves a vital purpose for the body. Fat acts as a structural component for all cell membranes and supplies necessary chemical substrates for hormonal production. Fat protects vital organs and carries fat-soluble vitamins. The bottom line is that your body needs fat-so don't try to avoid it completely. Many experts feel that 26-30 percent of your total dietary calories should come from fat.
There are two types of fat. Saturated fat, which is considered bad, and unsaturated, which is considered to be good fat. Some people add fat like flax seed oil, olive oil, and/or canola oil to their diets to make sure they meet their body's requirements. CLA would also be considered good fat. Studies have shown that CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid) can help build muscle, reduce body fat, and induce an optimum cellular environment for improved health.
I've used AST Sports Science's CLA 1000 in the past with great results--and I will again be a regular part of my structured supplementation program it when my upcoming contest has been completed. During this year's dieting phase, I kept my good fats by adding canola oil to my eating regimen.
What the heck is "good fat"? Is AST Sports Science's CLA considered to be good fat?
Essential fatty acids (Omega-3) are considered to be good fats. I am certain to get essential fatty acid into my diet through AST Sports Science's CLA 1000 and flax seed oil.
Good fat will not necessarily make you fat--as long as your diet is calorie-conscious and nutritionally balanced.
Good fat will actually help you lose your unwanted body fat--if you keep the total of fat well within the total daily calories you need burn every day. Essential fats in the right proportion of your total calories consumed can actually augment the metabolic processes in the body the help you get and stay lean.
The typical bodybuilder's diet avoids fat. If you are a bodybuilder, workout on a consistent basis, or a hard training athlete, you need to be careful not to totally eliminate fat from your eating regimen. Your chances of being deficient of these good fatty acids are increased because of your demand and utilization of nutrients.
Essential fatty acids are essential nutrients for all bodybuilders, people who workout on a consistent basis, or a hard training athlete. This good fat starst the process of creating all other fatty acids and hormone precursors needed to build lean muscle.
Essential fatty acid provides fuel that's need to fuel your intense workouts and productive lives. Essential fatty acids actually play a very important role in your body's functions. Essential Omega-3 fatty acids are ultimately converted in the body to hormone-like components that regulate every biological process. In fact, there are over 1,000 biological actions of essential fatty acids. Some of which include affect smooth muscle, regulate reflexes, manufacture hormones, help in the body's immune response building healthy cell walls, transporting oxygen to the body cells, keeping saturated fat moving in the blood stream, and is the number one energy source for the heart muscle.
Essential fatty acids have been found to be essential for optimum health and athletic performance. Most Americans today are deficient in these critical nutrients. Recent studies have discovered that up to 20 percent of the population show an undetectable amount of Omega-3 in the blood levels. That's not good.
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CLA 1000 Directions:
As a dietary supplement, take 2 Softgels, 2 to 3 times daily with meals.
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CLA 1000 Price: $19.99