"CLA
(conjugated linoleic acid) is found in foods such as beef and lamb as well
as dairy foods derived from these 'cattle] sources.
'Numerous ...properties have been attributed to CLA including action as an anti-carcinogenic, anti-atherosclerotic...and anti-diabetic agent. In addition, CLA modulates immunity and thrombosis 'coagulation or clotting of the blood in heart vessels]...
"CLA may reduce 'substances in the body] such as PGE2*..'and] reduce tumor 'growth] in 'colon and skin...and COX 1 and/or 2**, also potentially harmful.] Ed. note--all of these are also inhibited by aspirin.
"In summary, an inverse relationship has been observed between CLA accumulation and outcomes of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. However, a preventive 'emphasis added] role for CLA in human cancer (breast and possibly others) is still unproven."
*Prostaglandin E2
**Cyclooxygenase
DETAILS: One might add milk to coffee to gain some CLA. Note that totally
non-fat milk has no CLA.
CLA Inhibits Cancer Bibliography
Martha A. Belury, Dept. of Molecular Medicine, Northwest Hosp., Bothell, WA 98021, In the Journal of Nutrition, pub. by Amer. Soc. for Nutritional Sciences, vol. 132, #10, 2002.
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