A Food with Anti-Cancer Properties CLA conjugated linoleic acid processed milk products Many, many reports have been issued in the scientific literature about this marvelous food substance that has been shown to have an anti-cancer effect.

The popular media haven't discovered it yet, but eventually they will. Shouldn't you know now?

Okay! It's CLA (conjugated linoleic acid,) and it's found especially in milk products particularly in processed cheese, like parmesan and romano. So, please pass me the pizza!

Wonder why TV and the newspapers would not be excited by a scientific report which in l997 was entitled, "Protection against cancer and heart disease by the dietary fat, conjugated linoleic acid..." ? Well, since its not a drug, why should they bother, huh?

If you or someone you know is being treated for cancer, you might ask the physician if you may add CLA (which is also available in pill form--see Vitamins section, via Home Page) to your regimen. This is not a harmful substance, apparently.

The original study was by Ph.D.'s Belury and Venden Heuvel,* and now the latter, in the Journal of Nutrition** expands on their work by discovering a different beneficial pathway of CLA's action. It works essentially by causing the reduction of factors that would aid the growth of tumor cells. Earlier, Dr. Vendel Heuvel and his co-workers had shown its effect in liver cancer. Now he shows that it may have wider use. He concludes, "(This explains) why certain polyunsaturated (fats, and he mentions fish oils,) have a beneficial health effect and may also point to future means of intervention in cancer therapy." Since it can't hurt, why not try it as an add-on to chemotherapy now?

A Food with Anti-Cancer Properties Bibliography

*Center for Molecular Toxicology, The Penn. State U., University Park, Pa. 16802.
**Volume 129, l999.