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General description	Polyunsaturated fatty acid that promote weight loss.
Found	- red meat (beef) - milk and diary - safflower
Anti-aging role	- promote weight loss - improve fatty acid oxidation - low high blood pressure - antioxidant
Deficiency symptoms	Not possible.
Therapeutic doses	3200 - 6400 mg/ day with meals
Maximum safe level	Not established.
Side effects	In theory there is possibility that using CLA may increase triglycerides blood level
Contraindications	- not recommended to diabetics
Interactions	- resveratrol inhibits CLA activity
Composition formulas	- capsules with powder - supplements are mixture od cis and trans isomeres of CLA, usually of natural origin from safflower oil
Other remarks	- there are two CLA isomers - c9t11 and t10c12 - CLA is effective only in physically active people

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