Linoleic Acid

What is Linoleic Acid?

Linoleic Acid is a fatty acid found in beef and dairy fats. Linoleic Acid cannot be produced by the human body, but it can be obtained through foods such as whole milk, butter, beef, and lamb.

It acts like a powerful antioxidant inhibiting free radicals. It helps fight lung, breast, colorectal skin and prostate cancers. That is one of the reasons you will find it used as an ingredient in most cancer fighting supplements. It also stabilizes blood sugar level. By doing this it plays an important role in the prevention and treatment of diabetes.

Conjugated Linoleic Acid as indicated by research offer tremendous health benefits including heart disease and cancer protection as well as enhancement of immunity. But the fundamental reason people are using Linoleic Acid is its ability to help losing weight while growing muscle.

Some of the benefits of using Linoleic Acid include:

• Increases metabolic rate - This would obviously be a positive benefit for thyroid patients, as hypothyroidism.
• Decreases abdominal fat
• Enhances muscle growth - Muscle burns fat, which also contributes to increased metabolism, which is useful in weight loss and management.
• Lowers cholesterol and triglycerides
• Lowers insulin resistance
• Reduces food-induced allergic reactions
• Enhances immune system
  

Side Effects and Warnings of Linoleic Acid

If you are pregnant or breast feeding, you should always consult your doctor before using this product. You should only give it to your children after talking to your doctor.

Although Linoleic Acid is considered safe by most, you should always remember to inform your healthcare provider about any dietary supplement you are taking to avoid interaction or adverse effects particularly if you are sick or under medical prescription.

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