10-hydroxy-cis-12-octadecenoic acid (HYA), a gut microbial metabolite of linoleic acid, has a suppressive effect on intestinal inflammation, researchers have discovered. HYA is expected to be ...

In addition to safety data gathered in the previously mentioned studies, three trials specically assessed the safety of CLA. In two trials, 57 nondiabetic obese Swedish men randomly received 3.4 g of ...

At the congress of the Grupo de Microbiología Industrial y Biotecnología Microbiana of the SEM (Sociedad Española de Microbiología) AZTI-Tecnalia has presented their research work on the production of ...

Individual food compounds, rather than broad food groups, may have important effects on IBD disease activity. A machine learning model identified food compounds associated with modulating disease ...

To investigate the relationship between chemical structure and physiological effect, the efficacy and the molecular mechanisms involved in the reduction of body weight by C18 fatty acids (stearic, ...

Over the past 4 years, a new and surprising dietary supplement has been edging its way onto the shelves of health-food stores. Known as CLA, it’s a mixture of trans fats, compounds usually associated ...

Many lipid molecules provide health benefits beyond their basic nutritional values and are included under the chemical classification of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). Because of their ...

You know about the brightening wonders of vitamin C; the wrinkle smoothing prowess of vitamin A and hydrating powers of vitamin E. But chances are you might not yet have stumbled upon vitamin F, or ...

A two-part study evaluated the effects of CLA on body composition in healthy overweight adults for two years. [9] The first part, published in 2004, followed 180 healthy men and women with a body mass ...