Talk:Conjugated linoleic acid
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[edit] Dab page
I'm not sure a disambiguation page is necessary unless the other CLAs are common enough. None of them seems remotely close to conjugated linoleic acid, thus there is little possibility of confusion.
Also, I just signed up so apparently I can't rename the article, but does anyone object to decapitalizing "conjugated linoleic acid"? It should not be capitalized despite the fact that is has an abbreviation composed of the capitalized initials (CLA).
I'm aware that a web search turns up many sites that do capitalize the term but take a look at some actual studies here. You'll not that the heading capitalizes the term but none of the study titles do. http://www.wisc.edu/fri/clarefs.htm
-VQuick
CLA stands for Collective Labour Agreement too. I'm not enough versied in Wiki editing to do the necessary manipulations, nor do i know if the wiki community agrees with Collective Labour Agreement too.
But not to forget Agencies, Bureaus, Schools like:
Copyright Licencing Agency Canadian Library Association Country Land & Business Association Computer Law Association California Library Association CLA Centre de linguistique appliquée de Besançon
and many more. I believe for my part, that a disambiguation is absolutely necessary… but i'm new here ;-)
[edit] "Good trans fat"
Isn't this the so-called "good trans fat"? Carolynparrishfan 17:34, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Number of isomers
The first paragraph states that CLA is a family of eight isomers. The third paragraph says there are two isomers. We need consistency, or an explanation of the discrepancy.
[edit] Contradiction
Dietary CLA supplementation does not seem to have any adverse effects.
CLA should be taken with food to prevent side effects, including diarrhea, nausea, and stomachache.
These sentences clearly contradict each other, don't they? Aragorn2 18:07, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Don't know where to put this - but this reader has had incidences when taking 1500 mg of CLA of feeling like his head is in the clouds, or buzzing or slight drunk. Very bizzare feeling from taking CLA and has caused me to stop taking it at points.
- That would be original research and thus couldn't be part of the article. However, have you seen anything else pertaining to these side-effects online? Frankg 15:17, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mercola
Is it appropriate to cite Dr. Mercola as a source for this article? His reputation is in serious question. Selling health magnets on his main page?
- Heh. No, I do not think he is a reputable source. A verifible and scientific study, yes. Rlove 20:55, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
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- Mercola isn't the real source of the info, so it's not so great to cite him. I have replaced him and one other citation with the original articles involved. --Slashme 21:22, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Other Positive Health Claims
I've noticed that this article has a few references to positive health benefits of CLA that don't appear to be substantiated. The page referenced in the link [1] for instance claims that CLA "Lowers insulin resistance", whereas the journal articles I can find claim that it can worsen insulin resistance.
Additionally, I can't find an reference for the claim of "overall enhancement of the immune system".
Any thoughts on removing of that link and possibly removing those claims?
Ar-wiki 18:06, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Dietary Sources
I'm thinking of removing the following line and ref as it really doesn't pertain to CLA.
"Some bakers and food producers are substituting palm oil for butter so that they can label their products as trans-fat free."
The preceding line about the CLA's nature as a transfat should be moved to the first paragraph of the article where that topic is discussed.
Any thoughts, complaints? Ar-wiki 23:44, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Contradiction
Early in the article: "in the United States, trans linkages in a conjugated system are not counted as trans fat for the purposes of nutritional regulations and labeling." Later in the article: "Laws restricting trans fats do not distinguish between trans fats formed by partial hydrogenation and naturally occuring CLA." I'm pretty sure the first statement is correct and the second one is false, as far as the US goes. Any idea what's up with this? Frankg 00:25, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
- The regulatory chemical definition of the FDA for trans fatty acids is "all unsaturated fatty acids that contain one or more isolated (i.e., non-conjugated) double bonds in a trans configuration."
So I think you're right. I was going to clean up that section anyway so I'll nip that one too. Ar-wiki 02:44, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] No geometric isomers
I corrected the definition at the beginning of the article. The double bonds have to be conjugated which is not the case in linoleic acid, so they are not geometric isomers. In fact, there are only 4 geometric isomers of linoleic acid (linoleic acid (Z,Z), linoelaidic acid (E,E), and the (E,Z) and (Z,E) variants, which don't have nonsystematic names as far as I know). Icek 20:55, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
