date:Sep 19, 2012
es and heart disease, the Daily Mail reported. The fatty acid is present in hydrogenated fats, widely used in the manufacture of biscuits, cakes and processed foods.
Giving female mice the 10,12 CLA stimulated growth of their mammary ducts. This was despite the young animals lacking the hormone oestrogen, believed to be vital to female reproductive development.
In some animals, the altered diet also resulted in the kind of abnormal cell growth that can lead to breast cancer.
These results len