Eating CLA-Enriched Cookies Increases Levels Of Beneficial Fatty Acids In Breast Milk

Have a cookie before breast-feeding, mom? Eating special cookies enriched with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) can increase the level of these potentially healthful fatty acids in breast milk, reports a recent study in the journal Nutrition Research. Led by Athena A. Moutsioulis of University of New Hampshire, the researchers designed a study to find out how long it takes for CLA that mothers eat in foods to appear in breast milk.

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Filed under: Nutrition / Diet on July 31st, 2008