Thanks for those links!

This is the core of CLA; it's what's in the grass fed foods that makes it so good for us. The controversy is: does taking it in supplement form also work? There's no clear answer science-wise; there was in my own body.

My response, since I have had good luck with it, is to take it along with my meat or dairy... don't know of any studies that have emphasized that. I'm on an anti-inflammatory kick of late, and good fats are getting in any way I can make them fit.

Supplementation itself is a touchy issue: it's certainly not "natural," but then, neither is the food we have access to; or can afford.

When I take it, it does not make me hungry; this is my gut-check method of seeing if any food or supplement is messing with my insulin response.