Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a trans fat found in animal fats that does not carry the same negative health consequences as trans fats from vegetable oils.

“conjugated linoleic acid is a trans fat but it is not associated with the same negative consequences as a lytic acid which is the trans fat that we get from plants or the vegetable oil fat right”

“people will often ask me what about conjugated linoleic acid which is a trans fat found in dairy fat and this is a different molecule it is — it is a different looking molecule at the fatty acid level than linoleic acid... and it is as you said part of dairy and that specifically conjugated linoleic acid CLA is the one that has been investigated for its health benefits its anti-cancer benefits”

“there are trans fatty acids in animal Foods conjugated linoleic acid a completely different trans fat than you will find when linoleic acid becomes a trans fat in the heating process so conjugated linoleic acid is a different fatty acid depends on where the trans hydrogen atoms are in the molecule conjugated linoleic acid and other trans fatty acids and animal foods have actually been associated with health improvements”

“you actually have 0.6 grams of trans fats this is something important to consider that not all trans fats are the same these trans fats are not harmful for humans the majority of these trans fats are things like conjugated linoleic acid sometimes that's a little confusing for people when they hear that term conjugated linoleic acid is not the same as linoleic acid without going into the details of the structure of those two just suffice it to say that those are two completely different molecules that do different things in the human body linoleic acid has many negative effects in the human body and conjugated linoleic acid appears to have many positive effects in the human body”