Functional Foods from Livestock

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General

• Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
• Functional Food Net (FFNet)
• Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (Manitoba)
• Swedish Centre of Excellence and Innovation in Functional Foods (pdf)
• International Food Information Council (Functional Foods article)

Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) Milk/Cheese/Butter

• CLA Could Spell Success
• Dairy Diet Can Boost Beneficial CLA
• CLA - The Milk Fat Wonder (pdf)
• CLA - Incorporation into Bovine Milk Fat and Effects on Human Health
• Enhancing the CLA Content of Milk (pg. 16-22) (pdf)
• Amazing Graze (5 times more CLA by grazing)
• Grazing Boosts Level of Possible Cancer-Fighter in Cow's Milk

Omega 3 Milk/Cheese

• Experts Offer the Skinny on Search for Healthy Fat
• Feed Supplements Boost Omega 3 Fats in Milk
• Making Milk Better (pdf)

Probiotics (Yoghurt/Kefir)

• Probiotics Basics
• Yogurt: Enjoy it Live, Active and Probiotic

A2 Casein Milk

• Milk - Part of a Balanced Diet
• Review of Research Relevant to A1/A2 Milk

Night Milk - Melatonin

• All-Natural High-Melatonin Milk: A Profitable Opportunity for Milk's Intrinsic Health Benefit?
• Diurnal rhythm of melatonin in bovine milk: pharmacokinetics of exogenous melatonin in lactating cows and goats.

Eggs

General

• The Incredible Egg
• Designer Foods - Egg Products (pdf)

Omega 3

• Omega Eggs - A Dietary Source of n-3 Fatty Acids (Nebraska)
• Omega 3 Enriched Eggs (pdf)
• Assessment of Market Opportunities for Omega 3 Eggs (Minnesota) (pdf)
• Flaxseed in Egg Production
• Increasing Omega 3 Fatty Acids in Eggs from Small Chicken Flocks (Manitoba)

Lutein - Enriched

• Eggs are a Highly Bioavailable Lutein Source
• Enrichment of Eggs with Lutein
• Absorbing News about Eggs and Lutein