Alpha Lipoic Acid

I picked up a bottle of this in the vitimin section of the pharacy
today, the brief description on the bottle states it is used by the body
to help process sugar and metabolize glycogen. I tried looking it up on
Wikipedia, but lacking an advanced degee in medicine was not able to
understand much other than it was essencial for life, being used by the
mitochondria in cells. And before anyone says it. NO, mitochondria have
nothing whatsoever to do with "The Force" :-3) they're the parts of the
cells to metabolize sugars into energy.

What I was wondering was how well would this suppliment help during
athletic activity, seeing as it is used for exactly what we as athletes
need: metabolizing energy. Since it is used by the body anyways and is
actually essential t life, it sound better than gulping down a shot of
stimulants like "5-Hour".

Has anybody tried this suppliment?

Or do they know of any [written in plain English] references?

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On Mar 24, 12:25 pm, (It's Chris) wrote:
I picked up a bottle of this in the vitimin section of the pharacy
today, the brief description on the bottle states it is used by the body
to help process sugar and metabolize glycogen. I tried looking it up on
Wikipedia, but lacking an advanced degee in medicine was not able to
understand much other than it was essencial for life, being used by the
mitochondria in cells. And before anyone says it. NO, mitochondria have
nothing whatsoever to do with "The Force" :-3) they're the parts of the
cells to metabolize sugars into energy.

What I was wondering was how well would this suppliment help during
athletic activity, seeing as it is used for exactly what we as athletes
need: metabolizing energy. Since it is used by the body anyways and is
actually essential t life, it sound better than gulping down a shot of
stimulants like "5-Hour".

Has anybody tried this suppliment?


Any and all dietary supplements are a kludge (at best).

On Mar 24, 3:25*pm, (It's Chris) wrote:
I picked up a bottle of this in the vitimin section of the pharacy
today, the brief description on the bottle states . . .

. . . . . Has anybody tried this suppliment?

Alpha Lipoic Acid is used by diabetics to help with the symptoms of
neuropathy. It is sometimes prescribed for this use in Europe.

I take it daily as a preventative. Don't know if it worked, or if my
sugars are sufficiently well controlled to hold the neuropathy off.

It is the most potent heartburn-causing med (OTC or Prescription) I
have ever taken. Keep your Tums handy.

Jason

thanks for the info guys :-3)

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On Mar 24, 3:09*pm, Dan O wrote:
On Mar 24, 12:25 pm, (It's Chris) wrote:



I picked up a bottle of this in the vitimin section of the pharacy
today, the brief description on the bottle states it is used by the body
to help process sugar and metabolize glycogen. I tried looking it up on
Wikipedia, but lacking an advanced degee in medicine was not able to
understand much other than it was essencial for life, being used by the
mitochondria in cells. And before anyone says it. NO, mitochondria have
nothing whatsoever to do with "The Force" :-3) they're the parts of the
cells to metabolize sugars into energy.

What I was wondering was how well would this suppliment help during
athletic activity, seeing as it is used for exactly what we as athletes
need: metabolizing energy. Since it is used by the body anyways and is
actually essential t life, it sound better than gulping down a shot of
stimulants like "5-Hour".

Has anybody tried this suppliment?

Any and all dietary supplements are a kludge (at best).

Since 1973 I've put a lot of faith in Aspirin, Vitamin E and Merlot.
I've seen no contra-indications so far.

sa

On Mar 26, 5:20 pm, semi-ambivalent wrote:
On Mar 24, 3:09 pm, Dan O wrote:



On Mar 24, 12:25 pm, (It's Chris) wrote:

I picked up a bottle of this in the vitimin section of the pharacy
today, the brief description on the bottle states it is used by the body
to help process sugar and metabolize glycogen. I tried looking it up on
Wikipedia, but lacking an advanced degee in medicine was not able to
understand much other than it was essencial for life, being used by the
mitochondria in cells. And before anyone says it. NO, mitochondria have
nothing whatsoever to do with "The Force" :-3) they're the parts of the
cells to metabolize sugars into energy.

What I was wondering was how well would this suppliment help during
athletic activity, seeing as it is used for exactly what we as athletes
need: metabolizing energy. Since it is used by the body anyways and is
actually essential t life, it sound better than gulping down a shot of
stimulants like "5-Hour".

Has anybody tried this suppliment?

Any and all dietary supplements are a kludge (at best).

Since 1973 I've put a lot of faith in Aspirin, Vitamin E and Merlot.
I've seen no contra-indications so far.


This sounds like a worthwhile experiment.

However, aspirin is a (great) drug - not a dietary supplement.
Supplemental Vitamin E is usually much less usable then natural
(hence, a kludge), and Merlot is (great) food - also not a dietary
supplement.