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Weight Loss With Alpha-Lipoic Acid
Alpha-lipoic acid(ALA) is an antioxidant that is produced by the human body and is found in every body cell. It is a co-factor in the production of ATP from glucose. ATP (adenosine tri-phosphate) is the utilized in the body as the fundamental energy source and all metabolic activities require it. Antioxidants are substances that attack free radicals. Free radicals are a harmful by product of body metabolism. Free radicals can damage body cells, decrease the effectiveness of the immune system, and cause cancer. They also damage body organs and are carcinogenic.
ALA has also been shown to be helpful in weight loss. ALA is not normally used for rapid weight loss. However, if you use it on a regular basis, it will assist you with weight reduction and provide additional health benefits. It will increase the rate the glucose is taken into your cells and increase your metabolic rate. This will result in energy being consumed more rapidly in your cells and allow less energy to be left over for storage as fat. In addition, better metabolism of glucose results in lower blood glucose levels and prevents body fat storage. The decrease in fat storage occurs because inadequate glucose uptake results in increased insulin production. These elevated insulin levels result in fat storage due to the highly anabolic nature of insulin.
Taking alpha-lipoic acid helps another diabetes-related condition called autonomic neuropathy, which affects the nerves supplying the heart. One study found that 73 people with autonomic neuropathy improved when taking 800 mg of alpha-lipoic acid orally compared to placebo.
Alpha-lipoic acid can lower blood sugar levels, and its ability to kill free radicals may help reduce pain, burning, itching, tingling, and numbness in people who have nerve damage caused by diabetes (called peripheral neuropathy). Europeans have used ALA for the purpose for many years. In a clinical study performed in Europe, 12 subjects with normal blood glucose tolerance constituted a control group. At the end of the treatment period, insulin sensitivity of diabetic patients was significantly increased: short-term oral alpha-lipoic acid treatment increases peripheral insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
It is worth mentioning that alpha-lipoic acid is not the same as alpha linolenic acid, which is an omega-3 fatty acid that may help heart health. Confusion can arise because both are sometimes abbreviated ALA.
Alpha-lipoic acid is a unique anti-oxidant because it is soluble in both water and fat. This allows it to be effective in all body spaces. Another benefit of ALA is that it helps regenerate other anti-oxidants after they are depleted subsequent to attacking free radicals. Scientists believe that ALA operates in conjunction with vitamins C and E, and the antioxidant glutathione, recycling them when they're used up.
Many studies have been conducted confirming the health benefits of alpha-lipoic acid, including recent findings that ALA offers neuroprotective and possibly cognitive enhancing effects. ALA is also useful as a supplement in our quest for quick weight loss.
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