Alpha Lipoic Acid

I believe that every diabetic, pre-diabetic, and hypoglycemic person should supplement Alpha lipoic acid.

First off, Alpha lipoic acid is very important for protecting the liver which is important because most diabetics are on several medications which may damage the liver. It also helps to protect the pancreas which is already stressed and damaged with diabetics.

Second, Alpha lipoic acid helps treat, and protect peripheral nerve damage, or neuropathy. This alone makes ALA a must for diabetics.

Third, Alpha lipoic acids aids the cells of the body in glucose uptake. In other words, ALA helps the cells pull in sugar from the blood into the cells to be used as energy. Since most type 2 diabetics are insulin resistant, it is very important to do everything possible to help the cells to reverse this condition and again let insulin do its job in carrying glucose into the cells.

The therapeutic dose of Alpha lipoic acid for diabetics is 600 mg a day.

Alpha Lipoic Acid 600 mg by Natrol

Natrol Alpha Lipoic Acid 600mg capsules have more active ingredients than even our strongest and best-selling ALA - twice as much! Alpha Lipoic Acid is a powerful antioxidant that helps protect the body from oxidative damage related to aging and exercise. ALA supplementation can also support glucose intake by the body's cells.

"From a therapeutic viewpoint, few natural antioxidants are ideal," Packer recently explained in Free Radical Biology & Medicine. "An ideal therapeutic antioxidant would fulfill several criteria. These include absorption from the diet, conversion in cells and tissues into usable form, a variety of antioxidant actions (including interactions with other antioxidants) in both membrane and aqueous phases, and low toxicity."

"Alpha-lipoic acid...is unique among natural antioxidants in its ability to fulfill all of these requirements," he continued, "making it a potentially highly effective therapeutic agent in a number of conditions in which oxidative damage has been implicated." source

Another amazing feature of Alpha lipoic acid is it's ability to recharge other antioxidants such as vitamins C, E, and glutathione, prolonging their existence in the body after they otherwise would have lost their potency.

Active Lipoic Acid by Country Life

Active Lipoic Acid is a combination of R-Lipoic and alpha-Lipoic acids. R-Lipoic acid is an active isomer of lipoic acid added for increased activity. This formula is Sustained Release to control delivery for several hours. d-Biotin is added to maintain the activity of the lipoic acid.

Alpha lipoic acid has been used successfully in treating liver damage from alcohol abuse. Due to the recycling effects on glutathione and other antioxidants, Alpha lipoic acid is the perfect antioxidant for drinkers as it protects the liver from damage from alcohol.

Lipoic Acid 300 mg by Solgar

Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) is a vitamin-like antioxidant, sometimes referred to as the "universal antioxidant" because it is soluble in both fat and water.