I’m kind of confused as to how ALA works. I know it’s supposed to clear blood sugar while eating carb meals and that it increases insulin sensitivity. Well how does it increase insulin sensitivity? I’m taking 600mg split up into 3 dosages, but I’ve heard that there is more benefit to taking more. Can anyone clear this up for me?
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In his latest article, John Berardi mentioned that benefits from taking CLA really become noticebale at > 3.4g per day. I am not sure how CLA works though.
read this thread http://209.11.101.244/ forum/showthread.php?threadid=119877
it has a whole lot of good information on ALA.
I bought mine from nutriteam, take around 1 to 2 grams a day and have had good results.
To Roman Khramets: That’s ALA not CLA. Anyone else? Seems to be a lack of information on ALA. I searced but it is hard to find anything on it.
Lipoid acid is an insulin mimicing substance. Like insulin, it can signal the surfacing of GLUT4(and GLUT1) transport proteins to the cell surface. I searched long and hard for information that supports the idea that it improves insulin sensitivity with time, and the best I could come up with was an interview with a doctor named Hans Tritschler on the internet which stated:
“This restoration of normal blood sugar level in turn increases the number of glucose transporters in the membranes of muscle cells. This is a very desirable cycle. I also remember that your name was included in the research group that reported at the Munich meeting on how lipoic acid increases glucose uptake by muscle cells and decreases glucose uptake by fat cells.” -Richard Passwater, the interviewer (not the interviewee - Tritschler).
I couldn’t find any documents from this “Munich meeting”. This Dr. Tritschler’s name appears in many studies done on ALA, and he’s apparently an expert on the substance.
Thanks ITJ. Got a lot of information there.
no problem, glad to help