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How much is too much.Is there any side or negative affects to taking too much ALA??

Taking straight ALA, about 1600-1800 mg of powder made me sick as hell. puking, sweating, headache. That was in one dose instead of splitting it up. R ALA does not affect me.
 
Macro - I recall you saying something about too much ALA making someone fat a while back. Any updates on your theory? Let me know!
 
ALA can deplete boitin from your system. It's a good idea to take a multi-vit that has boitin or take boitin itself if running alot of ALA constantly.
 
Regular ALA will make you fatter by raising your insulin levels. It can also make you ill, as was posted, if you take high enough doses. How high? That's too individual for anyone to say. R-ALA does not have these sides. It's naturally ocurring throughout your body so you can't take too much. SofaGeorge took 2 grams at once and had no negative reaction at all. He did it to show his gf how safe it is.
 
scout420 said:
not sex not water


I would like to state for the record that this is entirely unture...you can have too much sex and you most definately hac have to much water.

GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING WATER INTOXICATION

--Richard Townsend--

Water intoxication is a state of altered neurological functioning
produced by a hypotonicity in the central nervous system. It
results from the excessive intake of water over a short time
period. The body is unable to remove water from the system as fast
as it is taken in. There are several symptoms related to water
intoxication syndrome (WIS). Water intoxication is manifested by
"restlessness, asthenia, polyuria, frequency of urination,
diarrhea, salivation, nausea, retching, vomiting, muscle tremor,
ataxia, convulsions, frothing, stupor, and coma" (1). WIS seems to
be age independent. WIS has been reported in people as young as
three months old and in those 50 and older. WIS appears to be
particularly prevalent in schizophrenic disorders (SD).

It has been found that people suffering from SD drink on the
average of roughly twice the amount of water as the average
population(1). The prevalence of high water intake in mental
facilities is 6.6%-17.5% higher than the norm. Over 70% of these
people suffer from SD. There seems to be a direct link between
water intake and an increase in the activity of the dopaminergic
system. Thus in these patients, drinking excessive amounts of
water would result in the reward of endogenous opioids being
released in the brain(2). It basically puts them on a high. There
has been a study by Tadashi Nishikawa that shows promising results
of reducing WIS by incorporation of the drug Naloxone(2).

WIS has also been found to be linked with alcoholism. During
periods of prolonged high blood alcohol levels, the body begins to
retain its water. Over time the body adapts this state semi-
permanently(3). Thus an alcoholic has a consistently low water
output. Patients who were characterized with "beer potomania" had
both a history of high chronic alcohol ingestion as well as signs,
symptoms, and lab results that are consistent with WIS(4).

REFERENCES

1. Vieweg WVR, David JJ, Rowe WT, et al. Death from self-induced
water intoxication among patients with schizophrenic
disorders. J Nerv Mental Disease 1985;173(3):161-5.

2. Nishikawa T, Tsuda A, Tanaka M, Nishikawa M, Koga I, Uchida Y.
Naloxone attenuates drinking behavior in a schizophrenic
patient displaying self-induced water intoxication. Clinical
Neuropharmacology 1992 Aug;15(4):310-4.

3. Ragland G. Electrolyte abnormalities in the alcoholic patient.
Emerg Med Clin North Am 1990;8(4):761-73.

4. Harrow AS. Beer potomania syndrome in an alcoholic. Va Med
1989;116(6):270-1.
I will also be posting this on the main anobolic board.
 
This is the first time i have heard of ALA making people fat. I thought it was to have the opposite effect. Can someone explain why?
 
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