ALA.....6+ grams per day! Yeah baby!

[chrisoh]

it's a shame what happened to flexed1, he was a great bro. But back to the topic on this post, I don't think there is anything wrong with 6g a day but with my diet which has barely 100-150g carbs, would I need that much?

 

[THeMaCHinE]

Lifetime of fucked up...you ain't kidding. flexed1 comes to mind.
Fucked me up this morning hearing about it. Still don't feel
right. I hear you about people's "concern's" but it seems like
more people have more negative shit to say about ALA then
the doses. You wanna call me crazy for "experimenting", go ahead, but I can't stand people trying to I am full of shit. Fuck
em, more ALA for me.
g

Yeah, that's messed up about flexed1 -- I had no idea; I hope he has a full and speedy recovery...

As to the other, I hear you there... nothing is more aggravating than being called a liar... but, like you said, you know the truth...

 

[THeMaCHinE]

it's a shame what happened to flexed1, he was a great bro. But back to the topic on this post, I don't think there is anything wrong with 6g a day but with my diet which has barely 100-150g carbs, would I need that much?

Probably not, but I'm not sure you have enough carbs in your diet to fully potentiate the effects of ALA... it needs carbs to do its magic. I had good results with and average of 300 carbs daily. The only way to be reasonably sure is to buy the ketostix and test on a daily or twice-daily basis; you will soon learn how much it takes you to go into ketosis... I found that dosages less than 500 mgs -- even with relatively low carb meals were ineffective for me. I used it in 500 mg/750 mg/1000 mg increments (depending on number of carbs) with each meal effectively.

 

[SirWanksalot]

If someone comes up with a modified ALA, which has a longer half life (for example 2hours) once could take only 300-600mg of that ALA and probably get the same effects as 1500 of shortlived ALA.

What is Glucotize™?

Glucotize™ is a-lipoic acid, a powerful antioxidant, delivered in a proprietary controlled release formulation developed by Medical Research Institute (MRI; San Bruno, CA). The controlled release formulation was developed by MRI to significantly extend the amount of time a-lipoic acid is present in human plasma. This enables a-lipoic acid to achieve its maximum physiological benefits

http://www.lipoic.com

The stuff is very expensive though.......

 

[cbeaks]

I have been taking 3 grams/day but I think on my carb up day before my contest I might take 5-6 grams to see how my body reacts and see if I get more vascular. - cbeaks

 

[chrisoh]

thanks machine... i found that I need to be on a <30-50g carb diet for 2-3 days to achieve moderate to full ketosis so imma pick up more stix today.

 

[SOLID]

thanks for posting your diet gUile.
how bout you RangerX?

 

[Wombat]

Gulie---

how long have you been taking ALA for?

how long have you been on that liquid diet you posted?

and what body fat % are you?

Thanks