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Advaik
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I was taking 5g of ALA a day and I got a very bad stomach ache. It could have been from the 20g of fish oil also. I wonder if there is anything to take that would conteract this?
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Advaik
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I mean wouldn't it be great if someone made a ALA that didn't have side effects?
Delinquent
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MaxBiceps, 
Darko, You can view as a sales pitch but I am letting you know you there is something you can do about your problem which I assume was what you were looking for when you posted. The fact is though that heartburn sides are from the s-ALA that's added to the r-ALA that you're taking. I you get the pure r-ALA your problems should go away.
If you use 1gr now you should use 300-400mg of r-ALA.
Darko, You can view as a sales pitch but I am letting you know you there is something you can do about your problem which I assume was what you were looking for when you posted. The fact is though that heartburn sides are from the s-ALA that's added to the r-ALA that you're taking. I you get the pure r-ALA your problems should go away.
If you use 1gr now you should use 300-400mg of r-ALA.
Jboldman
I know no one will belive this but there is just no room to discount it. At $19.95 we are only make a few bucks a bottle. Maybe if more people start selling it and the chemical companies can mass produce it the price will come down so we don't have to pay so much for it. Unfortunately r-ALA is only sold by 2-3 companies like AF while the mix is sold even at Walmart so the mix is produced by the ton and the r- by the kilo.
I know no one will belive this but there is just no room to discount it. At $19.95 we are only make a few bucks a bottle. Maybe if more people start selling it and the chemical companies can mass produce it the price will come down so we don't have to pay so much for it. Unfortunately r-ALA is only sold by 2-3 companies like AF while the mix is sold even at Walmart so the mix is produced by the ton and the r- by the kilo.
Bonecrusher
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Like some of the other gentlemen stated, always take with food. While I never felt as bad as your friend I was always getting heartburn and burping up acid quite a bit. Then I started making sure I took it with food and I'm up to 2 grams a day without problems now. If I don't have food I'll skip the dose. Hope this helps.
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drveejay11
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ulter said:
LMFAO
The thing is that you don't need to take so much with the r-ALA. You only need to use 1/3 as much as you do with the mixture.
When you buy the kilosports for instance you're getting what should be a 50-50 mixture. But it may not be a 50-50 mixture. That's first and second the s- that they mix with the r- may give you the heartburn and other side effects. Those sides are not being reported by patients who were given the r-ALA.
r-ALA is the only kind that worked all the magic in the studies you see posted about ALA. The researchers reported that the s- was not nearly as effective and in most case it was counter-productive to take it with the r-ALA.
When you buy the kilosports for instance you're getting what should be a 50-50 mixture. But it may not be a 50-50 mixture. That's first and second the s- that they mix with the r- may give you the heartburn and other side effects. Those sides are not being reported by patients who were given the r-ALA.
r-ALA is the only kind that worked all the magic in the studies you see posted about ALA. The researchers reported that the s- was not nearly as effective and in most case it was counter-productive to take it with the r-ALA.
POPANDOPALO71
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ALA bad
I've been taking 1.5 g a day ,had big problems with my stomack:
terrible gas ,pain in the st., dierria..
I stopped takin it.
People who say no problems taking ALA ,bullshit;
they trying to promote the product.........
I've been taking 1.5 g a day ,had big problems with my stomack:
terrible gas ,pain in the st., dierria..
I stopped takin it.
People who say no problems taking ALA ,bullshit;
they trying to promote the product.........
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Frackal
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Ulter et al have always been very cool in my book popandolodpdaoaoaloappapapoaloaoaa ... I cant compare the r-ala but their NYC is a superb deal.
ulter said:MaxBiceps,
Darko, You can view as a sales pitch but I am letting you know you there is something you can do about your problem which I assume was what you were looking for when you posted. The fact is though that heartburn sides are from the s-ALA that's added to the r-ALA that you're taking. I you get the pure r-ALA your problems should go away.
If you use 1gr now you should use 300-400mg of r-ALA.
Hmmmm.......more like 400mg.
I've been looking into it further and it seems that almost every single manufacturer has different r-ala and s-ala ratios.
Some are disproportionately high in s-ala while others are
not.
Kilosports is ok. The best is AST research though.
To put this in perspective, 1g ALA Kilosports has roughly
the same potentcy as 300mg r-ALA, and 1g of AST research
ALA has the same potency as 400mg r-ALA.
Hope that simplifies things.
The funny thing is, that the price of the AST=the price of
a competitively priced pure r-ala powder.
Notice I said COMPETITIVELY. Some manufacturers
are pricing theirs pretty high.
However, have fun trying to track down a source of the r-ala powder, which sells in batches <1Kg(This is for us BULK
users...LOL)
Just thought I'd mention this.
Now back to watching Spain kick some ass in the World Cup.
Fonz
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SirWanksalot
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ulter said:
Lets do some math here. Using ulter's dose comparison, it breaks down like this
example 333mg of R-ALA is equal to 1 gram of common ALA or that R-ALA is three times as potent.
Remember that common ALA is a mixture of r-ala and s-ala so 1 gram ala is most likely 500mg r-ala and 500mg s-ala.
cost breakdown
Common ALA can be bought for 19 cents a gram when one buys a Kilo at $190 (I found two who offered this price point)
Or one can purchase R-ALA at $1.95 cents a gram from Ulter's link (100 caps, 100 mg $19.95) which incidently comes out to a very reasonable $1,995 a kilo
So in conclusion 3 grams daily dosage common ALA cost 57 cents (bulk powder) wheras equal strength 1 gram R-ALA is $1.95.
Let me see 57 cents or $1.95 - it's kinda close, i'm torn on which to buy..........
SirWanksalot
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Fonz said:
I just watched them defeat Ireland.
Props to the Spainards
Another thing, it's good to see you posting again.
Sirwanksalot
just to chime in with my 2 cents worth, I've been taking 300-600mg of s-ALA for about two weeks now...
mild heartburn within a couple minutes if taken on an empty stomach, easily relieved with as little as a couple sips of water
seeming slight increase in intestinal gas, but nothing extreme
one side effect I've seen mentioned other places, but not here - an almost "earthy" scent to my urine, surprised the hell out of me the first time I caught a whiff of it
mild heartburn within a couple minutes if taken on an empty stomach, easily relieved with as little as a couple sips of water
seeming slight increase in intestinal gas, but nothing extreme
one side effect I've seen mentioned other places, but not here - an almost "earthy" scent to my urine, surprised the hell out of me the first time I caught a whiff of it
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