ALA question

[HUCKLEBERRY FINNaplex]

It may be a wise idea to add some high dose biotin with ALA use, since some evidence points to interaction between these nutrients. Also, biotin is a known glucose modulator in humans, at a dose of around 5-10mg a day.

http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/127/9/1776

Dezl,when you say interaction,are you referring to possible potentiation of one anothers actions?

 

[cockdezl]

HUCK, the study showed (only in rats) that high dose lipoic acid reduces biotin-dependant enzymatic pathways, and that the administration of biotin corrects this alteration. The authors theorize that this may be due to either structural similarities or absorptive interference.

Since this study was performed in rats, this may not apply to humans, but since biotin is known to have glucose reducing properties independant of lipoic acid's mechanism, then the use of biotin may increase the effect of ALA.

 

[HUCKLEBERRY FINNaplex]

Awesome Dezl,I will run the two together then.Thanks my man.

 

[Riker29]

I have been taking like 1200-1800 mgs/day of ALA for about 2 weeks now ..... it defintely feels like it has an effect, to me.

I find that I can eat fewer starchy carbs and not get as pissy about it (grrrrr).... it just sesm that my blood sugar is regulated better somehow.

Plus, I am lowering my fat, so that cools.

I would love to find a good layman's explantion of how like this whole glucose, sucrose, insulin (occuring naturally in your body), "insulin sensitivity" and stuff like ALA and insulin supplementation, work.

I would never like "do" insulin per se, but just knopwing how all this works (in a sort of smart-layman's terms) would be very very cool.

Anyone have any pointers?

(Please dont take the thread off track with my requests).

Once again, ALA seems to be very cool, to me at least, for several reasons.

 

[Riker29]

does this mean u can get the slin gut from ALA?
is it as dangerous if you dont know what you are doing?

I dont think that its "slin gut" as much as it is "GH Gut".

And from what I know, ALA is no where NEAR as dangerous as slin is.