Nelson Montana said:
Milk thistle is a proven liver detoxifier, despite what some "experts" here say. On the other hand, I've seen no evidence that r-ala does anything for the liver other than the pontificating of those who sell it.
There you go again Nelson..stirring up shit!
I'll give you one thing..you definitely are persistant as well as incorrigable.
First of all, are we in agreement that R-ALA is more effective than regular ALA?....GOOD!
Pharmacokinetics of preparations of lipoic acid and their effect on ATP synthesis, processes of microsomal and cytosol oxidation in hepatocytes in liver damage in man]
[Article in Russian]
Loginov AS, Nilova TV, Bendikov EA, Petrakov AV.
The features of the pharmacokinetics of preparations of alpha-lipoic acid (lipoic acid, thioctacide) as compared with their pharmacodynamic effects were studied in 125 patients with chronic diffuse diseases of the liver of viral and alcohol etiology. After a single administration of the preparations, the authors found an elevation of the maximal blood concentrations and an increase of alpha-lipoic acid elimination half-life in patients with liver cirrhosis as compared with chronic hepatitis patients. During the replacement therapy and elimination of alpha-lipoic acid deficiency by using the preparations containing lipoic acid, there is commonly an increase ATP content,
an elevation of functioning mass of hepatocytes and activation of liver detoxifying function according to the data of the tests of galactose cytosol oxidation, microsomal oxidation of antipyrine and conjugation of bilirubin.
Just in case you're contiplating on delivering a rebuttal..I'm going to post a study on
R-ALA next time I hit the health science library, because there is one. Contrary to popular beliefs!
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