Is regular ALA counter-productive?

[junk]

Macro said that Regular ALA alone with increase insulin production while r-ALA will actually descrease insulin production and increase insulin sensitivity.

From what I understand from his words: ALA is actuall quite BAD for dieting ! I mean, if I take it with a meal containing FAT I will actually mobilize more fat into adipose tissues ?

So is regulat ALA junk for dieting and just r-ALA great ?
There's a lot of difference between Lowering insulin production to Increasing it.

 

[junk]

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[rjl296]

i want to know to

 

[Punt]

anyone, anyone?

 

[junk]

hey at least us 3 guys would like to know the answer to this.. anyone please??

 

[OXANDRIN]

i'm thinking of swithching back to ala from r-ala....i felt like ala made me more vascular.

 

[neuby34]

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[junk]

bumps from different users.. Lots of guys would like to know the REAL answer to this.

 

[celica]

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[OXANDRIN]

this thread is getting tons of feed back....i think macro will make a good arguement for r-ala

 

[liftsiron]

I'll bump for more info. I always felt that it was easier to cut fat with ala. Nasty heartburn though.

 

[Fonz]

Macro said that Regular ALA alone with increase insulin production while r-ALA will actually descrease insulin production and increase insulin sensitivity.

From what I understand from his words: ALA is actuall quite BAD for dieting ! I mean, if I take it with a meal containing FAT I will actually mobilize more fat into adipose tissues ?

So is regulat ALA junk for dieting and just r-ALA great ?
There's a lot of difference between Lowering insulin production to Increasing it.

1. Plasma insulin will be increased slightly due to the s-ala in the RACEMIC ALA.(50/50 combo of -r and -s)

2. However, glucose uptake into the muscle cells and oxidation will also be increased independenetly of the increase in insulin.

The thing nobody really knows is: If the benefits of #2 out-weighs the disadvantages of #1.

So far, it seems that the small increase in plasma insulin is not very significant in MOST people. But, due to genetic variances some people can get a higher increase in plasma insulin.

End result.......ALA is beneficial.(For most)

This problem however does not manifest itself at all in R-ala. Due to the fact that there is no s-ala(Which causes the increased plasma insulin seen in the racemic).

Fonz