r-ALA...Powerful stuff!

[macrophage69alpha]

Wow, as much as I love ALA and r-ALA I can't make the same claims... it gets rid of SOME ice cream. Just SOME. At least for my fat ass.

as with anything response varies a lot, and is dependent on a large # of factors.. insulin sensitvity, glut-4 expression, glut-4 activity, hormone levels, mineral levels (particularly pottassium and chromium), etc....

 

[DaMan]

as with anything response varies a lot, and is dependent on a large # of factors.. insulin sensitvity, glut-4 expression, glut-4 activity, hormone levels, mineral levels (particularly pottassium and chromium), etc....

Hey quickie - although I thought I was VERY insulin sensitive (get fat off carbs easily), I can pop like 6 r-ALA with a slice of bread and get nowhere near hypo. What do you think the effects of increasing the recommended 100mg r-ala/30g CHO would be? And I mean DRASTICALLY increasing the amount of r-ALA ingested. I know at a certain point it'd be a waste of money, but since I don't seem to go hypo... thoughts?

 

[macrophage69alpha]

Hey quickie - although I thought I was VERY insulin sensitive (get fat off carbs easily) ?

actually this probably means quite the opposite.

1. before increasing your r-ala dosage
a. increase dietary pottassium
b. increase chromium intake (cinnamon is a cheap easy way to do this and its cinnamides are implictated in some increase in sensitivity)
c. will post some more recs later.. its a sunday

 

[mike1107]

so, after all that input about r-ala, what is the average dosage for a man ?

 

[Ulter]

It looks to be 1-2 caps per meal.

 

[macrophage69alpha]

so, after all that input about r-ala, what is the average dosage for a man ?

it really depends on a lot of factors.. age, bodyfat, hormones levels, insulin sensitivity, etc..

but 1-2 caps per meal is a general reccomendation... higher bodyweights MAY require more 225+ and lower body weights less 150 or less.. these are generalizations.. as with ANY supplement.. finding YOUR INDIVIDUAL dosage takes a bit of time.. but most people can stick with the 1-2 caps per meal.. leaning toward 1 cap per.

 

[Machiavellian Muscle]

someone post a good link for cheapest r-ala

 

[CYPRIOSQUATS]

yeah i think the r-ala tends to make me cheat more to but it hasn't been hurting me at all yet and i eat like shit. My bodyfat has somewhat leveled off now but i also have been trying to get more calories because i am losing to much weight. I think i deffinately have better muscular indurance too.

 

[clubhead]

so is it a ok to take R-ala with a meal consisting of carbs and fat or is this a bad thing....should it be taken strictly with meals only consisting of protein and carbs with no fat???(unless CLA or GLA)

 

[macrophage69alpha]

so is it a ok to take R-ala with a meal consisting of carbs and fat or is this a bad thing....should it be taken strictly with meals only consisting of protein and carbs with no fat???(unless CLA or GLA)

good Q..

answer.. ??

it really seems to vary.. a # of users report that r-ala has become.. "the eat what I want and dont care supplement".. or the "cheat and get away with it pill"...

ideally you should vary your diet to find how it affects YOU..