ALA or alpha lipoic acid is an antioxidant. antioxidants protect your body from all the shit you do to it. you should deffinetly be using this stuff if you are on a cycle for its liver protection and nutrient partioning like ulter described to you. fuck, even if you not on a cycle you can use this stuff to get shredded while keeping your muscles full at the same time. there's not a day that goes by i dont use it. lata