Taking Creatine + ALA and getting...

[riskybizz007]

Ok... ALA when exposed to oxygen or light gets degraded.... so... that's why ALA will usually come in a dark colored bottle and wrapped, and in capsules. That's why creatine w/ premixed ALA is b.s. so it's to your benefit to find a good company that sells the caps.

 

[SirWanksalot]

Check out www.kilosports.com for a good deal on ALA - 1000 pills, 100 mg's each for $69.95. Not a bad price and it will last you a while. I've ordered from them before without any problems.
Chk it out.

Cheapest ALA (Alpha Lipoic Acid)

Beyond-A-Century
https://www2.acadia.net/cgi-bin/BAC/web_store.cgi

Enter keywords in search: LIPOIC ACID, ALPHA PURE
50 grams (bulk powder) / Price: $19.00 / 3.8 cents per 100mg
Daily Dosage 900mg = 34.2 cents

https://www.nutriteam.com/alpha.htm#180 :
180 (300mg) caps = 54grams / Price: $28.95 / 5.36 cents per 100 mg
Daily Dosage 900mg (3 caps) = 48.24 cents

https://www.kilosports.com :
1000 (100mg) caps = 100grams / Price: $69.95 / 6.99 cents per 100 mg
Daily Dosage 900mg (9 caps) = 62.91 cents

Does anybody know a cheaper source / store for this suppliment?

Thanks

Sirwanksalot

 

[Complete Muscle]

ALA is new to me, but I'm intrigued... do you take it all at once, or spread out through the day, before meals... what's the best strategy?

 

[gsxr1000]

Ive been on ALA 750mgs and creatine(loaded and now doing 15grams a day) for about 3 weeks now and im very happy with the results so far.But everytime i read about ALA in the search engine ,most people say take 1gram and up!So starting today im going to try it and see if it makes that much of a difference.I will keep you posted if i see a difference or not .....

I think that's because these peope are taking regular ALA. The r-ALA sold at the AF store under the brand name Glucorell is a much more potent version of ALA and as such people tend to take a smaller dosage.

 

[FunkMasterFlex]

ala is very unstable both to moisture light and heat...... so the good ol cell tech doesnt do crap..... its the dextrose and decent creatine....i got my own dextrose and pfanstiel creatine and i am getting better results..... ALA its real good though...i use 600 a day and i dont store carbs at all really. THen again i have been eating Low GI for almost 2 yrs now so my body is used to them i guess.... but i think the newer creatines such as v-12 and swole offer better pumps and keep the ala for the lean effect.

 

[dental.plan]

how do you know you are taking enough

riskybizz007 Growin' I'll have to rephrase that b/c you did bring up a very good point. I take about 600mg of ALA when I'm low carbing at about 100-130g of carbs/day. That doseage works best for me when eating that many carbs/day. When bulking I continue to take 600mg but I don't feel the same. Might need more, but i found this to work best when eating around that many carbs/day for me.

thats a quote from risky

anyway my question is how do you know you are taking enough ALA. what changes, how does it feel.
for me, i am not a person in ketosis, nor a heavy duty body builder. i eat around a 40 30 30, protein, fat, carb diet. and i play alot of sports, and do some weight training.

i feel my biceps are fuller when i take ala just before my food. is that the guage i should be using.

 

[ProteinFiend]

I think you have to just assume its working... I don't feel any specific pumps but I stay leaner when I am taking it.

Optimal dosages (according to Fonz's study) are 300mg of ala per 30 carbs and 100mg r-ala per 30 carbs...

if you arent getting the pumps while using creatine and ala then you have to make sure you are injesting high gi carbs with your creatine... your body needs something to transport the creatine to your muscles... ala will help with that... though it will not do it by itself.... best "everyday" source of hi gi carbs are pretzels (86)... if you are supplementing... dextrose would be your pick (100)

 

[MiniColemans]

the more ALA I take, the more my piss smells like asparagus LOL!

sad but true