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alpha Lipoic acid

Bluetit1802 said:
I began with ALA (ordinary) and noticed a difference in my feet almost immediately. I then changed to R-ALA. However, I have been having some issues with my post meal BS rises being a bit higher than I would expect considering the food eaten. No differences in my base levels. Looking back at my records this started when I started the R-ALA. It may be a coincidence, and there maybe another reason for this, but yesterday I decided to stop taking the R-ALA for a period to see if it makes a difference.

I would be interested to hear if anyone else has noticed this.
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Well I have just recently had problems with my BG levels as you may know, and I do take a mix of S-ALA and R-ALA daily so will be very interested in your findings.
 
JohnEGreen said:
Well I have just recently had problems with my BG levels as you may know, and I do take a mix of S-ALA and R-ALA daily so will be very interested in your findings.
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I started with ALA and finished about 1 and half tubs. No problems that were noticeable. Then I changed to R-ALA and the problems started the very next day.. I was taking 100g at lunch and 100g at tea time. I will definitely report back.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
I started with ALA and finished about 1 and half tubs. No problems that were noticeable. Then I changed to R-ALA and the problems started the very next day.. I was taking 100g at lunch and 100g at tea time. I will definitely report back.
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As you know I'm type one. I noticed when I took it with insulin I had no rise and when I took it in between meals, when insulin was wearing off I too had rises. Not significant but certainly enough to notice.
I'm not sure what the mechanism of action could be. Ideas? It's supposed to make us more sensative and I think it does WHEN I take insulin.

Vitamin C really raises me as well as B vitamins.
 
Kristin251 said:
As you know I'm type one. I noticed when I took it with insulin I had no rise and when I took it in between meals, when insulin was wearing off I too had rises. Not significant but certainly enough to notice.
I'm not sure what the mechanism of action could be. Ideas? It's supposed to make us more sensative and I think it does WHEN I take insulin.

Vitamin C really raises me as well as B vitamins.
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So you are taking it when you eat and it has no adverse effect. When you take it between meals, it does? I have always taken mine with food.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
So you are taking it when you eat and it has no adverse effect. When you take it between meals, it does? I have always taken mine with food.
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Yes. When I eat as that's of course when I take insulin. And if anything I am ever so slightly lower butnif I take it say an hour after I inject I will spike a bit.
I take one in the morning with bf and Vit D then one with my late lunch and IF I remember one with dinner. The neuropathy is next to gone so I don't want to OD haha.

I assume you're taking swansons? As the ingred list is the same as mine. They are the cleanest ones I could find and Swanson makes great supplements. I have yet to find the R fraction ones on a shelf here so ordered a bus full.
 
I'm taking one 300mg casule of 50/50 mix of R-ALA and S-ALA by Heath4All. other ingredients are Mycrocrystaline Cellulose, Magnesium stearate, Vegetable HPMC Capsule.
I take right after breakfast. My daily readings have gone up but My FBG seems to have returned to normal now hopefully.
 
JohnEGreen said:
I'm taking one 300mg casule of 50/50 mix of R-ALA and S-ALA by Heath4All. other ingredients are Mycrocrystaline Cellulose, Magnesium stearate, Vegetable HPMC Capsule.
I take right after breakfast. My daily readings have gone up but My FBG seems to have returned to normal now hopefully.
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Have you any idea when your insulin is strongest? If you take it during a weak phase one it might do that? Try taking it between meals say an hour after food and see if it has a different effect?
It would stand to reason if I take it when my insulin is almost gone Andy I go up but with insulin it helps, I would think finding the right timing could helps?
 
Kristin251 said:
Have you any idea when your insulin is strongest? If you take it during a weak phase one it might do that? Try taking it between meals say an hour after food and see if it has a different effect?
It would stand to reason if I take it when my insulin is almost gone Andy I go up but with insulin it helps, I would think finding the right timing could helps?
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Will try that.
 
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