Alpha Lipoic Acid

Alpha Lipoic Acid

Alpha Lipoic Acid is a light yellow powder, almost tasteless.Small solubility in water, which is about 1 g/L (20 ° C).Dissolved in 10% NaOH solution, soluble in aliphatic solvent.Soluble in methanol, ethanol, chloroform and ether.

Why does the human body lack the Alpha Lipoic Acid?

Answer: Natural food already contains certain alpha lipoic acid, such as the liver, spinach, broccoli, potato, meat, heart and kidney, but in the process of food processing, alpha lipoic acid is a lot of damage.In the early 1950s, people had mastered the separation technique of alpha-thiocinic acid, and it was confirmed that the human body could synthesize alpha-thiocinic acid under normal conditions.However, this ability to synthesize is very weak, and has a great relationship with the diet structure and decreases with age.At the same time, environmental pollution and food overdose cause more free oxygen in the human body, which also aggravates the consumption of alpha-thiocyanic acid.In addition, alpha-thiocinic acid, when the body is deficient in vitamin C and vitamin E, is also a substitute for their role, which further contributes to the deficiency of alpha-thiocyanic acid.The properties of alpha-thiocinic acid determine that it is easily destroyed and consumed, which eventually leads to the deficiency of alpha-thiocyanic acid, resulting in insufficient energy production and a series of diseases.ALA can also be synthesized in the laboratory.The ALA supplement sold in the city is tablets and capsules.

Who needs to replenish the Alpha Lipoic Acid?

Lipoic acid should be every diabetes or with a mild hyperglycemia in patients with essential supplement, on the other hand, lipoic acid is also used in compound products, protect liver as a liver cell repair the necessary nutrients, healthy young though should also be added antioxidant for maintenance, but does not need to supplement lipoic acid, middle age 45 years later, if you have a familial diabetes genetic risk, even if not much clinical symptoms of diabetes, also can supplement diet, exercise, weight control and low dose of lipoic acid to prevent and delay the onset of diabetes.

For the cortex, which is prone to dry fine lines or aging cortex, it can also choose the anti-wrinkle cortical maintenance product which is mainly composed of sulfuric acid.

Use in has already occurred in patients with diabetes peripheral or multiple neuropathy, on the improvement of daily doses of 500-600 mg, can be divided into 2-3 times, suit with food as much as possible to avoid the phenomenon of gastrointestinal discomfort, lipoic acid need to take at least three weeks to be able to play to the effect, for mild to moderate diabetics, just from 200-300 mg per day of lipoic acid, general maintenance dose or merge with other antioxidants, generally only 20-50 mg per day or so.