Alpha lipoic acid protects cells from oxidative stress
Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) is a powerful antioxidant found in every cell of our body. It calms inflammation, improves memory and protects the brain from neurodegenerative processes associated with aging.
ALA supports cell protection by restoring levels of other antioxidants: vitamin C, coenzyme Q10, vitamin E, NAD and glutathione. This means that when our body uses up the mentioned antioxidants, ALA helps in their regeneration.
Alpha lipoic acid has numerous advantages :
- It reduces inflammation , which is the root cause of degenerative diseases
- Stimulates liver regeneration
- It relieves the symptoms of diabetic neuropathy
- It participates in the regulation of insulin sensitivity
- It reduces the effects of metabolic syndrome
- It is a very powerful chelator of heavy metals
- It helps to reduce excess weight
- It protects the heart from damage caused by oxidative stress
- With vitamin E, it reduces the symptoms of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- It participates in the conversion of glucose into “fuel” that the body uses for energy
- It restores the function of T cells, which are crucial for the immune system
- In combination with N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), it significantly relieves pain in neuropathy
Why do we need antioxidants?
Our cells, including our DNA, are exposed to numerous attacks of free radicals every day from a variety of sources, from poor nutrition to external pollution.
This violent process that damages cells is called “oxidation”. Fortunately, today we know a large number of aantioxidants that can neutralize and stop the harmful effects of free radicals, thus slowing down aging and the development of diseases.
Alpha lipoic acid is one of the antioxidants that is already found in small amounts in our body, but we usually get it from foods of plant and animal origin.
It is often used to prevent diabetes-related complications, such as cataracts, macular degeneration, and neuropathy. Scientists have found that ALA can help diabetics reduce their dependence on insulin. ALA supplementation has been shown to increase insulin sensitivity by 18-20 percent.
In some European countries, such as Germany, alpha lipoic acid is medically approved as a clinical protocol for type 2 diabetes.
Most of the common forms of alpha-lipoic acid – tablets, capsules, powders and liquids – come in the cheaper synthetic form of S-alpha lipoic acid (S-ALA), whose effects are much more limited.
Form R-ALA
LivOn Labs and Altrient use a form of alpha lipoic acid called R-alpha lipoic acid (R-ALA) that occurs naturally in plants, animals and the human body . This form has exceptional health benefits due to its unique properties of solubility in both fat and water. This means that it can act both inside and outside cells, protecting almost all tissues from free radical damage.
Although R-ALA has been shown to be absorbed far better than S-ALA, it is still very unstable and rapidly excreted.
Fortunately, Altrient and LivOn Labs have the answer: they’ve produced a superior form of R-ALA without compromising stability. They achieve this by encapsulating R – ALA in cleverly designed phospholipid bubbles, liposomes .
This powerful delivery system manages to withstand all digestive challenges, transporting R-ALA directly into the cells, where it is needed most.
One box of LivOn Labs/Altrient contains 30 sachets with 226 mg of R-alpha lipoic acid in liposomal form for the highest level of absorption and antioxidant support.
