Solgar Alpha Lipoic Acid 200mg (Vegetable Capsules)

Suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans

50 Veg caps - £17.89

Directions for use: As a food supplement for adults, one (1) Solgar Alpha Lipoic Acid vegetable capsule daily, preferably at mealtime, or as directed by a health care practitioner.

Do not exceed the recommended daily intake. Store out of reach of young children. Food supplements must not be used as a substitute for a varied diet. Although we take great care in what we say about products on this site, you should always read the manufacturer's label on the actual product carefully before taking supplements.

Each Solga Alpha Lipoic Acid Vegetable Capsule provides:
Alpha Lipoic Acid (thioctic acid) 200mg

Encapsulated with these natural ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate.

Vegetable capsule shell: hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose.

Following information taken from “The X Factor Diet” by Leslie Kenton (highly recommended).

“Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) is unique. An antioxidant also found in foods like liver and yeast, it is now increasingly taken in therapeutic doses ranging from 100-600mg a day. It is a sulphur-containing, vitamin-like substance needed in the body’s production of energy at a cellular level. It has a proven ability to lower chronically high levels of insulin and glucose. Researchers using it increasingly believe that it may be possible to use ALA to prevent or reverse damage caused by high levels of insulin and glucose in the body. Generally speaking, people with hyperinsulinaemia or diabetes have inadequate levels of this substance in their bodies.

ALA is especially important in restoring and preventing nerve damage. It is also an excellent anti-ageing supplement, and appears to be capable of recycling vitamin E and vitamin A in the body after they have been used up in free radical reactions. Many experts in functional medicine believe not only that it helps improve glucose metabolism, restore liver and brain health and prevent nerve disorders, but that it can also reduce the incidence of glaucoma and protect the body against heavy metals and radiation damage.”

(please read this important notice concerning supplement medical claims)

This information is not intended to replace the personal recommendations of your own qualified healthcare professional.

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Antioxidants
If you’ve noticed how an apple turns brown when it’s cut or how iron rusts when exposed to the elements, you’ve seen the effects of oxidation. Oxidation causes similar damage to the cells of the body. But unless you have discovered how to live without breathing, you cannot escape the consequences of oxidation. It takes place whenever you breathe, digest food, exercise, or even sleep – and produces potentially harmful agents called free radicals.

Free radicals are unstable molecules that trigger chain reactions that eat away at the cells of the body and damage the genetic material they contain. Countless free-radical chain reactions take place in the body each day. In addition, emotional stress, ultraviolet light, air pollution, and cigarette smoke also generate free radicals that can put your health at risk.

Fortunately, nature provides antioxidants – factors which have been shown to be helpful in minimizing the effects of free radicals. The most important antioxidants include:

Certain vitamins and carotenoids
Glutathione, L-cysteine, alpha lipoic acid
Certain minerals such as Zinc and Selenium
Components found in plants, such as ginkgo biloba, bilberry, resveratrol and green tea

While fruits and vegetables provide a source of natural antioxidants in the diet, in this modern age additional supplementation is desirable to help achieve optimal intake.

Recent research suggests that combinations of antioxidants work better than isolated antioxidants, and that alpha lipoic acid in particular helps to recycle the antioxidants.