I just came across a recent study on Alpha Lipoic Acid. It does some amazing things for insulin sensitivity but it we haven’t seen what it can do for lipids. Until now.
Very impressive. And again, it’s hypothesized that the method which ALA works so well on lipids comes down to its ability to reduce oxidative stress and inflammation (which I think really means it helps limit insulin which is the cause of that inflammation)
Good stuff
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21593803
[QUOTE]Plasma levels of free fatty acids (FFAs), triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (T-Chol), low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-Chol), small dense LDL-Chol (sd-LDL), oxidized LDL-Chol (ox-LDL-Chol), very low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (VLDL-Chol) were all significantly decreased (P < 0.01). At the same time, both plasma oxidative products (malondialdehyde (MDA), 8-iso-prostaglandin) and inflammatory markers (tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6)) were remarkably decreased (P < 0.01), while adiponectin was increased (P < 0.01).[/QUOTE]
Increased Adiponectin = Awesome.
Decreased LDL, triglycerides = More Awesome.
Best part is that this only took two weeks to manifest. Granted the subjects were receiving 600mg intravenously a day, but still, no reason to think we can’t do the same thing with our oral preparations.
