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Met RX Alpha Lipolic Acid
WHAT IS ALPHA LIPOIC ACID?
Alpha Lipoic Acid is a sulfur containing substance that is readily converted to and from it's reduced form dihydrolipoic acid. Although Alpha Lipoic Acid isn't a newly discovered compound it is probably the most popular and effective glucose disposal agent around today. Research has shown that Alpha Lipoic Acid has a positive effect on insulin-stimulated glucose uptake and stimulates basal glucose transport. The process could well be a part of a powerful insulin-signaling pathway for which ALA could play a major role.
WHAT IS A GLUCOSE DISPOSAL AGENT?
A glucose disposal agent (or a Glycemic Response Modifier) is used to dispose of more nutrients into muscle and not fat cells making it a useful tool for athletes and non athletes alike. Especially since more and more people are suffering glucose/insulin related health problems each and every year. Such a growing problem that in the US alone more than half of the population suffer from glucose intolerance and insulin resistance. Any nutrient that effects glucose (any carbohydrate we ingest eventually becomes glucose) will effect insulin metabolism and as a nation our modern day diets and highly processed foods are causing severe havoc to our bodies natural means of disposing of these nutrients. Insulin is a well known metabolic and highly anabolic hormone, mainly due to the fact that it stimulates muscle cells to uptake glucose. When insulin is optimized it may allow more nutrients like glucose, amino aids, protein and creatine etc to be taken into the muscle cell.
Insulin is secreted in the pancreas in response to the ingestion of food, primarily carbohydrates. Insulin then drives these nutrients into every organ of the body including muscle tissue and body fat. Insulin is therefore termed a 'storage hormone'. Apposed to the positive benefits of insulin the down side is that in excess secretion it can inhibit enzymes that promote fat burning and actually upgrade the activity of other enzymes that promote body fat accumulation. Therefore managing insulin secretion properly is critical to muscle growth and bodyfat regulation. Evidence also exists to show lipoic acid may help stimulate insulin production without the presence of carbohydrates (especially useful on zero or low carb diets). This means that lipoic acid may help cause beta islet cells of the pancreas to release insulin independent of carbohydrates.
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£10.86
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