Many of you may have been frequently introduced by your regular pharmacist to consume Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) whenever you make inquiry about this or that supplement for keeping up to healthy living. But how many of you bother to actually find out why do you need to take this or that supplement. Many, in fact, merely rely on the words of the pharmacist and fail to make attempts to know the reason/s you consume one or another supplement.
What intrigues me often has been the marvel behind the science of such supplements that scientists today spend substantial time in discovering the great “ingredients” of the basic processes your body works on. Your body is such a complex marvel that GOD has created and no science at any level could discover all the hidden latent processes the body undergoes.
ALA, is one of these natural occurring fatty acids found inside every cell in your body. Needed by the body to produce the energy for your body’s normal functions, ALA converts glucose (blood sugar) into energy. Itself an antioxidant by nature, ALA is a substance that neutralizes potentially harmful chemicals called free radicals. Being unique by being functional in water and in fatty tissue, unlike the more common antioxidants vitamins C and E, enabling it to enter all parts of the nerve cell and protect it from damage. ALA appears to be able to recycle antioxidants such as vitamin C. Its identity in bodily functionality is seen from its ability to increase the formation of glutathione after its consumption within your body. As glutathione is an important antioxidant that helps your body eliminate potentially harmful substances, ALA indirectly aids in this important glutathione function.
Its importance has been notably used in the treatment of peripheral neuropathy which can be caused by injury, nutritional deficiencies, chemotherapy or by conditions such as diabetes, Lyme disease, alcoholism, shingles, thyroid disease, and kidney failure. Symptoms of peripheral neuropathy can be exhibited to include pain, burning, numbness, tingling, weakness and itching.
