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Benefits of Lipoic Acid
• Slows the aging process.
• Naturally increases energy.
• A more powerful free radical scavenger than any other nutrient.
• Prevents free radical damage in the brain, blood, in stored fat, and in the heart, pancreas, kidneys, bones, cartilage, liver, and in every cell and organ due to its unique water- and fat-soluble nature.
• Prevents wrinkling by protecting collagen in the skin.
• Recycles other antioxidants such as vitamin C, E and glutathione.
• Helps the body metabolize blood sugar better, thereby helping diabetics
and hypoglycemics.
• Helps remove toxic metals from the body: mercury, arsenic, cadmium, and
lead, and also lowers levels of copper and calcium when the body has too much of these minerals.
• Guards DNA and RNA from damage, thereby helping to prevent cancer.
• Helps the liver to heal from hepatitis and mushroom poisoning. |
LIPOIC ACID: THE MASTER ANTIOXIDANT
Your cells live in a tough environment. Pollution, stress, an imperfect diet, medications, and chemicals in the food supply and air all increase damage to our cells and increase our risk to a range of ailments. If we are going to survive to a ripe old age free from disease, we are going to have to surround our cells with key nutrients to guard them against the forces that age them. The most valuable cell protector of all? Lipoic acid. Why? Because lipoic acid protects cells in many ways:
- It protects tissues in both water and fat solubl environments — something no other nutrient can do(1)
- It repairs vitamins C, E and glutathione so that they too can protect the body(2)
No other nutrient can compare to this versatile range of protective benefits. One of lipoic acid’s unique features is its ability to increase levels of the most important antioxidant compound in the body, glutathione.3 Our health is directly connected to how much glutathione we have. Glutathione protects the body from free radicals produced by alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, cancer chemotherapy, and exposure to damaging forms of radiation. Free radical damage is being investigated as a cause of many types of cancers. Free radicals damage cellular membranes and allow leakage and injury to the membrane, compromising the functional integrity of the cell. This leakage can then allow damage to the DNA – the blueprint of our cells – by free radicals. This changes the nature of the cell. Cells exposed to free radicals whose DNA has been changed can mutate and proliferate out of control by becoming cancerous. Lipoic acid may play a role with its antioxidant properties that discourages the development of cancer. Lipoic acid also has the potential to stop cells that are genetically programmed to one day become cancerous from ever becoming cancerous. Not bad for one nutrient!
Research Note:
Lipoic Acid and Biotin research suggests that lipoic acid increases the need for biotin by lowering levels of biotin dependent enzymes. This is due to the structural similarities between lipoic acid and biotin. For this reason, all ASHFI lipoic acid products will now contain biotin at no additional cost. Since lipoic acid and biotin both support blood sugar and insulin balance, this is also a clinically meaningful nutrient combination as well. |
