This Antioxidant Can Smash Insulin Resistance and Autoimmune Disease

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Abra51 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:59:52 GMT

I started on alpha lipoic acid a couple of weeks ago after reading this article. I am a sugar and carb addict who suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome so it can be quite challenging to stick with a sugar free diet required for my condition. I started on the ala because I believed it would have some benefit to my cfs, I can't tell you yet if it has BUT I can tell you that since starting on this stuff I have not wanted or eaten any sweet foods whatsoever and my carb cravings are totally in control. I never go hunting around the kitchen for the biscuit tin anymore and I have abslutely no urge to binge. I really can't believe it. After years of feeling like a greedy, out of control pig, I now feel that I have a normal relationship with food. Best of all, this for me is a side effect, something I wasn't expecting, I was just hoping that the ala would give me a bit more energy. Instead, I lost five pounds in ten days. I love ALA and Doctor Joe, thanks a million.

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canuk1938 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:53:28 GMT

With prostate cancer and maybe bladder cancer as well, would you recommend ALA or LDN, or both. I am on medication for the prostate cancer, and using phytoplankton to stall spread; why is treated prostate cancer not receptive to LDN? Is it dangerous to take it in my case?

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ninty0 — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:39:08 GMT

I've taken LDN for a year now for Hashimoto's autoimmune thyroid disease and it has been a life saver. I was having trouble balancing things out with either Synthroid or Armour, now that I'm on LDN I'm doing much better. People with either Hasimoto's (HYPOthyroid) or Graves (HYPERthyroid) can take it and it will balance their thyroid hormones. My GP orders it from a compounding pharmacy and it costs under $30 per month. You also do not have to take it at night, I take my dose in the early evening. There are no side-effects.

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missmatic — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:02:23 GMT

saynotoquacks and anyone else in similar need:

If you check the LDN website - www.lowdosenaltrexone.org - you will find at least one overseas source for the 50mg pills and instructions for self-preparing the low doses.

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beeds — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:14:40 GMT

Not to get off the subject but has anyone ever heard of Dr. Charles Chappell? He penned a book in 2005 called "One Son's Quest for the Cause and Cure for Diabetes". I found it a fascinating read. I just want to know how legit he is or is not. Thanks, Thomas from MN.

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dusterdar — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:17:47 GMT

I think it is useful to add that the use of Alpha Lipoic Acid can cause skin irritation....itching...this is easily remedied with the addition of biotin as a separate dose

what is the recommended dosage of ALA???

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llbowen — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:56:01 GMT

Be careful if you have low thyroid - ALA will interfere.

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rmigalla — Tue, 19 May 2009 10:55:53 GMT

Why say "As many of you already know, I am not fond of recommending many supplements, but I do believe that antioxidants make sense for many of us." and go on to recommend supplementation. I was happy to see you at least tell us the food sources for this ALA ("grass-fed red meat and organ meats."). I couldn't help but notice how many times during the video pills were shown on the screen, though.

I remember one video you produced where you told us you get a colonic every two weeks, and then went on to tell us if that was too much for our pocketbook, we could take his supplements instead. These supplements were basically laxatives, which even from a natural source are shown to cause enteric nerve damage.

I've seen the same thing going on about LDN. I certainly can understand why someone would want to mitigate their symptoms, but supplementation and taking medications is still nothing more than symptom management. I notice how these prescriptions for this supplementation, and in this case of LDN, are endless. Hmmm.... symptom management for life - now that sounds a awful lot like allopathic medicine to me. Funny thing is, once the symptoms are "managed," we lose the opportunity to understand the underlying root-cause of the original dis-EASE. What this usually means is that a new, and oftentimes more severe, dis-EASE shows up to take it's place.

There is no magic bullet save purposeful living, right thinking, detoxification, diet and exercise; but the search for the magic bullet provides endless profit for MANufacturers. I would encourage anyone viewing this stuff to take a very close and scrutinizing look at the hidden agenda behind it. I would also encourage folks to look for MOMufactured solutions. In other words, "Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food." --Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.). Just be careful how you define food ;-) - Robin Migalla

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Waemheardsoul — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:39:46 GMT

My dear daughter told me about ALA & said she heard about this product & said I might want to check it out & try it for Diabetes Neuropathy.

I have had this problem for quite a few years now & it has been getting worse the last while & had asked my family doctore to increase my medication,which he did & it helped a bit

bit now it is much worse in one of my feet & also in my hands.

So I went out & bought a bottle & started taking it.

I was told years ago that I had insulin resistance,meaningy body was making plenty of insulin,but unable to utilize it,I was started on insulin shots & was taking 4 shots every day.

I've been taking ita little over a month,the neuropathy is not any better as yet,but I did start losing a bit of weight & I went to see the Diabetes Educator Nurse at our local hospital ,last week & she said I see lots of diabetics & never see any with blood sugar numbers like yours,they are so good.

She then asked me how I would feel about trying to go one day without using any fast acting insulin before meals & only using the one long acting insulin shot at night.

Tuesday will be my 6th day without the fast acting insulin & all my numbers have been good with only one a bit over the normal range & I had eaten breakfast late that day,but lunch was at the normal time.

I see my diabetes specialist in July & am hoping to be able to keep doing this until I see him & see what he thinks.

Usually we both want the same thing which is for me to have great numbers.

I'm hoping to remove even more weight as well,which would only improve my health.

I also have many other health issues,as well as fibromyalgia & chronic fatigue syndrome,so am hoping it will help with that too.

I've just signed up for DR. Mercola's free newsletter & looking forward to reading more excellent articles.

Warmhearedsoul

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marja — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:53:50 GMT

low dose naltreexone is the most amazing therapy for copd and AS,

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notwenj — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:38:59 GMT

Could someone tell me where I can purchase ALA please.

Thanks

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kerrig — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:02:47 GMT

This topic has really generated a lot of interest, please allow me to expand further...

As already mentioned, Alpha Lipoic Acid helps increase your body's Master Anti-Oxidant, Glutathione. Taking ALA alone is only one of the precursors needed for increasing your Glutathione levels for effective results in overcoming auto immune, degenerative and age related diseases. Glutathione injections have been available via naturopathic doctors as a way to increase levels in your body. They are extremely expensive and basically what you are doing is by passing your body's natural ability to produce it's own Glutathione.

Considering our Glutathione levels deplete with age, and other factors such as acid lifestyle, air and water pollutants, prescription and recreational drugs, radiation from cell phones, computers, and power lines, emotional and physical stress, injury and trauma, heavy metals, cigarette smoke, household chemicals etc., nutrients from food is just not enough.

Until now, there has not been an effective oral supplementation that actually gets into the cells. 80-90 percent of most pills pass through your system undigested, which means your pills and your money are being flushed right down the toilet...literally.

Dr. Keller has overcome the ingestion and absorption problem and has discovered a way to stimulate the liver to produce and increase its own much needed Glutathione levels for Optimal Health. The combination of nutrients found in Max GXL has shown an average of 300% increase in Glutathione levels over a 60 day period which is why it holds a compositional patent. What is truly unique, is that this formulation reuses and recycles the spent GSH molecules and is verifiable and quantifiable thru a blood test.

Low levels of Glutathione are linked to diseases such as Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Aids, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Atherosclerosis, Autism, Crohn's, Arthritis, Diabetes, Stroke, Fibromyalgia,Cataracts etc.

Please go to www.optimaxforyou.com

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KelleyEidem — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:18:57 GMT

Hi Ladyviolet,

It's hard to generalize. I'm not sure if it's known yet what the optimal dosage is. I've have a bottle of 600 mg per capsule with the suggested daily dose of 1 or 2 per day. I'm trying 2 per day. A woman might see what happens with 1 per day.

I don't care for any FDA approved drug, even low dose ones...unless I'm going to the dentist. ;-)

It's funny because Naltrexone is used to remove alcohol addiction. But it has limitations in that regard. Meanwhile, Dr. Revici invented his own treatment for alcoholics back in the 1970's which was able to take away the craving for alcohol in 15 minutes, with the physical addiction being removed in a few days. He did this with derelicts.

The FDA would not approve his treatment, which consisted of a fraction of sesame oil chemically bound to selenium, and a few other natural ingredients such as succinic acid. There were FDA employees at the meetings who were members of AA who didn't want any pill because in AA, at that time, it was felt that using any pill was a crutch.

Similarly, he developed a medicine for heroin and methadone addiction. That one removed the addiction to heroin in 3 days and methadone in 7 days without withdrawal. There we no side effects from these drugs other than a sense of well being. It's approval got nowhere with the FDA.