Fri, Jul-19-02, 21:51
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Senior Member
Posts: 152
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Plan: No Grain Diet www.mercola
Stats: 181/173/173
BF:18/12/10
Progress: 100%
Location: San Diego, Ca
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Quote:
Originally posted by Zeus
-I'll just answer your question with what Lyle McDonald said about it in his book ('The Ketogenic Diet'):
"Alpha lipoic acid is a substance which acts as an anti-oxidant as well as improving insulin sensitivity and the removal of glucose from the bloodstream. Although human data on the effects of alpha lipoic acid is limited, anecdotal evidence suggests that lipoic acid is far more potent than either chromium or vanadyl. In this respect it is considered one of the best supplements to use on a carb-up- Typical doses for lipoic acid during carb-ups are 1.2-2 grams total taken in divided doses."
-I don't know if this answers your question(s). If it doesn't, let me just tell you 'it works' (it just does).
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Thanks for the info, Zues, this makes sense to me, there is ALA in the creatine that I take when I carb-up (400mg per serving). This clarifies things, I still don't see any use for taking immediately after a workout, and the fact that it removes glucose from your blood stream, I think this would do the opposite, the reason I say this is because someone told me it was reccomended to take ALA immediately after a workout (along with your Whey) and it would help absorbtion. I was the one who posted the 'Peanut Butter Trick,' so reportedly a mouthfull of peanut butter for 1 minute invokes an insuling response in your body, so this was a way to raise insulin, to force protein into your muscles after a workout, without ingesting carbs. Of course you don't swallow the PB, just put in mouth for a minute and spit.
K, Cheers All, hope we all have an awesome Carb-Up weekend!! I am planning on Cinnamon Toast Crunch, don't know about you guys though.
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