Flavored
Lipoic Acid 25 mg. Capsules
Kirkman's
alpha-Lipoic Acid 25 mg. Flavored Capsules can be swallowed
or opened up and the contents mixed with 2-3 oz. of water,
juice or other suitable beverage. The flavored base covers
up the objectionable burning sensation lipoic acid normally
exhibits.
Each
capsule supplies alpha-Lipoic Acid 25 mg.
Alpha-Lipoic
Acid is a disulfide compound also known as thioctic acid.
Lipoic Acid is a powerful and versatile antioxidant that helps
protect the body against free radical damage and, as a result,
is a protector of many types of cells and tissues. Lipoic
Acid is a unique antioxidant in that it is both fat and water
soluble. Other well known antioxidants can only function within
their soluble media, such as vitamin E in fatty membranes
of cells and vitamin C in watery portions of cells. Because
of its dual solubility, lipoic acid can function in both fatty
and aqueous phases of the cell. This is significant and makes
lipoic acid a complete antioxidant capable of defending against
a wide variety of invading free radicals.
Alpha-Lipoic Acid has both sulfur atoms and carboxyl groups
in its chemical structure, making it a very reactive compound.
Alpha-Lipoic acid is converted into the reduced form, dihydrolipoic
acid, inside of cells, and dihydrolipoic acid possesses
two sulfhydryl groups.
Alpha-Lipoic
Acid is found naturally in foods such as spinach, broccoli,
tomato, liver, heart and animal muscle tissue. Its bioavailability
from food may be limited, however, because it is bound to
a protein called "lipoyllysine". Preliminary research
suggests that the lipoic acid found in supplements may be
more biologically active that lipoic acid bound to this
protein in food.
It
is important to use a high quality lipoic acid to get the
desired effects. There is a lot of poor quality product
imported into the United States which may not be pure or
fully potent. Kirkman uses exclusively LIPOEC® brand
manufactured by The Schroeder Group in Germany. In a comparison
test of LIPOEC® against eight other manufacturers' lipoic
acids, the LIPOEC® product surpassed all others in purity
and exhibited a potency of 100%.
Ingredients:
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