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04/15/2007
Limu Plus story| Surprised and Amazed
I have struggled with my weight all my life, and when I went over 40, it seemed all I had to do was look at food and gain weight. And when my female cycle kicked in, my water weight went through the roof and I always gained. This past holiday season I ate like there was no tomorrow. I began dieting, lost two pounds the first week, then the next week was to be my monthly cycle. I resigned myself that when I stepped on the scale again, I would have at least regained the weight I lost the past week, even though I had been faithful to my diet.
However, I had started using Limu Plus right after the holidays. Even though, in my forgetfulness, I had skipped a few days, I was in for a pleasant surprise. I stepped on the scale. I had lost... get this... three and a half pounds in one week! And I'd done it during the same time of the month where I was usually bloated! Amazing. I will be certain to take my Limu Plus every day from now on, I can tell you that!
I have struggled with my weight all my life, and when I went over 40, it seemed all I had to do was look at food and gain weight. And when my female cycle kicked in, my water weight went through the roof and I always gained. This past holiday season I ate like there was no tomorrow. I began dieting, lost two pounds the first week, then the next week was to be my monthly cycle. I resigned myself that when I stepped on the scale again, I would have at least regained the weight I lost the past week, even though I had been faithful to my diet.
However, I had started using Limu Plus right after the holidays. Even though, in my forgetfulness, I had skipped a few days, I was in for a pleasant surprise. I stepped on the scale. I had lost... get this... three and a half pounds in one week! And I'd done it during the same time of the month where I was usually bloated! Amazing. I will be certain to take my Limu Plus every day from now on, I can tell you that!
Michele Hayes
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Alpha-lipoic acid| A Powerful Antioxidant
Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) is known for its powerful antioxidant effect. Did you know that ALA also allow more glucose to shuttle into your muscle.
Let's take a look at what happens to food when it enters the body:
During a normal meal, food is consumed.
This food is converted into glucose for energy.
Insulin is released by the pancreas to shuttle the glucose into muscle and fat cells (assuming liver glycogen levels are full). Once the muscle cells are full, all excess glucose is shuttled to fat cells.
Now let's look at a meal taken with ALA:
Food is consumed.
This food is converted into glucose for energy.
Insulin is released by the pancreas to shuttle the glucose into muscle and fat cells. Once the muscle cells are full, all excess glucose is shuttled to fat cells.
This is where ALA comes into play and it gets interesting. In order for glucose to be carried into cells, it must be attached to insulin. ALA is shown to have an insulin mimicking effect.
You would think that more glucose would be shuttled to fat cells because the muscle cells are full, right? Not so! Studies show that ALA increases Glut-4 transporters on the outside of muscle cells. This means more glucose can be shuttled into muscle cells and away from fat cells.
Studies show that the amount of glucose shuttled to your muscles can increase from 50-60%. This means if you ate 100 carbs without ALA, 40 grams of glucose went to your muscles cells and 60 grams went to fat cells.
By supplementing with ALA, you have the power to send 60 grams of glucose and only 40 to fat cells. That is a big difference!
Alpha Lipoic Acid is not only a powerful antioxidant but studies show that ALA allows more glucose to be shuttled to muscle mass 50-60%
ALA is found in spinach, broccoli and potatoes.
More information click on Alpha Lipoic Acid , ALA
Monique
07:40 Posted in antioxidant | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this | Tags: ALA, antixidant, alpha lipoic acid