Lipoic Acid Supplements May Reduce Atherosclerosis and Weight Gain
Results from a recent animal study indicates that lipoic acid supplements can improve conditions that contribute to cardiovascular disease risk such as formation of arterial lesions, lower triglycerides, and reduce blood vessel inflammation and weight gain.
Although the results cannot be directly extrapolated beyond the laboratory, researchers report that “they strongly suggest that lipoic acid supplementation may be useful as an inexpensive but effective intervention strategy . . . reducing known risk factors for the development of atherosclerosis and other inflammatory vascular diseases in humans.”
Although lipoic acid is naturally occurring in foods such as green leafy vegetables, potatoes and meats, particularly organ meats such as kidney, heart or liver, they are not present in concentrations high enough to elicit the effect seen in the study. The supplements used in the study is equivalent to about 2,000 mg a day, an amount that can only be met by taking lipoic acid supplements (and several pills a day at that).
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