Billy_Bathgate said:You sure you disagree...cause Im NOT talking about ALA (the racemix, s- & r-...the typical stuff found everywhre)...I am solely talking about rALA.
rALA is what does good for the liver
rALA is what does good from glycogen uptake in muscle cells
rALA is what is a good antioxidant
sALA seems to have a more insulin like mimicing effect. Thats about the only thing I have seen possibly good about it.
I think ALA is not very good in a practical sence. The benefits of r- and s- somewhat condradict each other. Plus the heartburn and urine smell.
I like rALA and use it only. I dont get freaky pumps or anything, but something similar to what creatine loading would feel like. Very minor if that. The more important reason I use it is for increased sensitivity to insulin, the liver protecting properties, and the antioxidant properties.
There is a website somewhere that has cheap r- powder too. Like very cheap. I cant remeber it, but when I dig it up Im gonna get some and then run a GCMS on it at my school or send it to my lab to check it out.
Well billy you may be right again. As usual. For the s- and r- differences i have no idea about them. The study i read said that ALA doesn't support musclegrowth. I dont know if r-ala has anything to do with it. You may be right though.