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ALA
Significantly Improves Symptoms of Diabetic Neuropathy
(Yahoo News, 4/16/03)
American researchers collaborated with a Russian medical
team to test the effect of alpha lipoic acid (ALA) on diabetic
neuropathy, the neurological deterioration that causes pain
and numbness in diabetic patients. Doctors Peter Dyck, Phillip
Low and William Litchy of the Mayo Clinic studied 120
diabetics at the Russian Medical Academy for Advanced Studies
in Moscow. The researchers randomly divided the patients into
2 groups and gave one group 14 intravenous doses of ALA over a
3 week period; while the others received a placebo. The
investigators found that ALA significantly improved the
function of nerves that had been damaged by hyperglycemia. The
doctors attribute the improvement to ALA's antioxidant effect,
which allows it to mop up the free radicals created by chronic
unregulated blood sugar. |
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