> From: Marc Martin <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [eSens] ALA
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Saturday, April 3, 2010, 11:57 PM
> > Interesting, I had never heard
> of this about ALA other than it being an
> > antioxidant that helps regenerate other antioxidants.
>
> Yes, for folks with heavy metal problems, ALA should not be
> viewed
> as an antioxidant, but rather a chelator. The
> half-life of the
> chelating is typically around 3 hours, so taking it every 3
> hours
> keeps the metals moving out of the body, rather than just
> being
> moved around and redeposited within the body (or at least,
>
> that's the theory). There is moving around after the
> last
> dose on the third day, but that can't be helped (unless
> you
> can stand taking it continuously, which is probably not
> likely or practical)
>
> Marc
>
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