What Is Alpha 100?
In the 1950's scientists discovered that versatile alpha-lipoic acid (also known as thioctic acid or simply lipoic acid) worked with enzymes throughout the body to speed the processes involved in energy production. More recently, in the late 1980's, researchers found that alpha-lipoic acid can be a powerful antioxidant as well, neutralizing naturally occurring, highly reactive molecules called free radicals that can damage cells.

What Alpha 100Does?
Alpha-Lipoic Acid affects nearly every cell in the body. It assists all of the B vitamins--including thiamin, riboflavin, patothenic acid and niacin---in converting carbohydrates, protein, and fats found in foods into energy the body can store and use later. Alpha-Lipoic Acid is a cell-protecting antioxidant that may help the body recycle other antioxidants, such as Vitamins C and E, boosting their potency.

Alpha 100Major Benefits
One of the primary uses for Alpha-Lipoic Acid is to treat nerve damage, including diabetic neuropathy, a dangerous long-term complication of diabetes that cause pain and loss of feeling in the limbs. This nerve condition may be partly due to free-radical damage to nerve cells caused by runaway levels of sugar (glucose) in the blood.