 Hi guys today. I am talking to you about something important. It's called alpha-lipoic acid If you have some nerve damage, neuropathy, autonomic neuropathy Whatever it may be. If you have insulin resistance, this video is for you. Stay tuned We are talking about the benefits of alpha-lipoic acid today. I am Dr. Ahmed Ergin I'm an Americanologist, a diabetes expert and a diabetes education specialist. Let's get started. Hi guys. Thank you for watching quickly. I have a quiz for you in the description below So after you watch this video take the quiz answer the questions The more questions you answer correctly the higher the chance and one in three will win a Chapter from my book. It's gonna be delivered electronically to you a real chapter from my the ultimate Diabetes book so go ahead finish the video take the quiz and win So guys, what is alpha-lipoic acid anyways, right? So alpha-lipoic acid actually is made within us. It is made in every cell It is a natural antioxidant. So when we actually burn glucose we create bunch of free radicals and Oxidations so we have to take care of that. So body tries to do that by creating this alpha-lipoic acid Now our body makes some but we need to also get extra Especially in this DNA. We are getting exposed to so many Zinobiotics we are getting exposed to so many theoretical damage, especially when you have diabetes. That is a ton That's the main reason why we are getting neuropathy when we have diabetes But the bottom line is you can get this from food, but the food has very limited resources So organ meats have a lot of them, but most of you are probably not a big fan of organ meats If you love liver, that's great. That will help you. You can find this in sprouts You can find this in beets. You can find this in some other Green vegetables. You can also obtain this from supplements. So what are the benefits of? Alpha-lipoic acid overall. We'll talk about neuropathy a little bit more in detail, but definitely Will help you some with the weight loss if you're super concerned about the weight loss there's a slight weight loss feature as well It activates the AMP kinase which similar to what metformin does or what the berberine does But definitely it is one of the things that help for the weight loss It reduces the skin aging You know you would think that it would because of the antioxidant features and it will help your brain now One of the good things about alpha-lipoic acid. It is both water and fat soluble So that means that you know your entire body can benefit from it like vitamin C For example is only water soluble vitamin E is only fat soluble But alpha-lipoic acid can go everywhere in your body and can diffuse into every part of your body and Brain happens to be one of them and your brain definitely needs a lot of help It also helps prevention of glaucoma, which happens to a lot of us as we get older And especially with diabetes, which is a risk factor for glaucoma And you understand why because of all the oxidative damage alpha-lipoic acid can help prevent that as well So of course, you know when we have diabetes we have liver inflammation Fat-deliver disease can happen heart disease can happen But alpha-lipoic acid can also help reduce the liver and heart disease So of course guys, we are going to talk about the neuropathy part So neuropathy is unfortunately not reversible in majority of the cases although if you control your blood sugar well and Use the necessary ingredients like the alpha-lipoic acid benfatiamine, which we talked in the past can help a lower progression of it and if you are having symptoms such as pain Such as itching such as burning sensations alpha-lipoic acid can help now alpha-lipoic acid is Hard to get in food as much as you need and that's why there are supplements out there 300 to 600 milligram a day is fairly adequate And of course if the supplements are not helping there will be medications There all the time you can even combine it with some medications as well if you want to Because alpha-lipoic acid is totally natural So because of the need because my patients have been asking we actually created a supplement as well It is alpha-lipoic acid. So I have investigated all the manufacturers To help me come up with this because you will realize when you try to do something like this The quality is so different as a customer when you go try to buy a supplement You have no idea you have you are at the mercy of their marketers and their claims and then an FDA regulated So I did my best to get you the best quality alpha-lipoic acid This is 600 milligram per capsule You just take one a day and that can help improve insulin resistance Reducing neuropathy symptoms and all you have to do is take one a day We have 60 capsules here, which is two months supply. You have to be consistent I would recommend taking at least three to six months before you expect improvement again Your neuropathy doesn't develop overnight. It happens within years Alpha-lipoic acid hopefully will help improve that damage Again, you have to also control your blood sugar You cannot expect alpha-lipoic acid to the miracle while your blood sugars are running in the 300s So you have to make sure you can combine The advanced glucose support with alpha-lipoic acid to get the best results And these are available on our website at sugarmd or sugarmds.com So guys, I hope that video is helpful. I hope your neuropathy symptoms get better Please let me know what you think share this video write comments and we'll see in the next video Hey guys, I hope you're enjoying this channel so far, and I hope you subscribed already If you didn't do it and if you did watch this video right there, I think that will help you too