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Old 11-10-2011, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by karsten View Post
I'm currently taking one 600 mg ALA ( Alpha Lipoic Acid) per day. Is this approximately equal to 100 mg of the R-Lipoic acid? I thought about switching, but the ALA tends to be less expensive.
I think 100mg of stablized R-lipoic is not very expensive. It is also far more potent than what you are using. Far more absorbed and biologically available to the body.

60 alpha lipoic acid (original form)
example:
http://www.iherb.com/Source-Naturals...les/38661?at=0

Doctor's Best stabilized R-lipoic:
http://www.iherb.com/Doctor-s-Best-B...ie-Caps/4?at=0

Same price same quantity....very different bioavailability!
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