Alpha-Lipoic Acid

This powerful antioxidant, Alpha-Lipoic Acid, is extremely good in healing sick livers. It actually causes liver tissues to grow back healthier. Taken in conjunction with Silymarin, or Milk Thistle, it really shines in the liver.

Silymarin is a powerful antioxidant that detoxes the liver and facilitates its healing.  This substance is good to take on a regular basis because of all the assaults the liver undergoes in its lifetime. Silymarin is found in artichokes and the Milk Thistle plant. Silymarin has been shown to prevent skin cancer when rubbed on the body.

The best food source of Alpha-Lipoic Acid is Spinach, then followed by Kidney, Heart, Skeletal Muscle, Broccoli and finally Liver. If you don't eat these foods; or want more convenience, then you can get Alpha-Lipoic Acid and Silymarin in supplements from your local health food store.

Alpha-Lipoic Acid assists the body reuse vitamins C and E, and glutathione, a chief antioxidant found and made in the body. When certain antioxidants, such as C, E, and glutathione are use in scavenging free radicals, alpha-lipoic acid helps scavenge them back into use.

This substance reduces diabetic neuropathy, a painful consideration affecting the nerves in the feet. A little known fact about alpha-lipoic acid is that it also helps diabetics control blood sugar fluctuations. It lowers blood sugar in diabetics, according toe a University of Arizona researcher, Erik J. Henrickensen, Ph.D.