He's probably talking about this: http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200406/kt2004061415162011820.htm
If I remember correctly, the mice had 1% of their diet replaced by the ALA. -Ken Bagwell --- Dan Nave <[email protected]> wrote: > I just got a mailing from a Paul Oberdorf who > advocates alternative > methods of healing and sells stuff for colon > cleansing, Colloidal > Silver, etc. > > He says that he has come up with a method, based on > some European > research with overweight mice, which causes one to > loose weight by > taking an antioxidant supplement. > > Basically, one takes ALA (alpha lipoic acid) > capsules three times a > day, after eating. It's that simple. The dose is > one pill of 375mg > after each meal for a total of 1125mg per day. He > also states that the > 375 is all useable ALA so getting a manufactured > product may have a > lower amount of useable ALA. > > The mechanism is not entirely understood, but > apparently involves a > suppression of an enzyme that makes one hungry and > also the effect of > ALA directly on the liver where it increases bile > flow. ALA is also > supposed to be a heavy metal chelator. It also is > supposed to affect > the use of fat in the body as energy, I'm not sure > how. > > He has tried it on himself and several others who > have given > testimonials, they are seeing the effects by 2 to 3 > weeks. It seems to > suppress food cravings, normalize appetite, and burn > off fat deposits on > the body. > > I don't know if anyone with mercury or lead toxicity > would suffer any > ill effects by using ALA in this fashion but that > may be a concern for > some. > > I know that I took ALA and had good results with > improving > liver/gallbladder function. I took 100mg every 4 > hours for several days > and then some time off in between courses. > > Comments? > > Dan > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing > Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: > http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: > [email protected] > Silver List archive: > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: > [email protected] > OT Archive: > http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
