Alpha Lipoic Acid: A Powerful Antioxidant

Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) In 1999 we looked at a relatively new antioxidant supplement called Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) also known as thioctic acid and concluded that it might one day prove to be very important, but that it was too early to recommend it. Since then more studies on it have been done. Is the evidence today strong enough to support its use? Scientists first discovered the importance of Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) in the 1950s, and recognized it as an antioxidant in 1988. It has been the subject of a tremendous amount of basic research around the world, some being done at the University of California, Berkeley by Dr. Lester Packer, a leading expert on antioxidants.