Re: ALA in food

[Guest guest]

I was looking at a product in the store yesterday that had ALA on the box.

Turns out ALA also stands for alpha-linolenic acid, in addition to

alpha-lipoic acid, the chelator. The linolenic acid is an omega-3 fatty

acid, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-3_fatty_acid

I believe Andy's written that there's not enough lipoic acid in food to do

much (I read that as it won't do anything) as a chelator,

Ray

ALA in food

> Can anyone tell me the effects if any, there might be with consuming food

> with high amounts

> of ALA. My breakfast cereals contain any where from 650-800 mg per

> serving. I also use

> Carlson Norwegian Cod Liver Oil, 1 tea. 3 times a day. Each tea. can

> contain between 40-60

> mg of ALA. This never occurred to me till today that these foods may be

> part of the

> problems I have been having for several months now. It's too late to start

> today but

> beginning tomorrow I think I will cease these and see if some things

> improve. My symptoms

> right now are all brain related. I am not on DMSA or DMPS. I do take 12

> capsules (spread out)

> of Modifilan a day. I have some 500 mg capsules of DMSA that a DR gave me

> in 2004. But

> after reading Andy's book I felt taking that amount and in the way it was

> dosed would not be

> wise. At the time I was dealing with Lyme anyway and had too much on my

> plate to deal with

> as it was.

> Claire

>

>

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>

[Guest guest]

> >

> > Can anyone tell me the effects if any, there might be with

> consuming food with high amounts

> > of ALA.

To be honest I am not sure I would have even noticed the difference in the

spelling even if

I was functioning well right now. Thank you so much for taking the time to

clarify the

difference for me.

Claire

[Guest guest]

Hi Claire-

The " ALA " in Carlson cod liver oil is (from the label) " ALA (Alpha Linolenic

Acid) " . Alpha linolenic acid is a fatty acid and not the same thing as alpha

lipoic acid. That may be the same for the breakfast cereals. I don't believe

most foods are a significant source of alpha lipoic acid or there would have

been discussion about it on this forum or in Andy's books (which I haven't

seen). Don't toss your cod liver oil - it's a valuable food.

Dana

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From: frequent-dose-chelation

[mailto:frequent-dose-chelation ] On Behalf Of Clarice

Can anyone tell me the effects if any, there might be with consuming food

with high amounts

of ALA. My breakfast cereals contain any where from 650-800 mg per serving.

I also use

Carlson Norwegian Cod Liver Oil, 1 tea. 3 times a day. Each tea. can contain

between 40-60

mg of ALA. This never occurred to me till today that these foods may be part

of the

problems I have been having for several months now. It's too late to start

today but

beginning tomorrow I think I will cease these and see if some things

improve. My symptoms

right now are all brain related. I am not on DMSA or DMPS. I do take 12

capsules (spread out)

of Modifilan a day. I have some 500 mg capsules of DMSA that a DR gave me in

2004. But

after reading Andy's book I felt taking that amount and in the way it was

dosed would not be

wise. At the time I was dealing with Lyme anyway and had too much on my

plate to deal with

as it was.

Claire