Lipoic Acid - Health Benefits
Health Benefits of Lipoic Acid
Aging Process
Lipoic Acid may retard some aspects of the Aging Process: [1]
Lipoic Acid may inhibit damage to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) - the principal detrimental process implicit in the Mitochondrial DNA Theory of Aging.
Lipoic Acid may possess Life Extension properties. [2]
Cardiovascular System
Lipoic Acid may help to prevent Atherosclerosis. [3]
Lipoic Acid may lower Blood Pressure in High Blood Pressure patients. [4]
Lipoic Acid may reduce Pain in Intermittent Claudication patients. [5]
Lipoic Acid may protect against the toxic effects of Ischemia (i.e. it may protect against ). [6]
Lipoic Acid may inhibit the ability of Peroxyl Free Radicals to damage Red Blood Cells. [7]
Lipoic Acid (when consumed prior to the occurrence of an Ischemic Stroke) may minimize the Brain damage incurred by people who experience an Ischemic Stroke (due to the Antioxidant effects of Lipoic Acid). [8]
Cells
Lipoic Acid may help to prevent Free Radicals damage to Cell Membranes. [9]
Lipoic Acid may help to preserve the Mitochondria of Cells. [10]
Ears/Hearing
Lipoic Acid may help to prevent some forms of Deafness. [11]
Lipoic Acid may retard the further progression of Hearing Loss - Age-Related (by retarding damage to mitochondrial DNA in the Ears’ Cochlea). [12]
Lipoic Acid (25 mg per day or more) may help to reverse Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. [13]
Lipoic Acid may inhibit damage to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in the Cochlea. [14]
Excretory System
Lipoic Acid may prevent the damage to the Kidneys (Diabetic Nephropathy) that is a common side effect of Diabetes Mellitus and Lipoic Acid may inhibit Angiotensin 2-induced Kidney damage. [15]
Eyes/Vision
Lipoic Acid may help to prevent Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) (due to the Antioxidant properties of Lipoic Acid; Lipoic Acid may penetrate Eye tissue and protect both the Lens and the Retina from degeneration). [16]
Lipoic Acid may reduce the risk of Cataracts in Diabetes Mellitus patients and in normal, healthy persons. [17]
Lipoic Acid may inhibit the activation of Aldose Reductase (an enzyme that is implicated in Cataracts due to its ability to catalyze the production of Galacticol and Sorbitol from Galactose and Glucose).
Lipoic Acid may alleviate Glaucoma. [18]
Lipoic Acid may protect the Lens of the Eye from degeneration.
Lipoic Acid (600 mg per day) improves (the chronic progressive external form of) Opththalmoplegia (paralysis or weakness of the eye muscles). [19]
Lipoic Acid may protect the Retina of the Eye from degeneration.
Immune System
Lipoic Acid (450 mg per day) may improve the overall health of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) patients. [20]
Lipoic Acid may increase the plasma Glutathione levels of AIDS patients.
Lipoic Acid may increase the plasma Vitamin C levels of AIDS patients.
Lipoic Acid may retard the replication of the HIV Virus (by inhibiting the HIV Viral Reverse Transcriptase enzyme that participates in the replication of HIV, and by inhibiting Nuclear Factor Kappa B (NF-Kappa B) that activates HIV replication). [21]
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