Normally, there is little free Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) circulating in your body, unless you consume supplements or take it by injection. Foods contain only tiny amounts of ALA.

Your body manufactures enough ALA for the basic metabolic functions of energy production and dissolving some liver by-products.

At the levels produced by your body ALA acts as an essential coenzyme for carbohydrate metabolism for energy.

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Every day you wake up and realize you are a day older. That does not just mean that it is one less day to work. It also means that your body is slowly beginning to change. Most think that the aging process occurs naturally and there is nothing that can be done about it. However, research is now finding that with specific functions in your body working at a higher level, you can combat against age, giving you the ability to wake up every day to be one year younger.

One of the major ways that you can help to combat against your age is through antioxidant products. This anti-aging material can help you to work effectively against things such as UV rays, free radicals, and other types of damage that may be taking place in your body at a cellular level. Some may do this through eating vegetables and fruits that carry antioxidants; however, you also have a choice to find anti-aging antioxidant products for what you need.

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Are there any good inexpensive antioxidant serums (or creams or other topical treatments for the face)? I don’t want to spend more than $50 on one, but all of the antioxidant products I know of cost over $100. (I tried Neutrogena’s Anti-Oxidant Age Reverse, but I don’t think it did anything more than moisturize.)

Astaxanthin is an extremely powerful supercharged antioxidant derived from micro algae. It is over 500 times stronger than Vitamin E and can cross the blood/brain barrier, meaning it offers powerful oxidative protection for the entire nervous system.
Dr Perricone who frequents the oprah winfreh show , the author of many anti ageing books who wikipedia quotes him as the father of the inflammation theory of aging. Hes number 1 recommended antioxidant food to prevent accelerated ageing is wild caught salmon. Why is salmon number 1 on his list? Salmon is the best and most abundant natural source of astaxanthin.

Farmed salmon is not endorsed as it doesn’t contain much of the antioxidant astaxanthin. Astaxanthin is actually a micralgae that is found in the sea which salmon and other seafood eat as part of there diet.

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Resveratrol supplements are the latest antiaging fad. Aging is breakdown, but broken things can be fixed. Aging is characterized by a progressive deterioration of physiological functions and metabolic processes. The healthy reputation of dietary antioxidants just got more support, with one type turning in a spectacular anti-aging performance.

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