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: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
