ALA Supplement recommendation

Interesting that you mention radiculopathy verses neuropathy. Now I need to have a talk with my chiropractor and neurologist . I'm 74 and floundering around doing endless research and documenting my daily symptoms and food intake. When you have 15 minutes with a doctor, and they want to send you away with drugs and tell you "see you in 3 or 6 months", you know your screwed. My PC doctor calls me the "medicine minimalist" and I refuse to take Gabapentin. It's not pain, just a pain in butt to have tingling/numbness of feet and calves. Also I took time to learn what supplements to take when and with what. And I bought a scale that measures body composition, take my BP everyday. I take pictures of every crumb I ingest so that I can feel and see any changes in foot numbness, calf numbness, and this debilitating imbalance. I won't say dizziness. It's immediately misinterpreted as an inner ear problem. And on my own I asked to have an Insulin blood test and it was over the limits. 30.8 < 18. So I'm guessing there's insulin resistance, so I'm addressing this. 4 small meals within 9 hours then 15 hours fasting. No sugar, coffee, white refined flours and foods, no boxed or preserved or processed foods. And I had a chiropractic adjustment 2 days ago, and this morning the burning is almost gone. Our bodies are mysterious and miraculous. I'm losing 1/2 lb a day and drinking teas I made myself from the Quince Shrub and Mulberry tree growing in my organic gardens. I've intuited these leaves would help me and didn't know why. Trust yourself. Google benefits of Mulberry leaf and Quince leaf tea. My cardiologist is ignorant to anything I've told him about these teas. He wants to give me a drug for plaque. The ct scan shows some but nothing to be considered life threatening and I'm going to clear the plaque out myself. Lower cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL. I have a strict food plan and can't wait for the next blood work in December. I love this connect discussion board. Thanks for your insights and health journey. Linda pictures are crushing Quince leaves that I dried in a fine mesh bag and made my own teabags.

I take alpha lipoic acid Source Naturals 600 mg - Isn't the R before alpha mean pure acid? Not sure - if you don't have any problems with too much acid you may try it if my memory is correct - I try to take it on an empty stomach but sometimes time doesn't allow as I have others to take too. Source Naturals is a good brand I get at the health food store.

I take 600 mg of R-ALA with food in the morning and 600 mg with dinner. For me, difficult to determine if it helps. Been on it for a few weeks and will continue for a few more months. In other words, the jury is still out on this one.