Stemulite combines acetyl L-carnitine (ALC) and alpha lipoic acid (ALA) for their synergistic effects against oxidative stress (a byproduct of being alive that’s accelerated by exercise) and possibly against the effects of aging.
Here’s a quick study to back it up …
[ASIDE for non-physiology-geeks: The cells in your body are fueled by "little engines" called mitochondria. Some scientists believe mitochondria damage is the definition of aging. Less damage = slower aging.]
Theorizing that mitochondrial decline is caused by free radical damage, a team of researchers in California fed elderly rats both ALC and ALA for a period of seven weeks and then compared them with young rats
There was already evidence that supplementation with acetyl L-carnitine could reverse the age-related decline in mitochondrial activity in rats, increase fatty acid oxidation and boost general metabolic activity.
Since the down side of increased mitochondrial function is an increase in oxidative damage, the researchers wanted to see if the addition of the mitochondrial antioxidant alpha lipoic acid could help offset the mitochondrial damage.
They found the combination of ALC and ALA led to better results than either alone. After a month on the supplements, the elderly (24-month-old) rats had more energy and did better on memory tests.
The decline in overall activity in the older rats was reversed to the level of young-to-middle-aged adult rats, aged 7-10 months.
The researchers likened this result to a group of 80-year-old humans starting to act 35 years younger.
But before you waste your time looking, there aren’t any published studies on the possible anti-aging effect of ALC/ALA on humans - yet. Some are in the works as this very moment.
There are, however, studies showing the combination of acetyl L-carnitine and alpha lipoic acid to be effective in combating oxidative stress.
In 2001, researchers at San Francisco State University led a double-blind, placebo-controlled study lasting 17 weeks to examine the effect of acetyl L-carnitine and alpha lipoic acid in humans.
Eighteen healthy but sedentary men aged 60-71 were randomized to into two groups and took either a placebo tablet twice a day or 1,000mgs of ALC and 400mgs of ALA in two divided doses.
Both groups were then asked to perform a series of exercises, then their blood was analyzed for signs of exercise-induced oxidative stress as measured by nine biomarkers:
- ammonia
- beta-carotene
- glutamine
- glutathione
- malondialdehyde
- total antioxidant status (TAS)
- vitamin C
- vitamin E-alpha tocopherol, and
- vitamin E-gamma tocopherol.
For eight of the nine biomarkers, a majority of subjects in the treatment group recorded values indicating that levels of oxidative stress had fallen. No changes were noted in the placebo group.
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