Rather then clutter up his thread I thought I would post this here. Perhaps santa will be nice and he'll comment:
1. Notice that he takes both Idebenone and pramacetam so he knows something we don't about lack of adverse effects (see prior threads). His only comment of idebenone was to take the R-ala to counter increased free radical formation from the acetyl carnitine and idebenone.
2. R-DiHydroLipoic Acid: geronova sells this. R-ALA and this are in a redox pair (from the geronova site):
R-DHLA reacts with a free radical and is oxidized back to lipoic acid which is then subsequently reduced using cellular reducing equivalents (NADH or NADPH) back to R-DHLA, thus continuing the redox cycle.
So why not just ensure an adequate aupply of NADH/NADPH?
from another site (granted this is talking about a topical prep, but still sounds like another not very stable compound):
"Although alpha lipoic acid is itself an antioxidant, it is its reduced form, dihydrolipoic acid, that is the most active as an antioxidant. Because dihydrolipoic acid is so easily oxidized (it oxidizes within minutes), it makes topical application of dihydrolipoic acid impossible. Fortunately, alpha lipoic acid is readily converted into dihydrolipoic acid"
Tune in next week for K-R-DiHydroLipoic Acid (sorry I couldn't resist).
3. ALC-Arginate--OK if he is taking this, then I take back skepticism from my prior comments
4. Under: Cellular Membrane Agents he has
PPC 900mg
So this is phosphatidyl choline and there are added benefits to this even if one is already taking...CDP-Choline and Alpha GPC?
5. Anyone know what the advantage of Vincamine over vinpocetine is?
6. Note he is taking 300 mg PS.
OK at the risk of bringing this up again--this shows my ignorance, but what is the difference in the actual molecules between bovine derived and soy derived PS?
on the PS thread Lynx wrote:
"It seems that the DHA backbone of Bovine PS is the key"