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[t4exanadu]

Is there any advantage to taking Alpha-Lipoic Acid, Grape Seed Extract or Astaxanthin twice daily instead of once?

I'm currently taking them once a day, while I take a variety of other supplements 2x and 3x daily. I've never found anything that suggested taking the above mentioned more than once a day would be better, but it would make it alot easier for me to fill up capsules. Any advice or information would be appreciated.

[kevink]

In general, many things don't work all day long. For instance, your ALA has a certain half-life and you'd want to cover as much of the day as possible. On the other hand, several Astaxanthin studies seem to use a single daily dose.

Some things need to "flood" your system, but usually there's nothing wrong with breaking the dose up. For instance, if your multi calls for 9 caps a day, you should break it up as 3x3 times a day, not down all 9 in the morning.

If it's easier for you to split it up, I see nothing wrong with doing it that way.

[Shepard]

Water-soluble....split up
Fat-solube.....can be taken at once, still might be better split up