Alpha Lipoic Acid and Explicit Memory

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I started using Alpha Lipoic Acid as a supplement for

diabetics, back in ~2004. It helps prevent diabetic blindness and can

help reverse diabetic neuropathy.

 

When I started using ALA, I was taking 2 capsules x 3 times a

day. Within months I began to regain feeling in my fingers and feet.

Being frugal, I cut back to 1 capsule x 3 times a day.

 

This Spring, I had surplus cash for the first time in years.

So I did a little experiment. I upped my ALA dose to 2 caps x 3 times

a day.

 

In less than 2 weeks I noticed my memory had begun to work

differently. Bits of biographic memory have always surfaced unbidden.

But now, the memory fragments had more substance. Now, if I have a

memory fragment about a particular event, I know not only the other

people involved in the event, but where the event happened, and even

some idea of when it happened.

 

I did some googleing while at the Bastille internet cafe. I

have no links, but it seems that ALA enhances explicit memory (see

below for definition).

 

I have always been a problem solver. I fiddle around to get a

grasp of the problem, then I put the problem on the back burner to

simmer. Then, days or weeks later, the solution pops into my

conscious mind.

 

Now, however, the problem solving is much quicker. Not

instantly by any means, but an hour instead of a day, or a day instead

of a week.

 

Memory begins to fail as humans age. futurologist Alvin

Toffler wrote of Future Shock in 1970. When I was young, I noticed

that old people did not adapt well to rapid societal and technological

change, whereas I and my peers adapted easily

 

It seems to me that supplements which reverse age related

brain sluggishness might be of interest to those who wish to keep

their minds sharp over the decades.

 

Lots of snippets from webpages along with URLs are in my blog post

http://alobar.livejournal.com/3258954.html

 

Alobar