supplements BY JACK CHALLEM
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Natural SAFE SUPPLEMENTS TO SUPPORT YOUR BUSY DAY
ee if this sounds familiar: Lately you’ve been doing more and more in less and less time, staying up way too late—and you feel dead tired when the alarm sounds in the morning. Caffeine, in the form of coffee and energy drinks, becomes a crutch for getting through
the day. But there’s a catch. Just one “venti” Starbucks coffee packs a 415-mg caffeine jolt— about seven times more than found in a soft drink. At that level, coffee turns into a drug, and you turn into an addict. What can you do to safely and naturally boost energy levels without resorting to stimulants?
Te answer lies in enhancing your normal cell biology and consuming more of the nutrients that help your body burn food for energy. Te 70 trillion cells that make up your body all work together to produce energy. Tiny cell
structures called mitochondria convert blood sugar and fats to adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the chemical form of energy. In stepping-stone fashion, ATP levels increase through a series of three chemical processes. Te following nutrients all help raise ATP and energy levels. Alpha-lipoic acid. Tis antioxidant functions as a cofactor in the first two major steps of
energy production. Animal and human studies have found that a combination of acetyl-L- carnitine, a slightly different form of the same nutrient, and alpha-lipoic acid can augment energy levels. Dose: 100–300 mg daily. ➻
january 2012 | deliciousliving 43
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