The human body for normal functioning of all bodies and systems has to receive a set of useful substances including vitamins. The group of vitaminopodobny substances at which there are a lot of properties, general with vitamins, is known, one of them is vitamin N. We learn more about properties and advantage of this substance for the person.
Characteristics and properties
Lipoyevy, or thioctic acid is capable to influence all human body. This unique vitaminopodobny substance is a part of each cage. Lipoic acid, or vitamin N, in a small amount also the organism develops (in intestines).
It treats fat-soluble substances and on many characteristics is similar to group B vitamins: has properties of antioxidant, influences all exchange processes and on the action it is similar to insulin.
Important! Synthetic thioctic acid is powder of yellowish color with bitter taste, it collapses under the influence of sunshine and high temperatures.
Main functions and advantage
Thioctic acid lowers amount of sugar in blood, reduces cholesterol, helps to burn fats, carbohydrates and improves exchange processes in an organism. It is also very useful to a liver, protects cages from influence of alcohol and other hazardous substances.
Significantly substance influences work of nervous system at the cellular level, improves memory and mental capacities, and still promotes normal work of a thyroid gland, improves sight. Also strengthens immunity and has anti-inflammatory and spazmolitichesky property.
Substance promotes saturation of cages oxygen and to transformation of fats to energy, promotes weight loss and extension of muscles. Researches concerning effect of lipoic acid on cancer cells are now conducted. Besides, substance strengthens action and digestion of other useful substances.
It will be useful for you to esteem how avitaminosis and hypovitaminosis is shown and also what leads deficiency of vitamins to.
For children
Children cannot apply medicine without medical prescription. There are no reliable data about influence of this substance on a children's organism.
For adults
Medicine is appointed by the adult having chronic cholecystitis, chronic pancreatitis at the cirrhosis connected with alcohol abuse. Helps with treatment of viral hepatitis and also at a serious poisoning different products, heavy salts and chemicals.
Whether you know? Before emergence of artificial synthesis of vitamin N it was received from a liver of bulls and fresh yeast.
This vitaminopodobny substance is recommended to be accepted to the people with chronic fatigue weakened by the immunity which often have catarrhal and viral diseases, having obesity, sick diabetes with the violation of concentration and attention having atherosclerosis and alcoholism.
Thioctic acid is a part of dietary supplements and is used by athletes for increase in muscle bulk. Also it is accepted by the people wishing to lose weight and keep good physical shape.
The products containing vitamin N
Beef, pork, mushrooms, potatoes, bean, cabbage, nuts, wheat, rice, eggs, milk, kefir, cream, sour cream, butter, cottage cheese, currant — all these products contain useful thioctic acid. Fresh greens are a source of this substance for an organism too. In a small amount is present at fruit and other vegetables.
Whether you know? Beef is a champion on lipoic acid content, especially its is a lot of in a liver of a cow.
At consumption of food, vitamin-rich group B and proteins, lipoic acid is produced in intestines of the person. Then there is no need to accept it in addition, but at improper feeding and aging and also at some diseases the synthesis worsens.
Daily requirement and norm
The adult has to receive 25–50 mg of lipoic acid a day. For children daily requirement of 13-25 mg. If diseases take place, then increase norm of vitamin N depending on a disease.
For men and women
For men aged up to 55 years the standard daily rate is from 25 to 50 mg. At the strengthened trainings and extension of muscles the norm increases to 100–200 mg. If the man plays sports on endurance, then the daily dose increases to 500 mg.
Medicine promotes a conclusion of excess fat from a female body. At the correct dosage of acid, physical exercises and healthy nutrition it is possible to correct the figure and to lose weight. The active woman needs to receive 12–25 mg of this substance a day.
For pregnant women
Pregnant women need to take the drug carefully and according to the recommendation of the doctor. Up to the end it is not investigated as substance influences development of a fruit. On doctor's orders the daily dose makes 40–70 mg.
For athletes
Athletes are recommended to accept no more than 600 mg a day, depending on sport and intensity of loadings. Bodybuilders accept not less than 200 mg a day.
For children
The healthy children's organism independently synthesizes necessary amount of lipoic acid. Only the doctor can appoint additional reception of 12-25 mg if necessary. Small children are not recommended to take the drug.
Shortage and overdose
The shortage of lipoic acid, as well as overdose, is unhealthy the person. There are symptoms and signs which indicate that you need to fill up reserves of substance or it in your organism much. Anyway it is impossible to self-medicate, it is necessary to see a doctor.
Important! Recent researches of scientists showed that lipoic acid is capable to destroy cancer cells.
Shortage of vitamin
Lack of vitamin N liver diseases, deficiency of group B vitamins can cause unbalanced food, dermatitis. Nervous system suffers lipoic acid, the first at insufficient quantity, in an organism.
If you had spasms of muscles, dizziness, chronic fatigue, discomfort in a liver, dark circles under eyes, spots on a body of dark color, an unpleasant smell from a mouth, then it is necessary urgently will see a doctor. Perhaps, the shortage of vitamin N is the reason of such state.
Surplus
The increased acidity of a stomach, diarrhea, pain in the pit of the stomach, heartburn, allergic reactions on skin can be signs of a gipervitaminoz. In this case it is necessary to stop intake of medicine immediately.
The increased amount of lipoic acid, as well as other vitamins, more dangerously, than shortage. Gipervitaminoz can arise at the use of a pharmaceutical form of thioctic acid in the high doses considerably exceeding requirement.
Interaction with other substances
Lipoic acid acts as the catalyst in many chemical reactions in an organism and improves digestion of vitamins C, D, E, F. This substance is well dissolved in fats therefore it is well acquired and combined with group B vitamins.
Greasy food and alcohol neutralize effect of medicine. At reception along with antibiotics, syrups, drugs against oncological diseases, insulin and antidiabetic drugs its action is neutralized. Diseases of intestines have negative effect on synthesis and absorption of vitamin N.
Study advantage of A, V1, V2, V6, V10, V12, V13, V15, V17, D, D3, E, R, U, H, Q vitamins for a human body.
Pharmaceutical forms of vitamin
Medicine is produced in the form of tablets or capsules of 25 mg, 300 mg, 600 mg. Also there is a form in the form of solution for injections. Vitamin N is a component of many complexes of vitamins and minerals, such as Komplivit, the Alphabet Diabetes, etc.
Possible harm and side effects
Some side effects caused by intake of lipoic acid are possible. This, first of all, elevated pressure, rashes on skin, an itch, spasms, a hypoglycemia, the complicated breath. Harm can be done only when the person is exceeded daily doses and abuses medicine. In that case will arise gipervitaminoz with all negative consequences.
We recommend to take the pharmaceutical forms of substance only according to the recommendation of the doctor in strictly established dosage. It is impossible to define independently a necessary and safe dose of medicine, these can do harm to an organism.
If there are no serious diseases, then the healthy organism synthesizes vitamin N and in addition receives useful substance together with food. It is important correct and balanced to eat, then problems with health will not be.