Does ALA cause stomach cramps for you?

[psroth]

I was taking 1800mg of ALA a day and it was causing pretty bad stomach cramps. I cut back to 900 mg and the cramps went away. How do you guys do 3 or 4 grams and not keel over in pain?

Does this sound normal to you?

 

[anabolicann]

just started today 1000 mgs for breakfast 1000mgs lunch and will take 1000mgs for dinner no heartburn and no upset stomach for me..

 

[anabolicann]

I got mine from www.kilosports.com what about you.

 

[psroth]

American Nutrition or something like that

 

[JohnyJuice]

I get heartburn for about a minute after i take it.

 

[dnoel]

i got MASSIVE gas and bloating from it until i started disolving the ala in flax oil before i took it

 

[therookie]

When taking huge doses you must eat immediately and A LOT, i have learned

 

[Elapid]

Yes-gives me heartburn and stomach cramps at 500mgs and over so I just take smaller amounts and space them out.

 

[firstenrgy]

I get heartburn Too. The most I can stomach is 300mg 3x a day.
firstenrgy

 

[jack hust]

at 1200 mg ed on empty stomach no cramps but indigestion

 

[b22md]

i take 1000mg a few minutes before every meal, and i have no problems. maybe you guys just need to flush your caps down with more water, because when they disolve and you have the ALA powder scattered through your digestive tract it can cause a heartburn like sensation. remember it is an acid. if you put the ALA powder on your tongue, you will know what i am talking about

 

[kbook71]

got mine from kilo...started at 900mg/day....nothing but headaches and cramps...so i drank more water....still had headaches....still had cramps....up to 3gms/a day and no headaches, no cramps, good energy supply thru the day...buddy of mine got his from beyond-a-century and had the same thing, headaches, crampiness...up'd his amount and no problems....also check your fiber intake...make sure you got good #2's coming out...

 

[primetime21]

yup, my stomach can only handle 600 mgs at a time. when i do 900 i get an upset stomach.