It starts working as soon as ingested...but as for "seeing" results? Thats completely dependant on your diet and "seeing" the results never really happens since it's not a fat-burner IMHO. But I love the stuff.
that was going to be my response
really, effects of r-ala upon body recomposition are not evident/discernible, especially if you are already a well conditioned athlete. However, there is still a myriad of benefits ranging from the touted enhanced insulin sensitivity, to upregulation of AMPK, increased glutatione levels -> antagonism of TNF-proteins and suppressing oxidant synthesis, etc etc
definately worth a glance, even more so compared to other supplements
in all fairness, does this really apply to 90+% of the people that peruse the diet forum.. or most of the forums for that matter?
over time spent on these forums most people (men in this case) are at 10-12%+ many much higher... where recomp and carb effects will be more evident...
the higher the bodyfat and/or insulin resistance the greater the "fat loss" effect..
ie most people that need to cut carbs to lose fat will see good impact on fat loss.
as a note the animal studies showed significant fat loss (9% of BM) even in the lean insulin sensitive models.