Vitamin questions...

[Thinker82]

1) Can I find Alpha Lipoic Acid at a GNC store?

2) Alpha Lipoic Acid helps burn carbs?

3) Whats a good multivitamin brand name to buy?

4) Are there any pills you can buy from GNC that will help stop food cravings?


Thanks in advance

 

[Thinker82]

Instead of starting a new post, I'll just add to this one since no one has replied yet.

Ok, I'm a big newbie when it comes to working out/dieting and when reading a lot of your posts I don't understand a lot of it because of all the acronym.

Right now I only have about 10-20 pounds to lose for my ideal weight. I used to be atleast 40 pounds from my goal but I lost a lot of it due to low fat diets awhile back. I barely ate and when I did it had very little fat in it. Right now I weight 150 and I keep jumping from 145-150. Can't seem to get any lower no matter what I do. I fear I've screwed myself up quiet a bit. I've been yo yoing around with my diets a lot. I'll last on a low fat diet and lose a little bit of weight then get thrown off by a huge binge. Now whenever I eat, it seems like it just makes me more hungry and if I go nuts with food I can't stop, I'll consume so much junk food its not funny.

I have a small build and I'm skinny all over except for my sides/stomick. I'm hoping this low carb diet will help me acheive my goals.

Anyways can someone please please help me out here:

I'm not sure how much protein/fat I should consume. I'm 5'10" 150 pounds. I don't know my bodyfat percentage because like I said all my weight is in two areas, everywhere else is scrawny.
Can someone please tell me how much calories I can eat and what percentage of it should be fat/protein.

Today I ate 5 eggs, 4 hamburger paddies, 3 cups of lettuce mixed with oil and vinager and a shitload of turkey fried in olive oil. I also worked out for an hour at the gym. This is day one with my little diet here and I probably won't know if its working atleast until tomorrow.

 

[MuscleDm]

Yes, you can find alpha lipoic acid at a gnc store, it comes in either 50 or 100 mcgs.(or maybe mg's, I forgot). Alpha lipoic acid won't help you "burn" carbs, it will greatly enhance your utilization of carbs. Alpha lipoic acid along with chromium will enhance your muscle cells sensitivity to carbs, they work as catalysts with insulin in the glycogen storage process. A good multi vitamin to buy, if you are at GNC, the Ultra Mega Green is a great product with digestive enzymes, your full vit/min complex, extra herbs, fatty acids, antioxidants, etc. But it is expensive. Lastly, some decent appetite suppressants are l-tyrosine, 5-htp, hydroxcitic acid. Overall, a good thermogenic product may help stave off cravings, usually some of the products mentioned above will be included. Hope that helps.....anyone else feel free to add more info!

ryan