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Dr. Burt Berkson has spent much of his medical career using alpha lipoic acid to treat various maladies. His involvement with ALA began in 1977, when, as a young resident at Case Western Reserve Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, he received a macabre assignment: Inform patients with liver disease that they had no hope of survival.
The job so upset him, Berkson recalls, that he began looking for ways to save the patients. His search led him to anecdotal evidence suggesting that ALA could be used to regenerate liver cells. Berkson provided ALA to 79 terminal liver patients. Of these, 75 showed significant liver regeneration.
Berkson's research indicates that ALA can support overall health and immunity, while having powerful anti-aging effects, he says. In 1998, Berkson compiled his 20 years of experience with ALA into The Alpha Lipoic Acid Breakthrough (Prima Press). He now runs the Center for Integrative Medicine in Las...