Alpha-Lipoic acid is an antioxidant that can be used successfully by the person with diabetes to help improve diabetic neuropathy and its complications. There've been studies done that show this antioxidant not only helps improve this condition, but it also shown is able to help reduce pain from diabetic complications.

This antioxidant is one of the natural ways that can be used in the daily diabetic therapy plan to regulate blood glucose in a way that the diabetic and avoid complications. Alpha-Lipoic acid has also been studied along with gamma-linolenic acid and found to help reduce pain even further in diabetics that have damaged nerve function.