Can L-Carnitine Help with Weight Loss?
Yes,L- Carnitine helps in weight loss.L carnitine is basically a quaternary ammonium compound, combined with amino acid and used to provide many health benefits. It is synthesized by two amino acids, lysine and mthionine in the body. You can take L-carnitine as a supplement to enhance your body health. It works for weight loss, muscle building and enhancing strength and power.
It speeds up the metabolism in the body and burn fat. It leads the process of beta oxidation that burns the fatty deposits. It provides energy expenditure in the body and helps you to reduce fat.
This is the part that is tricky. Although the old school studies showed that L-Carnitine supplementation does not help with fat, carbohydrate, and protein metabolism during moderate intensity exercise, there is some benefit in reducing the metabolic stress of exercise. In other words, L-Carnitine helped reduce the stress response to exercise and allow muscles to recover more quickly. Some modern research has also indicated that L-Carnitine enhances aerobic power, has anti-oxidant properties and also enhances blood flow to the muscles. Can We Get Carnitine From Food? Well other than the pure form in supplements, the foods with the highest concentration of carnitine are red meat (steak and ground beef), pork, cod, and dairy products (cheese, ice cream, milk). Generally our diets will therefore consist of 20 to 200mg/day and our body can only absorb a maximum of 2g at one time. Interesting Note: Canada has a strict regulation against importation of L-Carnitine as a supplement into the cou
