Carnitine

[timfogarty]

turns out carnitine (plus certain bacteria in your stomach) is the stuff in red meat that can cause heart disease....

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/health/study-points-to-new-culprit-in-heart-disease.html

[trapz101]

l-cartinine,are they the same?

[shiftedShapes]

l-cartinine,are they the same?

bump for an answer

edit...google tells me it is l-carnitine:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/08/l-carnitine-heart-disease-red-meat-compound_n_3037372.html

Thanks for alerting us Tim.

[OneMoreRep]

l-cartinine,are they the same?

Yes.

All amino acids in the body (except for one or two) come with two identical forms by way of their molecular structure a Dextro (D) and a Levo (L).

The active form of carnitine in the body is the L-carnitine form and the same form of carnitine that those bacteria in the stomach expel after consumption of red meat is the l-carnitine. The l-carnitine is then converted in the liver into TMAO, which then leads to heart disease over a prolonged period of time as postulated by that study posted by Tim Fogarty.

So yes, when they refer to carnitine, they mean both the D-carnitine and L-carnitine. They are one in the same.

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[TrueGrit]

Falcon is safe

[Roger Bacon]

Not convinced till I get WOOO's opinion!

[arce1988]

  OMR is a great poster and person

[booty]

Yikes. Good info OMR

[Marty Champions]

holy shit talk about a long forgotten supplement

i took that acetyl l carnitine back in the late 90's it was too expensive to keep taking, i rmember it was some syrupy stuff

[timfogarty]

it's in most energy drinks today

[booty]

holy shit talk about a long forgotten supplement

i took that acetyl l carnitine back in the late 90's it was too expensive to keep taking, i rmember it was some syrupy stuff

Its always been very expensive for some reason.