I decided to take it anyway. Although the manufacturer wrote on the packaging: WITH CAREFUL PREGNANT AND NURSING, CONSULT WITH A SPECIALIST
I just don't have enough exercise and protein anymore. Maybe someone else will need this information.
L-carnitine is a vitamin-like substance, a natural accelerator of fat breakdown and a stimulant of cardiac activity present in the human body. In the absence or lack of L-carnitine, effective breakdown of fats is almost impossible; the lack of this particular component very often becomes the cause excess weight and obesity. L-carnitine transports fatty acids to the mitochondria of cells, where fat is burned - fuel for energy production.
L-carnitine is synthesized in the human body from the amino acids lysine and methionine. Whether your goal is to lose weight or build muscle, if you take L-carnitine, your chances will greatly increase.
Research aimed at studying the properties of L-carnitine began in 1937. So let's look at what this supplement can provide and how it can bring you closer to your cherished dream.
1. Weight loss.
If your goal is a slim body, then L-carnitine is what you need. L-carnitine ferries long-chain fatty acids (such as triglycerides) to the mitochondria, where they are converted into energy.
In addition, L-carnitine reduces fatigue and has a suppressive (suppressive) effect on appetite. Therefore, when you are on a diet - L-carnitine can be your main weapon in the fight against overweight. It not only prevents the accumulation of fat, but also accelerates the process of burning existing ones.
2. Muscle mass.
L-carnitine is the most powerful means to increase muscle mass. This supplement helps increase your strength and stamina, you can easily take big weights which means your muscles will become bigger and stronger.
3. Bone health.
With age, bone loss occurs (bones become thinner due to calcium leaching) and this is a real problem, especially for people of retirement age and women after menopause. Of course, this can lead to their hanging brittleness, osteoporosis, arthritis and other bone diseases. Fortunately, L-carnitine helps to solve this problem, it slows down the process of bone loss and improves the microstructural parameters of bones.
4. With heart disease.
Carnitine is used in cardiovascular diseases. Clinical trials have proven that L-carnitine can help with angina along with traditional treatment. Although carnitine is a supplement, it can reduce the need for more serious medications. Thanks to him, you can train without experiencing discomfort and pain in the chest.
Some studies have shown that by taking L-carnitine after a heart attack, you can reduce the risk of a subsequent one. Carnitine is indeed an effective assistant in the treatment of heart disease.
5. Help for the kidneys.
Your kidneys can produce carnitine on their own, but if they are diseased or impaired, this process is suspended, and the production of carnitine is not carried out in full. Supplementing with L-carnitine will help fill this gap.
6. Male infertility.
For men who aspire to have children, but at the same time have problems with sperm quality, L-carnitine is simply indispensable. It is able to increase the amount of sperm and improve its quality.
7. For breastfeeding mothers.
Young mothers usually choose to breastfeed their baby, as they believe that this will help them lose weight faster. But at the same time, their body begins to produce less carnitine than usual. L-carnitine helps eliminate imperfections in the figure after pregnancy, and the combination of breastfeeding and carnitine intake will help young mothers quickly get rid of excess weight gained during pregnancy.
8. Type 2 diabetes.
People with type 2 diabetes may also benefit from taking L-carnitine. Thanks to this supplement, glucose will be produced gradually and better absorbed, which means that the body will not experience spikes in sugar levels.
9. Immune system.
L-carnitine is an antioxidant, which means it helps your body fight free radicals and reduce the damage they cause. This is especially important for colds or seasonal allergies, as well as during intense workouts.
10. The work of the brain.
For older people, L-carnitine will help improve brain function (carnitine is second only to Ginkgo Beloba in its effectiveness in this area). Carnitine prevents the occurrence of age-related brain diseases and all kinds of brain damage, and also helps it work longer and better.
11. Antidote for poisoning with valproic acid.
Although not a bodybuilding problem, there are thousands of cases of valproic acid poisoning each year. And although L-carnitine cannot be an absolute antidote, it relieves the symptoms of this terrible and dangerous poisoning.
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Anastasia
I was online on January 30, 17:38
August 24, 2013, 01:53
Russia, Sochi
Thank you very much! Finally, I got an answer in a simple and understandable language!)
Tatiana Prokofieva
I was online 1 hour ago
M August 23, 2013, 23:05
Russia Moscow
Hello Anastasia!
L-carnitine should not be taken by lactating women, not because of the negative impact on the organisms of the mother or child, but due to the lack of large-scale studies of the drug in this category of people.
This substance has a positive effect on the child's body. After all, it is not without reason that the drug Elkar, which is levocarnitine, is widely used in pediatrics: when nursing premature babies, newborns who have suffered a birth injury or asphyxia; in children with a sluggish sucking reflex and low weight gain; with reduced muscle tone, with insufficient development of motor and mental functions, with growth retardation and lack of body weight.
I cannot give data on the effect of L-carnitine on lactation. There is information that lactation is a state when the body needs an additional supply of L-carnitine from the outside, that this substance does not adversely affect the body even at doses hundreds of times higher than recommended. However, this information is from the manufacturers of L-carnitine preparations, in the competent medical sources she is not. The effect on the health of a nursing mother, I believe, is generally positive, as well as on a normal body. Again, the bans are due to a lack of research.
L-carnitine is a biologically active vitamin-like substance of a peptide nature, which is actively involved in the processes of mitochondrial lipid oxidation, as well as in the formation of energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and the acceleration of physiological growth.
In a small amount, L-carnitine is synthesized in the body, mainly in the liver and kidneys, but the main amount of it enters the body with food, exclusively meat products. Plant-based foods generally contain no or very little L-carnitine. L-carnitine is synthesized from 2 essential amino acids - lysine and methionine. The final product of its synthesis is gamma-butyrobetaine hydroxylase, the activity of which in the body depends on the age of the person. In newborns, the activity of the enzyme is only 12%, and in children 2.5 years old - 30% of its activity observed in adults; by the age of 15, the activity of this enzyme practically does not differ from that in adults. In the body, L-carnitine is present in free and esterified form (SC and EC, respectively), and the sum of these species corresponds to the total amount of L-carnitine. The amount of EC and SC may be different depending on the degree of its synthesis in the body, the age of the person and the intensity of metabolism. A decrease in SC and accumulation of EC in the body may indicate a metabolic disorder, primarily the process of fatty acid oxidation.
It is especially important to monitor the metabolism of L-carnitine in newborns, since the degree of its synthesis in children early age low, at least lower than in adults and, as a rule, insufficient, and the intake of this compound with meat products is excluded before the introduction of complementary foods, so it is necessary to strictly monitor its content in infants.
For newborns, breast milk (as long as meat and meat products are not included in their diet) is almost the only source of L-carnitine. Its highest concentration in breast trouble (80-100 nmol/ml) is found during the first postpartum days, and then the content of L-carnitine gradually decreases (up to 60 nmol/ml at the end of breastfeeding). Possible cause this can be called the active secretion of the mammary glands in the early postpartum period. The method of delivery affects the content of L-carnitine in breast milk and, of course, in the baby's body. So, children born with the help caesarean section, have more high level L-carnitine than those that came into being naturally. It should also be borne in mind that in women who have given birth, who adhere to a lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet during pregnancy and after childbirth, the content of L-carnitine in breast milk, as a rule, is significantly lower than in normally eating women.
Breast milk is known to be the optimal form of nutrition for newborns and young children, since it contains all the nutrients they need. But if breastfeeding is not possible for any reason, artificial infant formula is used, which is usually similar in composition to the "gold standard" of breast milk. Now, as an additive to them, such functionally significant ingredients as L-carnitine are used, the largest manufacturer of which (under the trade name CarnipureTM) is currently the Swiss bioindustrial company Lonza Ltd. It should be noted that CarnipureTM has been used in baby food for over 25 years and 1 kg yields 900,000 standard servings of baby food (1 serving = 100 ml).
When feeding young children with breast milk or when they receive nutritional mixtures, which included L-carnitine, a gradual increase in its content occurs in the body of newborns. It is found primarily in plasma, in internal organs and in urine, as well as in white adipose tissue. At the same time, different lipid metabolism was observed in young children who received nutritional formulas with or without the addition of L-carnitine. Thus, in children whose nutritional mixtures were supplemented with L-carnitine, the blood concentrations of triglycerides, very low density lipoproteins and free fatty acids were lower than in children whose nutritional mixtures were not supplemented with L-carnitine. The same was observed for the excretion of medium chain dicarboxylic acids. All this indicates that exogenously supplied L-carnitine plays a significant role in the body of newborns in the processes of lipid assimilation. Enhanced level fatty acids in the organs and blood of young children who did not receive L-carnitine can be explained by insufficient mitochondrial β-oxidation of long-chain fatty acids. For this reason, increased fat metabolism may occur in microsomal ω-oxidation in a carnitine-independent manner in which medium-chain dicarboxylic acids are produced. The absorption of medium chain triglycerides is accompanied by an increase in the rate of excretion of L-carnitine (in the form of EC) and medium chain dicarboxylic acids. Based on this, it can be concluded that L-carnitine contributes to the efficient use of fatty acids in the body, acting as a scavenger of short-chain acyl groups resulting from β-oxidation. Thus, intramitochondrial A-coenzyme is released to participate in the activation of fatty acids.
As you know, hypothermia is a serious danger for newborns, so it is extremely important to maintain the appropriate body temperature of children. It is known that in newborns brown adipose tissue plays important role in generating their heat. The rate at which fatty acids are oxidized in brown adipose tissue to generate heat is highly dependent on the availability of L-carnitine and ATP. The concentration of L-carnitine in newborns increases rapidly and can be increased even more when exposed to cold. Therefore, L-carnitine plays an important role in non-shivering thermogenesis. The addition of L-carnitine has been found to stimulate ketogenesis. Since the generation and utilization of ketone bodies are important components of neonatal metabolic metabolism, delayed ketogenesis as a consequence of L-carnitine deficiency can be dangerous for infants.
Finally, a few words should be said about the effect of L-carnitine on protein metabolism in newborns. When L-carnitine is added to pasteurized breast milk in preterm infants, plasma urea levels and total nitrogen excretion are significantly reduced.
Such newborns are characterized by reduced catabolism of amino acids and proteins. At the same time, the content of amino acids (AA) in their blood plasma and urea increases, which confirms the opinion about the participation of the added L-carnitine in the interstitial protein metabolism.
It follows from the above that newborns are born with limited reserves of L-carnitine. A significant need for L-carnitine is observed in preterm infants due to their metabolic immaturity. All over the world, products containing L-carnitine are used as medicines and are also used in parenteral nutrition. Because major clinical signs of L-carnitine deficiency are rare in healthy, normal-weight children, mild L-carnitine deficiency may be more common than commonly thought. At the same time, the clinical picture of moderate and even pronounced deficiency of L-carnitine may go unnoticed. Therefore, the subclinical consequences of marginal L-carnitine deficiency are unknown.
I would like to get a detailed answer - how does L-carnitine affect the child, lactation itself and the health of the nursing mother? During pregnancy and breastfeeding, the body's need for L-carnitine increases dramatically, and it is extremely difficult to meet this need with the help of the diet. CAN I TAKE L-CARNITINE DURING PREGNANCY AND BREASTFEEDING?
WILL CARNITINE HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT?
Supplements only make up for lack of it ... sotsav studied ... there is nothing but l-carnitine and calcium. Nothing harmful .. L-carnitine can make an important contribution to the regulation of body weight in long-term weight management programs. However, taking L-carnitine alone will not lead to weight loss. A significant decrease in the concentration of L-carnitine in the body is observed already by the 12th week of pregnancy. It is a safe substance and can be taken for long periods (months and even years) without side effects.
Take L-carnitine 60 minutes before training and in the morning on an empty stomach physical activity L-carnitine has the highest activity.
L-carnitine can also be taken during mass gain cycles in order to prevent fat formation by taking it with protein, gainer and any other complexes.
Researchers note that athletes taking elcarnitine have reduced free radical production, less tissue damage, and less muscle soreness after exercise.
This method of enhancing bioenergetics is especially preferable when it is necessary to avoid a drop in body weight during training.
I came home ... I began to study the instructions in detail, and it says that you can’t take it with HB .. It is excreted three hours after taking it. All these forms, for the most part, are the result of the work of marketers, and are designed for only one thing - to improve the sales of a particular manufacturer. That is, in fact, it is their transporter.
I went on a sports diet, I run 3 times a week + 2-3 times in a rocking chair for an hour and a half. How should I take carnitine? Doses of carnitine from 0.5 g to 7 g per day are considered optimal, depending on the intensity of training. L-carnitine goes well with all types of fat burners, potentiates their action and reduces the frequency of side effects. Levocarnitine is not doping and can be used in sports nutrition without any restrictions.
Levocarnitine does not cause addiction and "withdrawal syndrome", although, like other medicines, it is recommended to take it cyclically.
For achievement maximum effect, levocarnitine should be used along with well balanced diet and training program.
Therefore, when evaluating the anabolic effect of carnitine, one should be guided by criteria other than indicators such as body weight and limb size.
It should be noted that the anabolic effect of levocarnitine can be masked by a general drop in body weight as a result of the disappearance of subcutaneous and internal fatty tissue.
Levocarnitine helps to increase endurance in both aerobic and anaerobic (powerlifting, bodybuilding, etc.) sports.
Accordingly, during pregnancy, dietary supplements that increase L-carnitine levels can be very beneficial. L-carnitine is found naturally in the human body and in foods. Red meats (such as lamb, venison, and beef) are especially rich in L-carnitine. L-carnitine is part of our daily diet.
L-carnitine is formed in the body from the amino acids lysine and methionine. By including L-carnitine in your arsenal, it will be much easier to achieve the goals that you set for yourself in the gym.
So, let's look at what L-carnitine can give us:
1. Weight loss
If you want to lose weight, L-carnitine is an indispensable tool for you! L-carnitine transports long-chain fatty acids and triglycerides to the mitochondria, where they are used for energy. Carnitine also helps suppress hunger and fights muscle wasting.
For these reasons, L-carnitine must be used during the diet. It will inhibit the accumulation of fat and also help increase aerobic endurance. Thus, you will be able to "burn" more calories.
2. Increase in muscle mass
L-carnitine is also an excellent tool for maintaining muscle during pre-competition training. In addition, it can help increase strength and energy so you can use heavier weights and be less tired during a hard and exhausting workout.
3. Preservation of bone mass
As we age, bone loss becomes a serious problem for many people, especially women. Of course, a decrease in bone density can lead to osteoporosis and fractures, degenerative diseases of bone tissue. Fortunately, this process can be slowed down by taking L-carnitine, which reduces bone loss and strengthens bone structure.
4. Improved heart condition
Carnitine is extremely beneficial for the heart and blood vessels. Several clinical trials have proven that L-carnitine can be used in addition to the standard treatment for angina, thereby reducing the need for medication. L-carnitine effectively reduces the frequency of pain attacks in such people. Several other studies have found that L-carnitine clearly reduces the risk of another heart attack.
5. Healthy kidneys
The kidney is an organ in which carnitine is synthesized endogenously. With some defects, they stop synthesizing it. That is why people with one or another pathology of the kidneys, taking L-carnitine, compensate for its deficiency in the body.
6. Treatment of male infertility
Carnitine will be of interest to those men who suffer from infertility resulting from poor sperm quality. With the constant intake of carnitine, it not only increases the number of spermatozoa, but also improves their quality and mobility.
7. Benefits for breastfeeding mothers
New mothers who are breastfeeding a child experience a significant deficit in calories and nutritional ingredients. When feeding, the level of levocarnitine in the body also drops. Even if you are eating well while breastfeeding, taking extra L-carnitine will help protect you from the chances of developing a deficiency. Taking carnitine while breastfeeding has been proven to help burn fat accumulated during pregnancy.
8. Help in the treatment of diabetes
People with type 2 diabetes can directly benefit from L-carnitine, as it helps increase glucose oxidation, thus helping insulin do its job.
9. Immunity Boost
L-carnitine works as an antioxidant, protecting your cells from free radical damage. It stimulates the immune system, helps you not get sick.
10. Improving brain function
For “aged” people, levocarnitine can do much more than the same “gingko biloba” or other similar drugs. Carnitine protects brain cells from destruction as a result of trauma, stress and age-related causes. Thus, it helps to live a longer and more fulfilling life.
11. Antidote for valproic acid poisoning
Although this issue is distantly related to bodybuilding, there have been thousands of cases of poisoning with valproic acid drugs per year recently. L-carnitine can be used as an antidote.
Note: Valproic acid is one of the most widely used drugs for the treatment of epilepsy and is the drug of first choice for all forms of epilepsy, especially generalized ones.
How and when to take L-carnitine?
It is believed that adding 2-4 g per day to the diet should be enough to improve health and achieve the first modest sports goals. But, an effective dose of levocarnitine is 8 g per day. It is available in both tablets and capsules, and even in liquid form. Some products also contain a large number of L-carnitine: This is red meat and dairy products. Nuts, seeds, artichokes, asparagus, broccoli are also recommended - they also have a lot of levocarnitine.
