carnitine

hamzabdullah92 · Post by **hamzabdullah92** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:51 am

how does carnitine work
if i'm trying 2 lose fat would it help

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:38 pm

I agree. It is supposed to have some effect, though I belive it has little to none, and strangely it has in latter years become one of about 6 different substances being classed as Amino Acids for some reasons, I don't entirely know why.

The only sort of supplements that might have an effect on peoples Fat levels, are things like healthy Oil based supplements, or CLA for example.

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:42 pm

Is it possible though the fact it didn't do much for you, might have been related in some way to your Thyroid situation?

As I say, I'm not advocating CLA and fatty acdis, as definite Fat reduction options, but I believe they could do such things in some people.

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:01 pm

Fair enough

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cassiegose · Post by **cassiegose** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:35 pm

I gotta agree with Amatlack on this one... I did the CLA for about 3 months and didn't notice much of a difference either. Might have been just me though. There are SO many factors that need to be considered when deciding if a supplement is working or not that sometimes its hard to tell if its doing any good or if there are other factors that are helping/preventing results.

lens_d · Post by **lens_d** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:27 pm

Not sure about carnitine but CLA seemed to have an effect on me. I was also concentrating on diet and working out really hard at the time. I did loose body fat on it though. I was instructed to take 6 a day which is 3 more than the bottle recommended but it worked. I was also using a fish oil sup as well.

workout partner lost 25 pounds while taking CLA alone. He was also dieting hard at the time though. So it might of helped we both feel it did.

There is no substitute for calorie deficit if you donâ€™t change diet you wont loose fat.

PandorasVise · Post by **PandorasVise** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:58 pm

CLA nightmare. I jumped on the CLA and GLA bandwagon when I found a tread in another forum. I got it, took the recommened dosage and after five days, I was up five pounds. Took me nearly a week to lose those five pounds. I am back on straight vitamins.

hamzabdullah92 · Post by **hamzabdullah92** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:46 pm

PandorasVise wrote:CLA nightmare. I jumped on the CLA and GLA bandwagon when I found a tread in another forum. I got it, took the recommened dosage and after five days, I was up five pounds. Took me nearly a week to lose those five pounds. I am back on straight vitamins.

thanks for all of the help but when u guys said it didnt help weight loss . what about the fat loss . because goal is to lose body FAT nd not weight lost . now question is does it help with the fat los?

taniaaust1 · Post by **taniaaust1** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:04 pm

i take Thermo Trim Liquid carnitine. I think i do notice a difference in weight loss with this product and hence thou expensive, i would buy it again.

In own case, due to another medical condition i have, it is quite likely i could have carnitine deficiency (from body not metabolising things well), so maybe that is why it seems to be helping me.
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Kevsworld · Post by **Kevsworld** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:57 am

Here ya go:

http://www.strongandfit.net/2009/03/l-c ... truth.html

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:16 am

let's be real here, it's 1 vitamin out of many...1 vitamin does not burn fat

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:16 pm

Carnitine isn't a Vitamin. Not trying to sound arsey.

In fact for some reason in recent years it's started to be classed as an Amino Acid, along with a few others like Citrulline, Gaba, and Hydroxy-proline so I believe. So people are supposed to go around saying there's 25 or 26 Amino Acids now.

Quite confusing.