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Assuming you dont want to take fish supplements. Carnitine (L or N Acetyl) because Carnitine although made in the body helps the body use fatty acids as energy
by Terry_Roll 4y ago
Assuming you dont want to take fish supplements.
Carnitine (L or N Acetyl) because Carnitine although made in the body helps the body use fatty acids as energy in the mitochondria.
Limited studies because obviously it cant be patented and a decent study will cost in excess of £/$/€1million, but existing studies suggest the above, it only seems to have an effect on those who are obese which would seem logical, and it also works on aging humans perhaps because the amounts produced by the body decline with age. It also seems to help with depression so the comfort eating may decline.
Its also linked to glutamate, glycine and something else in the brain but studies exist in the usual places and some medical experts also discuss it on Youtube if you cant interpret the studies found in places in like pubmed or google scholar.
The only suggested risk with Carnitine is an increase in something called TMAO (Tri MethylAmine Oxidase) its what makes fish and vagina's (trimethylaminuria) smell this can be elevated with Choline or Carnitine if certain bacteria exist and although TMAO is thought to help contribute to atherosclerosis, Fish which is touted as healthy like here is also high in TMAO, so there are questions over whether TMAO is actually good or bad.
Some seeds also have omega 3's and 6's, they are precursors for CBD, but you'll find the Omega's in most diets so if you dont want it to be used for CBD production, maybe consume some CBD.
- pure_simplicity 4y agoThere is not much to question about TMAO being bad. Fish having a high Omega 3 content which is protective against atherosclerosis may explain why TMAO from fish consumption is not as problematic as that from consumption of other meats. Before we start reconsidering if TMAO is bad, it's far less speculative to consider whether tmao's bad effects that are known have been offset by positive effects of omega 3 which are also known.
- Terry_Roll 4y agoI wonder whether atherosclerosis is increased with lower vitamin K1 intakes, you see the arteries get harder with low K1, too much calcium and phosphate rigidise the outer wall, to the point they become hard like metal tubes. Now with plumbing and scale from hardwater, scale forms more easily on hard inflexible surfaces than flexible surfaces. So K1 puts the elasticity back in various tissues which makes me wonder if the plaques are then capable of forming and importantly adhering to the surface? There is also a case for regular exercise to increase the blood pressure operating range, ie going from low to high blood pressure and back again. So I'm not totally convinced at this stage that TMAO is actually bad for us, it just seems to stimulate so parts of the immune system. Besides there are ways to reduce TMAO, like consuming more Taurine (Red Bull), using nicotinic acid which incidentally also increases the release of triglycerides from adipose tissue, I got a six pack just from 500mg of nicotinic acid a day and walking, the only non patentable statin that is and arguably safer considering the man made statins can cause brain fog amongst other side effects. Carnitine and nicotinic acid would certainly go well together for weight loss, but it definitely needs some K1 then to protect the tissues & K2-mk4 to protect the bones if doing nicotinic acid.
- manmal 4y agoDo you prefer the N over the L (ALCAR) form?
- Terry_Roll 4y agoIf its like NAC (N Acetyl Cysteine) then NAC is 100% absorbed in the gut, the L-Cysteine isnt absorbed very well and I think causes stomach upsets, so it will probably be the NA form I go with.