Clinical Applications of Carnitine Synergy:

• Fat burning: 4-10 caps per day
• Energy: 4-10 caps per day
• Chronic Fatigue: 4-6 caps per day
• Heart Health: 2-4 caps per day
• Sports Performance: 2-4 caps per day
• HIV and other immune weakness: 4-10 caps per day
• Brain health (Acetyl-L-Carnitine increases neurotransmitter function): 5-10 caps per day
• Pregnancy: Gestational Diabetes 2 caps per day

Should Carnitine Synergy be taken with other nutrients?
Combining Carnitine with CoQ10 is a good idea because they work together in your cells. Taking Carnitine along with chromium and zinc can also be very helpful for weight loss. Magnesium, taurine, and vitamin E, EPA, as well as CoQ10 all work synergistically with Carnitine to benefit the heart.

When will I start feeling the benefits of Carnitine Synergy?
You should begin to feel an increase in energy within the first few days. Weight loss results can be seen within the first 2 weeks. For sports endurance, it may take a week or more to see the benefits. Cholesterol and triglyceride lowering effects can take a month or longer.

Weight Loss
The most natural way to support weight loss is to increase your Carnitine intake, because Carnitine picks up fat and puts it in the part of the cell that burns it off without any side effects.2 Scientific evidence shows that increased levels of Carnitine lead to increased fat burning.3 Carnitine also helps increase metabolism while maintaining levels of muscle tissue.4 This is crucial, because muscle tissue is where you do most of your fat burning. Carnitine is also useful for eliminating cravings and increasing the amount of energy you have to exercise, both of which are very helpful for those who want to lose weight.5

Promoting Heart Health
The heart derives 70% of its energy from fat, and fat cannot be burned without Carnitine, so Carnitine is a crucial heart nutrient. Carnitine has been found helpful in the treatment of mitral valve prolapse, angina, cardiac arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy, and congestive heart failure. Carnitine is also one of the most important nutrients for lowering cholesterol and triglycerides.6

Sports Endurance
Because Carnitine plays such a critical role in fat burning, Carnitine is a great aid in promoting sports endurance. Fat is the #1 fuel our body uses in endurance sports, and research shows Carnitine enhances aerobic performance and allows athletes to exercise longer without fatigue. Carnitine also increases the peak running speed in athletes by 6%.7

Chronic Fatigue
Carnitine is an effective treatment for the fatigue seen in a number of chronic neurologic diseases. Chronic fatigue patients given 3,000 mg of Carnitine saw statistically significant clinical improvement in 12 of the 18 studied parameters after 8 weeks of treatment. Increases in energy, well-being, and other parameters were more pronounced the longer patients took Carnitine.8

Acetyl- L -Carnitine and Brain Wellness
Acetyl-L -Carnitine (ALC), the acetyl derivative of L-Carnitine, is found throughout the central nervous system (CNS). ALC plays a broad role in CNS metabolism as a source of acetyl groups both for the synthesis of acetylcholine (a neurotransmitter which plays an integral role in our nervous systems) and for energy-producing reactions. ALC is capable of readily crossing the blood- brain barrier.21 Thus, ALC has somewhat different applications to “regular” L-Carnitine and has found a suitable niche in "brain food" products.

ALC has a variety of properties that include restorative or even protective actions against aging processes and neurodegeneration. In more simple terms, this means that ALC has a vital role in maintaining brain function as we age. In fact, numerous sound clinical studies have shown that ALC supplementation can help in reducing the mental decline in Alzheimer's disease patients.

It is thought that ALC helps in slowing down the progression of Alzheimer’s because of its cholinergic properties (ability to stimulate formation of acetylcholine), as well as its ability to support cellular functioning at the mitochondrial level. Furthermore, researchers have found ALC to be beneficial in enhancing memory and alleviating depression in the elderly.