Is L-Carntine an effective diet aid?

Answer 1

it "can" be if used properly but acetyl-l-carnitine is more effective. I would take 1 grams of acetyl-L-Carnitine after cardio. results will be best seen when there is already regular fat loss occurring. don't rely on supplements for fat loss get the process going through diet and exercise then add them

Answer 2

Yes or No, L-Carnitine is an amino-acid that help to burn fat but not for himself, gives you a lot of energy but not for himself, he helps you to absorb the nutrients in the food and you need to be in a regular exercise program, if this 2 conditions apply the L- Carnitine is really good, if you only take the amino acid and eat a lot of fat, then you will absorb it and if you don't make exercise, then you will loose the energetic effect of it, finding yourself after 3 months fatter and clogged...So, yes, to Carnitine with the right food and the right amount of physical activity as an effective way to become fit, to people with will and discipline.

Answer 3

Nope!

In the few months I have been answering 'Health Answers' I have had my eyes really opened. I had no idea that such a high percentage of the population are so naive as to believe in the myths, potty patent medicines, illegal drugs, illegally purchased prescription only drugs, charlatans and just plain crooks, purporting or pretending that they can fix them.

The problem is also that to be allowed on the market most of these preparations only have to prove that you are not very likely to drop dead soon after you take them! Once this is established they appear to legally be able to make any wild and unsubstantiated claim they like!

Without wishing to seem impolite Type ' weight loss ' into the search for questions box and you will see the answers to the 20 questions like yours that clutter ' Answers ' every day, together with their standard answers.
Type in ‘Answers swamped with weight loss questions!?’ to see what regular contributors think.

I will cut and paste my stock answer, however it is interesting to see how close this is ( I have been using it for over 2 months), to a recent paper from University of California. They did a meta-analysis of all the work on weight loss over the past few years. ( summary) It showed that 2/3 of people who diet yo-yo to a higher weight, none of the faddy diets of diet pills work and that rapid weight loss doubles heart attack risk!

They seemed to suggest the only hope was modest calorie reduction + EXERCISE.

This is a news report of the article:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/...

I have to admit I have a 'stock' answer for this question, since if you look it appears 20-30 times every day!!!

Type 'guaranteed weight loss' into google, you will find 1 1/2 million sites!

Look around you if ANY of these things worked would we be getting so overweight?

We are what we eat, but we are at least as much what we don't do. Calorie intakes in 1900 and 1950 were higher than they are now, we just don't use them up!

Eat a balanced diet with plenty of fruit and veg.

Take a healthy amount of exercise 30-40 minutes of vigorous exercise per day 4-5 days a week. I hate to think what percentage of the UK population does that 2%? 5%?

I have seen hundreds of questions with this same pattern :- I am fat, tell me where on line I can get this super diet or herbal/dangerous/illegal drug that I hear will fix it for me in 10 minutes without the need for me to get off the couch!

No fixes pal , less in more out, its the only way.

Answer 4

YES AND GIVES YOU LOTS OF ENERGY