Re: Val- question about carnitine

[Guest guest]

Kat,

I'm not Val, but I dod a lot of research on carnitine because my old doc always

wanted me to take it. It's supposed to help with energy, but the thing is, it

blocks t3 from getting into the cells! There are tons of papers on this at

www.pubmed.com and the amounts used were often the same as those recommended on

the bottles. It's even used to treat hyperT! So I am just too scared to take the

stuff. You can get carnitine checked at a lab and maybe if you are below range,

you might need some and then it wouldn't afect anything, but if you're in range,

I would personally steer clear. Sometimes vegetarians get too low b/c it's found

mostly in meat.

Hope this helps,

Kathleen

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> I was just checking through some old posts and it looks like some people use

carnitine. Is this a safe supplement to use and if so what is the best

amount/way to dose?

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> Thanks

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> Kat

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[Guest guest]

Kat,

I'm not Val, but I dod a lot of research on carnitine because my old doc always

wanted me to take it. It's supposed to help with energy, but the thing is, it

blocks t3 from getting into the cells! There are tons of papers on this at

www.pubmed.com and the amounts used were often the same as those recommended on

the bottles. It's even used to treat hyperT! So I am just too scared to take the

stuff. You can get carnitine checked at a lab and maybe if you are below range,

you might need some and then it wouldn't afect anything, but if you're in range,

I would personally steer clear. Sometimes vegetarians get too low b/c it's found

mostly in meat.

Hope this helps,

Kathleen

>

> I was just checking through some old posts and it looks like some people use

carnitine. Is this a safe supplement to use and if so what is the best

amount/way to dose?

>

> Thanks

>

> Kat

>

[Guest guest]

Kat,

I'm not Val, but I dod a lot of research on carnitine because my old doc always

wanted me to take it. It's supposed to help with energy, but the thing is, it

blocks t3 from getting into the cells! There are tons of papers on this at

www.pubmed.com and the amounts used were often the same as those recommended on

the bottles. It's even used to treat hyperT! So I am just too scared to take the

stuff. You can get carnitine checked at a lab and maybe if you are below range,

you might need some and then it wouldn't afect anything, but if you're in range,

I would personally steer clear. Sometimes vegetarians get too low b/c it's found

mostly in meat.

Hope this helps,

Kathleen

>

> I was just checking through some old posts and it looks like some people use

carnitine. Is this a safe supplement to use and if so what is the best

amount/way to dose?

>

> Thanks

>

> Kat

>

[Guest guest]

Hi

Yes I had seen a lot of that same i nformation but I was wondering if anyone had

tried it and what effect it had on them - positive or negative?

Thanks

Kat

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> > I was just checking through some old posts and it looks like some people use

carnitine. Is this a safe supplement to use and if so what is the best

amount/way to dose?

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> > Thanks

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> > Kat

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[Guest guest]

Actually, I was taking 1500 mg a day based on that doc telling me to take it.

This was before I knew anything about it. I can't say if it affected me

negatively or not because he never really had me on a good protocol. I have a

rt3 problem and he made me take Armour AND cytomel, so I have no idea if it was

rt3 or the carnitine that prevented me from feeling well (as he actually got my

ft4 and ft3 into good ranges.) Now I'm just too scared to try the carnitine!

For what it's worth, the studies I read said it's normal for hypos to have low

carnitine, so maybe it's self correcting.

The studies also used 1500 to 2000, so maybe taking something like 500 mg would

be okay. I mean, meat eaters probably get that much every day anyway. My husband

is a vegetarian and his carnitine is low-normal but I'm not going to give him

any b/c I am just too concerned how it will affect the t3 getting into his

cells. (He has to go onto t3 only therapy soon.)

Kathleen

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amount/way to dose?

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[Guest guest]

Kathleen, how do you test for carnitine?

Kat

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> > > > I was just checking through some old posts and it looks like some people

use carnitine. Is this a safe supplement to use and if so what is the best

amount/way to dose?

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