Re: L-carnitine and weight

[Guest guest]

Well, L-carnitine *is* added to or promoted as a weight loss supplement since it

is thought to increase fat/energy metabolism. I had always assumed it was

somewhat of a scam. I think there are some studies that showed carnitine

decreased fat mass and increased muscle mass, which I guess could account for

weight loss but could also lead to weight gain since muscle weighs more than

fat.

Perhaps your son is also more active and hitting a growth spurt?

Increase his calorie intake a bit for the next few weeks. If you don't notice a

weight gain with calorie intake, then I'd be worried. For now? As long as it

doesn't continue to go down, I would keep giving the L-carnitine.

Try adding nuts, nut butters, healthy fats (coconut oil, olive oil), smoothies,

avocados, an extra hamburger here or there and see what happens.

I'm glad to hear you saw improvements! How exciting.

Pam

>

> It has been a month I began with L-carnitine (500 mg) with my 3.5 years old

boy, and we had amaizing results, now he can ride a bike perfectly, before he

couldn't with a tricycle, but I noticed that he is loosing weight, about 2

pounds, his appetite hasn't vary and the only change was introducing carnitine,

did someone have experience about it? what should I do?how many time can i give

him L carnitine?.

> sorry about so many questions but I'm a little worried

>

> Thanks in advance

>

[Guest guest]

Usually you need to use Fish oil and CoQ10 together with L-Carnitine.

Congratulations for the improvements! What brand of L-Carnitine are you

using?

Mimoza

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:22 PM, katiaesther <katiaesther@...> wrote:

>

>

> It has been a month I began with L-carnitine (500 mg) with my 3.5 years old

> boy, and we had amaizing results, now he can ride a bike perfectly, before

> he couldn't with a tricycle, but I noticed that he is loosing weight, about

> 2 pounds, his appetite hasn't vary and the only change was introducing

> carnitine, did someone have experience about it? what should I do?how many

> time can i give him L carnitine?.

> sorry about so many questions but I'm a little worried

>

> Thanks in advance

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

thanks very much for your answers, I bought L-carnitine, 250 mgs for New

beginnings

>

> >

> >

> > It has been a month I began with L-carnitine (500 mg) with my 3.5 years old

> > boy, and we had amaizing results, now he can ride a bike perfectly, before

> > he couldn't with a tricycle, but I noticed that he is loosing weight, about

> > 2 pounds, his appetite hasn't vary and the only change was introducing

> > carnitine, did someone have experience about it? what should I do?how many

> > time can i give him L carnitine?.

> > sorry about so many questions but I'm a little worried

> >

> > Thanks in advance

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>