Carnitine deficiency? WAS: Spitting/raspberries - biomedical solution?

[Guest guest]

What causes a carnitine deficiency and how does one know the child has it?

And how is it supplemented (dosage).

Thank you

[Guest guest]

My son take sup to 1500 mg in divided doses daily, but he is a big kid of

about 140 lbs.

[Guest guest]

> What causes a carnitine deficiency and how does one know the child has it?

For my son, carnitine was required for the proper absorption of fats, vitamin C,

B vitamins, biotin, and TMG. Supplementing those items without adding

carnitine, eventually depleted all of his carnitine stores and I had to

supplement carnitine. I learned about it when supplementing those items

eventually caused major problems but I could tell he still needed to be

supplemented, and adding carnitine allowed him to absorb them again.

Carnitine deficiency also causes poor muscle tone, playing with spit, drooling,

and a few other things.

> And how is it supplemented (dosage).

Some kids do best with acetyl version, my son did best with l-carnitine. I

started with 250mg per day and worked up. The most he needed was 3000mg 3x per

day. Most kids seem to need 1000mg 1-2x per day.

Dana