If healthy young guys take a certain amount of L-carnitine with carbs every day for 12 weeks, they might store more carnitine in their muscles, burn more energy during light exercise, and avoid gaining fat compared to just taking carbs.

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Skeletal muscle carnitine loading increases energy expenditure, modulates fuel metabolism gene networks and prevents body fat accumulation in humans

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2013 Sep 15

The study found that taking L-carnitine with carbs twice a day for 12 weeks boosted muscle carnitine and energy burning during light exercise, and stopped fat gain compared to carbs alone—just like the claim says.

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Skeletal muscle carnitine loading increases energy expenditure, modulates fuel metabolism gene networks and prevents body fat accumulation in humans

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DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.255364

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