If healthy young guys take L-carnitine with carbs twice a day for 12 weeks, they don’t gain the extra body fat that usually comes from just taking carbs — even though both groups are eating more calories than they need.

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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 shows that when healthy young men take L-carnitine with carbs twice a day for 12 weeks, they don’t gain body fat like those who only take carbs, even though both groups eat extra calories.

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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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