What is L-carnitine?
L-carnitine is a nutrient, also known as botulinum toxin, which can be synthesized by adults, but babies can't synthesize it or the speed of synthesis can't meet their own needs. L-carnitine is a vitamin nutrient, also known as vitamin BT.
What's the use of L-carnitine?
L-carnitine plays an important role in accelerating fat oxidation, reducing triglyceride concentration in blood and tissues and energy metabolism in vivo. L-carnitine can be used to prevent myocardial ischemia, alleviate the heart damage caused by myocardial infarction, prevent arrhythmia and reduce blood lipid.
Relationship between L-carnitine and weight-loss drugs
L-carnitine is not a diet drug, but now all the diet drugs on the market are in the name of L-carnitine, and L-carnitine will be added to the diet drugs, because L-carnitine can play the role of a fat porter in the human body, promote fat burning and provide energy for the body, but L-carnitine must be carried out together with exercise in order to achieve the effect of burning fat.
Common sources of L-carnitine
In addition to the body's own synthesis, and some diet pills, health foods, breast milk and infant formula contain L-carnitine, some foods we often eat in life are also good sources of L-carnitine.
Main sources: beef, mutton, pork, animal liver, heart, mutton, chicken, rabbit and other red meat.
Secondary sources: milk, avocado, kiwi fruit, raisins, papaya, lemon, aloe, lotus leaves, Pu 'er tea and malt also contain a small amount of L-carnitine.