Carnitine

L-Carnitine Retakes Spotlight, Hints at Survival Benefit in Acute MI: Meta-analysis

MedscapeToday.com Steve Stiles April 12, 2013 ROCHESTER, MN — A meta-analysis of 13 controlled trials concludes that including L-carnitine among the other therapies given in the acute setting for MI appears to significantly cut all-cause mortality and lead to fewer angina symptoms and ventricular arrhythmias[1]. In some of the studies, L-carnitine therapy was subsequently given […]

Does Carnitine From Red Meat Contribute to Heart Disease Through Intestinal Bacterial Metabolism to TMAO?

The Weston A. Price Foundation Posted on April 10, 2013 by Christopher Masterjohn Story Source In April of 2011, I posted a rebuttal of a Nature paper from Stanley Hazen’s group at the Cleveland Clinic arguing that choline from animal foods causes heart disease: Does Dietary Choline Contribute to Heart Disease? Their argument was that […]