Thread: L-Carnitine doses and timing???

Anyone here take it?

If so what's the best dose and when should it be taken?

I've seen across the board to take it right before your workout on an empty stomach, but everything else is conflicting...

any ideas?

If you're taking it orally, take it with or just before a meal. Carnitine isn't absorbed by cells unless there's an insulin spike, so add it to your post-workout shake. Don't bother with more than a gram and a half in one dose, as utilization falls off dramatically after 1000mg.

Your body makes carnitine, so in theory there should be no need to supplement, and if you do supplement you shouldn't see any noticeable benefits. However, if you do notice an improvement, your body might not have been able to make enough carnitine, which would indicate some other form or metabolic disorder or nutritional deficiency. Your body uses the amino acids methionine and lysine, plus other common vitamins, to make carnitine. If carnitine works for you, try switching from carnitine to supplementing lysine and methionine, you may see additional benefits.