Oh, I hear ya on the 'magic supplement' thing. But I was being told to take L Carnitine by a couple of my physicians. And I did my 'research'. And, yes, I am thrifty. You won't catch me ever taking something because someone (who had the most minimal couple days of nutrition studies ...that would be doctors) tells me too.

You SHOULD research this. My own family is in a published study in NIH. I'm just saying that you go and get the facts first. If over 6,000 people have taken it for a particular reason, and it worked for 90% of them, then I'd try it.