Originally Posted by My_3_Sons

Ally- not sure if you will see any loss in that small amount of time. You have to give the supp time to get into your system enough to do it's job. I always give any new supplement a good 4-8 weeks to see if in fact it works for me. Best of luck to you.

Originally Posted by Sasha99

In Fran McCullough's book "Living Low Carb" (pp. 47-50), she quotes a book called "The Carnitine Miracle" by Robert Crayhorne. Crayhorne says to start with 500 mg/day and increase by 500 mg each day until you feel extremely good and highly energized. But even the optimum amount won't work very efficiently unless it is accompanied by omega-3 oil. Take it in two doses, before breakfast and lunch, with flaxseed oil or another omega-3. He recommends Twinlab 500 mg tablets, which are the best kind: L-carnitine tartrate. He says all manufcturers don't identify whether their is the tartrate form (it's the most effective). The Crayhorn book sounds fabulous and very informative.

So now I'm taking L-Carnitine with a flax oil/evening primrose combo.

Originally Posted by DerBlumers

Both are equally powerful in their own right, so I am told....

BUT....the regular carnitine....TARTRATE....is supposed to be the one to use if you want help with the weight and energy. The ACETYL type didn't do me any favors....I think it works with memory and brain function. So...I guess the one you take depends on where the problem lies....