Taking oral L-carnitine can increase TMAO levels, which may cause arterial stiffening, and this increase can be offset by taking 600mg of garlic extract daily. — Whalespan
Taking oral L-carnitine can increase TMAO levels, which may cause arterial stiffening, and this increase can be offset by taking 600mg of garlic extract daily.
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“One important note-- if you are going to take L-carnitine in oral form, in capsule form, it can increase something called TMAO. TMAO can cause stiffening of the arteries. You don't want TMAO levels to go too high. One way to offset the increases in TMAO caused by oral L-carnitine is to take 600 milligrams of garlic per day.”
“some people use Allison with it to kind of like circumvent and try and prevent TMO conversion what's Allison it's from garlic and it seems to attenuate TMO conversion in the gut but it's also like a fringe application with like a hopeful outcome”