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L-CARNITINE: The Most Important Nutrient to Promote Weight Loss
Increasing carnitine intake is the most natural way to support weight loss, because carnitine picks up fat and puts it in the part of the cell that burns it off without any side effects. Scientific evidence shows that increased levels of carnitine lead to increased fat burning. Carnitine also helps increase metabolic rate while maintaining levels of muscle tissue. This is crucial, because muscle tissue is where you do most of your fat burning. Carnitine is also useful for eliminating cravings and increasing the amount of energy you have to exercise, both of which are very helpful for those who need to lose weight.
Benefits of Carnitine:
- Increases fat burning
- Increases energy levels
- Lowers cholesterol & triglycerides
- Promotes health
- Gives you more energy to exercise & increases endurance & performance
- Reduces food cravings
- Promotes healthy circulation
- Promoted liver health
What is L-carnitine?
L-carnitine is a health supplement used to boost weight loss and energy. We all need carnitine to metabolize fat and it’s already a natural component of your body. It is already inside you — metabolizing the fat in your cells, to be turned into energy, which will keep you feeling energetic and alert throughout the day.
What else is so great about L-carnitine?
Well, when you start supplementing your diet with Carnitine, the fat you have stored up, as excess weight, gets burned (converted) to pure energy. Unlike many other weight loss supplements that include artificial stimulants, Carnitine generates pure natural energy. With an L-carnitine supplement, your body metabolism can start operating at optimum efficiency again.
What does L-carnitine actually do?
L-carnitine transfers fat into the mitochondria — Mitochondria are the fat-burning chambers within your body's cells — where they are burned for energy. But if you have an L-carnitine deficiency, the fat cannot enter the inner cell to be metabolised. As a result, the un-metabolised fat will become stored fat (excess weight) in places you don’t want it!
Supplementing L-carnitine into your diet helps stimulate your metabolism naturally and also helps:
1. Promote stored fat burning for increased energy.
2. To give you a heightened sense of well-being.
3. As a mild appetite suppressant to control your food intake.
4. As a non-surgically way to reduce unsightly collected fat.
5. Increases your energy level and desire for physical activity.
If you're going to lose weight, you need all the help you can get. Watching what you eat, getting some fresh air daily, drinking lots of water and exercising are essential. But, when it comes to boosting a lazy metabolism and seeing the kind of weight loss you’re hoping fo in the right places... L-carnitine combined with vacuumn therapy is the secret key to maximising your efforts!
Solgar
A complete range of science-based nutritional supplements to enhance total health and well-being.
Reflex
Most widely respected whey protein powder in the U.K today. It is the only whey protein powder that is independently tested every single month to prove beyond doubt that it meets the label claim of a minimum protein content of 80%, It’s a standard that’s hard to beat!
Udo's Choice Oil Blend
It is a carefully blended mix of the finest Omega 3, 6 and 9 varieties of Essential Fatty Acid sources. This premium-quality product has a pleasant light nutty flavor and is easily mixed with health shakes, protein drinks, or, added as a topping to salads and vegetables!
With people spending ever increasing amounts of money on skin creams and moisturisers, there needs to be a new way of looking at caring for your skin. Did nature intend us to have dry, dull skin that we need to coat with artificial cosmetics to improve? It certainly did not! Our skin is a window to our dietary habits - it shows us what's going on in our bodies. If our skin looks tired, then the rest of our body isn't being fed properly either. Cosmetics only mask this, layering countless impossible to pronounce chemicals and potions onto us with one simple goal - cover the problem. The same is true for lifeless hair that "needs" twice daily therapeutic hair conditioners, "nourishing" shampoos, and other such treatments.
Surely we need to look at this the other way? A bit of paint over a cracked wall in a house will make it look fine for a while, but what happens when the wall falls down? Instead we should look at the solutions to the problems. The essential fatty acids in Udo's Choice® Ultimate Oil Blend are a major part of the fight for beautiful skin and hair.
By supplying your body with the correct fats, it allows your skin's cell membranes to hold onto water that would escape if your diet was low in polyunsaturates. In this simple action EFAs work as internal moisturisers, giving you beautiful skin from within. At the same time it is observed that hair gains a new lustre, and nails become flexible and strong.
For women who are considering a baby, it is worth noting that stretch marks are merely a sign of undernourished skin. It is caused by the skin not growing fast enough, whilst being pulled tight across the body. If you have insufficient good fats in your body, this pulling causes small tears to form in the skin, resulting in the stretch mark scarring.
As the other vital organs of the body are given preferential treatment for EFAs, it will take up to a month of regular use to notice the changes in your skin, and up to three months for the changes in your hair and nails (those who are more EFA deficient will take more time, others will take less).
So a happy, healthy glow can be yours without the creams, and with all the other benefits of Udo's Choice® Ultimate Oil Blend.
Why do we need Essential Fats?
Just as a member of a large family has many roles, essential fats serve many functions in the complex workings of the human body. Taken in the right amounts and ratios, and taken from the right sources, essential fats help establish and maintain health as follows...
- Increase energy, performance, and stamina. EFAs enhance thermogenesis, help build muscle, prevent muscle break down, and speed recovery from fatigue;
- Strengthen the immune system. EFAs make hormone-like eicosanoids that regulate immune and inflammatory responses. N-3s have anti-inflammatory effects and can slow autoimmune damage;
- Lower most risk factors for cardiovascular disease. EFAs (especially n3s) lower abnormally high levels of blood pressure, triglycerides, Lp(a), fibrinogen, tendency to clot formation, and inflammation;
- Improve brain function: mood, intelligence , behavior, and vision. Our brain is over 60% fat. EFAs are important components of the entire nervous system. They are necessary to make the neurotransmitter serotonin. Depression and other brain diseases show decreased levels of n-3;
- Aid in weight reduction. EFAs help keep mood and energy up and suppress appetite, thereby aiding in weight loss. More recently, they have been found to block the genes that produce fat in the body (saturated and Trans Fat do not have this same effect) and increase thermogenesis;
- Regulate organs and glands. Liver and kidneys, adrenal and thyroid glands, and the production of male and female hormones need EFAs;
- Speed recovery and healing. EFAs are necessary for cell growth and division. They form all cell membranes and regulate vital cell activity;
- Support healthy child development. For nervous system development, a growing fetus needs optimum EFAs from the mother's body. Mothers become depleted of EFAs during pregnancy, and need optimal EFA intake for their health and their children's optimum development;
- Improve digestion. Poorly digested foods tie up the immune system and can cause gut inflammation, leaky gut, and allergies. N-3s improve gut integrity, and decrease inflammation and "leaky gut";
- Decrease infection. EFAs have anti-fungal, anti-yeast, and anti-microbial properties, helping to protect against infections;
- Keep bones strong. EFAs aid in the transport of minerals that keep bones and teeth strong, helping to prevent osteoporosis;
- Protect genetic material. EFAs regulate gene expression, and n-3s inhibit tumor growth; • Ease PMS. Studies indicate that n-6 (GLA) intake was voted, by women, among the top three most effective PMS treatments. N-3s may be even more effective;
- Produce beautiful skin, hair, and nails. Some of the first signs of EFA deficiency are dry, flaky skin, dull hair, and brittle nails. N-3s can help skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, and acne. Also, GLA (n-6 derivative) administration is useful for some patients with atopic eczema.
