Benefits of Carnitine Supplements

There is compelling scientific evidence that supplemental carnitine offers great cardiovascular benefits. It can not only help prevent heart disease but also helps treat several heart problems, including myocardial ischemia, a lack of oxygen to the heart, and cardiomyopathy, a weak heart, in certain patients … I believe that for a significant number of people, taking carnitine supplements can be a life-saving habit.

Clinical trials and animal studies have confirmed the benefits that carnitine offers for cardiovascular disorders, including myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, ischemia, arrhythmias and peripheral vascular disease.

In a study published in the American Heart Journal in 2000, 80 participants were divided into two groups and received two grams of L-carnitine or a placebo every day for three years. At the end of the study, 63 participants were still alive. An analysis of the data revealed that the survival rate was significantly higher in the group that received the carnitine supplement.

Another study, published in the Postgraduate Medical Journal in 1996, looked at 101 subjects who were randomly assigned to receive two grams of L-carnitine per day or placebo for 28 days. Researchers found that the subjects taking the carnitine supplement had a significant reduction in the severity of cardiac damage caused by heart attacks. Additionally, the carnitine group experienced significantly fewer cases of angina pectoris (chest pain) and heart failure. The researchers concluded, “It is possible that L-carnitine supplementation in patiens with suspected acute myocardial infarction may be protective against cardiac necrosis and complications during the first 28 days”.