ALCAR has reduced my appetite, carb cravings SIGNIFICANTLY

[plornive]

Normally, I get carb cravings all the time.

I started ALCAR (Acetyl L-Carnitine), without any thoughts about appetite, and I found that it obliterated any cravings and overall reduced my appetite. Eating a 1/3,1/3,1/3 diet with maintenance or below calories is easy with ALCAR.

I only started with 1g per day, and have worked up to 3g per day. Nothing has effected my appetite like this before. I have some r-ala and will add it fairly soon. I like ALCAR a lot. Increased energy, decreased appetite, improved mood, no jitters or stimulant-like effect.

 

[anabolicmd]

Do you mean L-carn?

 

[plornive]

Acetyl-L-Carnitine... it is more bioavailable than L-Carnitine, so it will give you more bang for the buck.

Check out this study:

Acetyl-L-carnitine supplementation differently influences nutrient
partitioning, serum leptin concentration and skeletal muscle mitochondrial
respiration in young and old rats.

Iossa S, Mollica MP, Lionetti L, Crescenzo R, Botta M, Barletta A,
Liverini G.

Department of General and Environmental Physiology, University of Naples
Federico II, Italy I-80134.

Variations in energy balance, body composition, and nutrient partitioning
induced by acetyl-L-carnitine (ALCAR) supplementation were studied in
young (2 mo) and old (24 mo) Wistar rats. Changes in skeletal muscle
metabolism as well as in serum free triiodothyronine and leptin levels
were also evaluated. Rats were administered 0 (control) or 15 g/L ALCAR in
their drinking water for 1 mo. ALCAR treatment significantly decreased
body lipid percentage in young rats and significantly increased body
protein percentage in old rats. The percentage of metabolizable energy
(ME) intake stored as lipid was lower in ALCAR-treated young rats, whereas
the percentage of ME intake stored as protein was greater in ALCAR-treated
old rats compared with their age-matched controls. In addition, ALCAR
supplementation significantly decreased serum leptin levels in old rats.
Elevated skeletal muscle respiration was found in old rats treated with
ALCAR, due to an increase in mitochondrial protein mass. In conclusion,
ALCAR supplementation decreases efficiency of lipid deposition in young
rats and increases efficiency of protein deposition in old rats. In
addition, ALCAR supplementation partly reduces the leptin resistance that
occurs in old rats, and improves ATP production in skeletal muscle
mitochondria through an increase in mitochondrial protein content.

PMID: 11925454 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

FULL TEXT CLICK HERE (QUITE GOOD):
http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/132/4/636

 

[MrMakaveli]

I agree, it is really an amazing comound in terms of both nootropic benifits and body-comp