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If the l-canitine is a performance booster and increases the body's ability for energy would'nt this be a good thing? Or am I getting it wrong? I do feel like I don't have energy at times but I think that may be due to my underactive thyroid.
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L-Carnitine is one of those things that you need to try and see if it works for you. If you respond to it, wonderful! If not, well at least you tried. Isn't your doc recommending something for your thyroid? It may be a likely culprit in your fatigue.
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I am a total dummy when it comes to stuff like this, not knowing whats good for you and why etc. Can't ya tell? So I really do appreciate the help
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First, I don't think of you as a dummy at all, you have what it takes to learn something new! That's called being smart! Second, I love this stuff
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Basics rule to remember:
Fat soluble vitamins will be stored in your body. You need to be aware that this accumulative affect can turn them from friend to foe due to toxicity at high levels. Don't over-do these.
Vit. A (Beta-carotene is not fat soluble. Your body will convert it into vit. A)
Vit. D
Vit. E
Vit. K
The rest of the vitamins are
water soluble , meaning that they aren’t stored. What your body doesn’t need, it releases.
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My vitamin has B-1,2,6,and 12. Is that good?
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B-Complex
B1—Thiamin
B2—Riboflavin
B3—Niacin
B6—Pyridoxine
Biotin
Pantothenic Acid and Pantethine
Folic Acid
B12--Cobalamin
The ‘unofficial’ B Vitamins
Choline
Inositol
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What antioxidants are you talking about?
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Antioxidants
Again, to keep it simple, you should (and may already)understand what role antioxidants play in your body by knowing about free radicals. No, they’re not political extremists living in a free society.
Yes, they’re the same ones that you learned about in high school chemistry.
To refresh your memory, a free radical is a molecule with two or more unpaired electrons that do not react to each other, but do react with other molecules in their attempt to find balance. When this process breaks up another molecule it comes in contact with, the remaining pieces will not behave like the original molecule, thus it causes damage to the body. Research has shown us that free radical damage is the under lying cause of many diseases as they react to our lipids, proteins and nucleic acids.
This is where antioxidants come in, they protect the body from free radical damage. Think of them as mopping up the damaging free radicals in your body. The body’s two primary antioxidants are vitamins C and E.
Vitamin E mops up free radicals in fats (lipids) and is known as a lipid phase antioxidant, and vitamin C mops up free radicals in water and is known as an aqueous phase antioxidant. They need supportive nutrients such as Selunium, zinc and vitamin A (Beta-carotene) which you're most likely getting in your daily multiple.