i am about 6 weeks post surgury and i lost about 55lbs, i walk every day and exercise everyday but i hit a platue. my cal. intake is about 1000-1200 a day. i went to gnc today and was looking for protien bars and the employee there was telling me about l-carnitine and told me that would be a great thing for me to take becouse i was on a low cal. diet. i ama 6ft tall man that is currently about 240lbs..has anybody got any info whether or not this is good for people who had this surgury.

I've been taking it daily for about 2 weeks and feel a difference in my energy levels. There is an article that just came out poo-poo'ing it. Unread another from Mayo that said it was ok.

I hope so my dr has me taking 6 a day!

There was a story about it on the Nightly News last week. It said it could be just as bad as eating red meat. Crazy, I know, but I would look more into it.

Saw that. Here is another article that is a great counterpoint to that article.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/MyocardialInfarction/38422

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Why? How? In what way? That seems crazy to me!