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The Importance of High L-Carnitine Levels : L-carnitine is an amino acid synthesized by the body from the essential amino acids lysine and methionine, and can also be obtained from red meat – particularly lamb. For this reason, L-carnitine deficiency is quite common among vegetarians and people who simply avoid red meat; an L-carnitine deficiency as a result of this can have some ironic consequences for such a health-conscious segment of the population. This is because L-carnitine plays a central role in the metabolic breakdown of longchain fatty acids and their subsequent transport into the mitochondria for their oxidation and use in the production of cellular energy. This makes L-carnitine essential to maintaining a healthy metabolism, which in turn is critical for avoiding many age and lifestyle-associated disorders. L-carnitine deficiencies were not identified until 1972, making the study of L-carnitine’s crucial importance to metabolism an ongoing topic of research
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