Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther 120:1-19
USDA FoodData Central is useful for calories, protein, fat, and micronutrients, but NIH notes that USDAs database does not list carnitine content
In addition, it contains considerable levels of non-essential amino acids, such as alanine (2.90 0.20%), arginine (4.80 0.40%), glycine (1.40 0.10%), glutamine (20.10 0.80%), histidine, serine (5.10 0.30%), and tyrosine (12.8 2.40%) (20, 24)
Patient satisfaction correlates most strongly with treatment compliance regardless of administration route
Clinics now use it off-label for adults with excess visceral fat, always under medical supervision
Could help battle COVID-19 Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine compared blood samples of healthy adults before the pandemic to those the same age who were hospitalized with COVID-19and the patients with the virus (the youngest being 21) showed significantly increased levels of oxidative stress and oxidant damage, as well as markedly reduced levels of glutathione