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Since LC concentration in skeletal muscles is higher than that of blood plasma, active uptake of carnitine must take place [23]

More research is necessary to confirm carnitine's potential for increasing TMAO levels and the various factors potentially involved like dose, form, treatment duration, and individual factors like diet and activity level of the person supplementing it

This is because L-carnitine aids fat metabolism by bringing fatty acids into the mitochondria of cells where theyre burned for energy, Zenker says

This transesterification is catalyzed by an enzyme found in the outer membrane of the mitochondria known as carnitine acyltransferase 1 (also called carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1, CPT1)