You are reading sites with questionable information. We have discussions about this here, if you use the search function.
I have medical explanations about carnitine and thyroid.
It would be very helpful if you would LINK to what you found,
so we can all discuss it.
Here is a LEF article explaining some new research about carnitine and the thyroid, and its usefulness in both conditions.
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2007/...thyroid_02.htm
I really have to urge you to provide your sources of information.
This is a written venue....and without sources we cannot really discuss anything.
Here is another paper, discussing the importance of carnitine for both hyper and hypo thyroid patients:
Quote:
Muscle Nerve. 2005 Sep;32(3):357-9.
Muscle carnitine in hypo- and hyperthyroidism.
Sinclair C, Gilchrist JM, Hennessey JV, Kandula M.
Source
Department of Neurology, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA.
Abstract
Weakness is common in both hyper- and hypothyroidism, and skeletal muscle L-carnitine may play a role in this regard, as suggested by studies indicating abnormal levels of carnitine in serum and urine of patients with thyroid dysfunction. Skeletal muscle samples were obtained for carnitine analysis from control subjects, and from hyperthyroid and hypothyroid patients before and after treatment. There was a significant reduction in carnitine, especially the esterified portion, in hyperthyroid individuals, with a return to normal as euthyroid status was regained. In hypothyroid patients, there was a trend for carnitine to be lower than normal and for improvement once euthyroid status was attained. Our data indicate that muscle carnitine levels are affected by both hypo- and hyperthyroidism. A decrease in muscle carnitine in both conditions may contribute to thyroid myopathy.
PMID:
15803480
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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I strongly (pun intended) suspect you are using Livestrong site too much. That site is often not accurate. You should use PubMed, which is the direct source of information more often.
Most information on the net is dated, and can be old. So you need to read back several years to see if new information is accurate to replace the old.
But there is no one source of accurate information on any supplement or DRUG because people vary genetically and studies may be flawed or incomplete.
This is often a more accurate source of information:
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/c...e-l-000291.htm
Beware of sites that paraphrase OTHER sites.
Your dose of carnitine is very low BTW.
Lysine is the precursor of carnitine manufacture in the body.
If you are afraid of carnitine, you can try taking the lysine instead and hope you will make more of your own. Carnitine is made in the body under normal circumstances. But this process may fail over time with aging or exposure to drugs and toxins.
Carnitine is used quite a bit now by the medical community. There are many many papers about it now on PubMed. This is unusual for a supplement and illustrates how important carnitine can be.
Here are some other links about Carnitine and the bladder:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18931555
Linus Pauling Institute is one of the best sources of information:
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocente...uts/carnitine/
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