Acetyl L carnitine

[bighulksmash]

ALCAR .... Can anyone link me some studies on this and how it improves cognitive ability . Iam dosing 2 grams a day along with ALA ..

Exp on this or anyone taking it would be nice ,


Let me know what if any benefits you have seen from this !

 

[muscleupcrohn]

ALCAR is a great supplement. There's a good amount of human studies on it, and also anecdotal reports:

Human studies on a few different benefits:

Acetylcarnitine and propionylcarnitine showed beneficial effect on fatigue and attention concentration. Less improvement was found by the combined treatment. Acetylcarnitine had main effect on mental fatigue and propionylcarnitine on general fatigue.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15039515

A total of 120 patients were randomized into three groups. The mean patient age was 66 years (range 60 to 74). Group 1 was given testosterone undecanoate 160 mg/day, the second group was given propionyl-L-carnitine 2 g/day plus acetyl-L-carnitine 2 g/day. The third group was given a placebo (starch). Drugs and placebo were given for 6 months...

Carnitines proved significantly more active than testosterone in improving nocturnal penile tumescence and International Index of Erectile Function score. Testosterone significantly increased the prostate volume and free and total testosterone levels and significantly lowered serum luteinizing hormone; carnitines did not...

CONCLUSIONS: Testosterone and, especially, carnitines proved to be active drugs for the therapy of symptoms associated with male aging.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15072869/

The results of this study suggest that ALC can reduce craving and the time to first drink. ALC use was safe. Further studies are needed to clarify to confirm, over longer periods, these short-term outcome benefits.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20595193

and an interesting animal study:

These results indicate that ALCAR increases synaptic neurotransmission in the brain and consequently improves learning capacity in aging rats.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20590847

as well as an interesting thread created by cooper about ALCAR:
http://anabolicminds.com/forum/supplements/186779-i-feel-needs.html