Re: acetyl L Carnitine vs L Carnitine

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I have read in a number of places that acetyl L carnitine is supposed

to be more available to the brain, and regular L carnitine more

available to the muscles. I go back and forth, taking one and then the

other, depending what the store has sometimes. I guess my stategy

should be to take some of each, cause I sure need help in both areas.

> Sunny et al

>

> FWIW, I bought Acetyl-L Carnitine from Swanson (

> http://www.swansonvitamins.com/ ) one month ago. As I earlier said, I

> think

> it's only newly available in the green plastic bottle, Premium Brand,

> which

> seems to be their cheapest (for all other stuff as well). I paid

> $14.99

> (plus modest shipping) for 100 caps of 500 mg. I take two of these,

> twice a

> day, so that's $.60/day for 2 g.

>

> I couldn't find ALC at Epic ( http://www.epic4health.com/ ) but of

> course

> they do have plain old L-carnitine. I don't know what the alleged

> differences are, other than that I recall reading that the acetyl

> variant is

> more bio-available to nervous system tissues (something about more

> readily

> crossing the blood-brain " barrier " ).

>

> Steve D.

>

> P.S. Since I have the invoice out, I'll report my Swanson purchase

> (in the

> green plastic bottle) for Co-Q10: $29.99 for 100 caps of 120 mg. I

> also take

> two of these twice daily, so that's $1.20/day for 480 mg.

>

>    Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 20:28:02 -0500

>    From: z39z@...

> Subject: Re: Juvenon with alpha-lipoic acid and acetyl L carnitine

>

> Hi, Steve

>

> I agree about high-priced combos, Steve. I offered the site mainly for

> information on the two supplements, ALA and ALC.

>

> I like Swanson a lot, but a while ago when I priced out a month's

> supply of those two, I don't remember there being such a huge

> difference. I will look again, though. I do take my ALA and ALC from

> two bottles still.

>

> Swanson's Qgel is reduced now, and is cheaper than the Epic source at

> this time, even buying in high quantities. I believe I posted before

> that Swanson has assured me (for what it is worth) that their Qgel

> comes directly from Tischon.

>

> [...]

> Regards

>

> Sunny

>

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