Product Description
Your easy aerobic rides are supposed to teach your body to burn fat for fuel, but that adaptation depends on whether the fatty acids you're mobilizing actually make it into your cells' energy-producing machinery. If they don't get shuttled in efficiently, all that base-building work does less for you than it should.
Pure Encapsulations L-Carnitine is built to support that fatty acid transport step, delivering 680 mg of L-carnitine (from l-carnitine-l-tartrate) per two-capsule serving.
Helps Fat Actually Reach Your Mitochondria – L-carnitine acts as the carrier that moves fatty acids across the mitochondrial membrane, so the fat you mobilize during aerobic training has a way to get converted into usable energy instead of staying stranded in your bloodstream.
Supports Recovery Between Sessions – This form of L-carnitine helps with physical recovery after high-intensity exercise, so you're carrying less leftover fatigue into your next hard session.
A Capsule You Can Take Anywhere – Two capsules between meals, no scooping or mixing, so it fits into a travel bag or race-week routine as easily as it fits into a normal training week.
L-carnitine is an amino acid your body already stores in muscle and heart tissue, where it carries long-chain fatty acids across the mitochondrial membrane, the part of the cell that converts fuel into usable energy. This particular form pairs L-carnitine with tartrate, a naturally occurring compound that helps stabilize it in capsule form. Because heart muscle draws a large share of its own energy from fat oxidation, supporting this fat-to-energy pathway also ties into cardiovascular health.
How to Use L-Carnitine
Dose: Take 2 capsules, 1-2 times daily, between meals.
Timing: Space doses between meals rather than with food, since L-carnitine in this form absorbs without competing with a full meal for uptake.
Note: If you are pregnant, nursing, or taking any medication, consult a health professional before use
- Gluten free
- Vegan
Supplement Facts
30 Servings
Serving Size: 2 Capsules
Serving Per Container: 30
| Amount Per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|
| % Daily Value* | ||
| L-carnitine (free-form) (from l-carnitine-l-tartrate) 680mg | ** | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
** Daily Value (DV) not established
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Pure Encapsulations L-Carnitine FAQ's
Everything you need to know about Pure Encapsulations L-Carnitine.
L-carnitine acts as the carrier that shuttles fatty acids across the mitochondrial membrane, so the fat you mobilize on easy rides has a way to get converted into energy. It supports that transport step — it doesn't replace the aerobic base-building work itself.
Yes — a placebo-controlled study on this specific form, l-carnitine-l-tartrate, found it helped physical recovery from high-intensity exercise. That translates to less leftover fatigue carrying into your next hard session.
Take 2 capsules, 1 to 2 times daily, between meals. No mixing or scooping, so it travels easily through race week or a heavy training block.
This form absorbs best without competing with a full meal for uptake, so spacing doses between meals gets you better absorption than taking it at mealtime.
If you're pregnant, nursing, or taking any medication, check with your healthcare provider before starting.