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Re: Morning smoothie

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Jebus wrote: Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:46 am I didn't know carnitine needs to be cycled.
I mean carnitine may be harmful to humans. It's metabolized by bacteria into TMAO.

https://nutritionfacts.org/2013/11/14/avoid-carnitine-and-lethicin-supplements/
https://nutritionfacts.org/video/carnitine-choline-cancer-and-cholesterol-the-tmao-connection/

Greger has some detailed explanations of the mechanisms. I would keep giving it to your dogs, but I would not take carnitine. Creatine, however, is probably harmless (as long as it's not heated).

Also why I wouldn't supplement lecithin unless you're low on choline. Enough is important, but going over that is not really helpful as far as I can tell; nootropic evidence isn't that strong and it's not worth the risk based on stronger evidence of contribution to heart disease.
Jebus wrote: Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:46 am The reason I stopped taking creatine many years ago is that it made me cramp during athletic competition.
Could be a coincidence, or it could be you have side effects from it. How much were you taking? That could be one of the rare side effects (I haven't read into reported side effects much).
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brimstoneSalad wrote: Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:38 pmI would keep giving it to your dogs, but I would not take carnitine.

Jebus wrote: Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:46 am The reason I stopped taking creatine many years ago is that it made me cramp during athletic competition.
brimstoneSalad wrote: Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:38 pmCould be a coincidence, or it could be you have side effects from it. How much were you taking? That could be one of the rare side effects (I haven't read into reported side effects much).
Not rare at all. This is a very common side effect and the reason endurance athletes avoid it. I used to take a teaspoon per day.
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Jebus wrote: Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:10 pm Not rare at all. This is a very common side effect and the reason endurance athletes avoid it. I used to take a teaspoon per day.
Possibly due to an electrolyte imbalance.

https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=415743
cramping from creatine has to do with the inbalance of water and electrolytes so increase your electrolytes (potassium and sodium) whenever you increase water intake esspecially with creatine
This suggests more or less the same thing:
http://www.livestrong.com/article/392259-creatine-and-muscle-cramps/

Using it as a nootropic, or even for strength training, that likely would not be an issue since you're not doing as much vigorous activity and sweating/otherwise losing water through exercise. It makes sense this would occur for endurance athletes.
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