Acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC) protects cells from age-related degeneration and helps to maintain and improve brain function and energy levels. Carnitine is one of the most extensively studied brain nutrients, and its greatest role may be in protecting and enhancing brain function, including mood, learning, mental focus and short term memory, as well as eyesight.
Carnitine helps to produce energy by transporting fatty acids into the mitochondria where they are burned. Carnitine also functions as an antioxidant, protecting the brain and all the cells in the body from free radicals and age-related degeneration. ALC suppresses up to 70 percent of the most harmful advanced glycation end products (AGEs). When AGEs form in the brain, it causes senility. When they form in the eye, it causes cataracts. ALC can also increase muscle, bone mass, and sex drive in both men and women.
The scientific evidence continues to accumulate that ALC may offer unprecedented benefits in maintaining a youthful brain as well as heart, liver, immune, and peripheral nerve function.
