Posted by raybakes on October 12, 2004, at 3:30:59
In reply to Mitochondria, fatty acids, carnitine.....Jlx » raybakes, posted by tealady on October 9, 2004, at 20:20:22
Hi Jan, came across this flow chart for the synthesis of carnitine - it's SAMe that's needed for it's formation, so again it's the whole methylation pathway that needs to work, not just methionine.
http://www.med.unibs.it/~marchesi/carnitine_biosynth.html
came across some articles that say creatine causes depression in some people - I wonder if taking creatine without taking methyl donors can result in a backlog of unactivated creatine, and so have a detrimental effect on brain energy?
Ray
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