Carnitine is a protein-like nutrient that shuttles fat into the mitochondria of cells to be burned for energy. Produced in the liver and kidneys, carnitine is made from lysine and methionine, two amino acids, through a series of interactions with vitamin C, vitamin B3, and vitamin B6. Of interest is the fact that carnitine is found in foods that are also high in fat, namely red meat. Scientists believe it exists there for a good purpose — to help the person who eats meat better break down the fat in meat. Fish has a little carnitine, and the fattier portions of chicken such as the leg have more carnitine than the breast. Several vegetable foods contain carnitine, and these include wheat germ and cauliflower. Carnitine is quite vulnerable to heat and is easily destroyed by cooking. About one-fifth of your carnitine requirements can be met by eating red meat. But since red meat is high is fat, supplementation may be helpful. One superior supplement in which carnitine is found is Parrillo Performance Advanced Lipotropic Formula.™

Roy Chappelle has overcome physical problems of monumental proportion on his way to becoming a champion bodybuilder. “In high school I was tiny,” Roy said, “I stood 5’2” and weighed 114 pounds. I wrestled competitively and played soccer but if someone had said, ‘Hey, someday that guy is going to be a champion bodybuilder!’ after you’d stopped laughing you would have said – no way!” Roy began pumping iron regularly in college in an attempt to add muscle and size and in 1993 began “serious bodybuilding.” Roy trained hard for three years and entered his first bodybuilding competition in 1996. “I didn’t place in my first contest but the whole competitive experience fired me up and I redoubled my efforts.” Roy related.