L-Carnitine is ultimately an amino acid, and they claim it does everything from reducing cellulite to actually burning fat, because ultimately speaking, cellulite is actually a thin layer of fat right under the skin.  But realistically speaking, the only proven way to get rid of cellulite is to exercise or sometimes to use coffee grounds in a scrub.  So is their fat burning claim legitimate, or is it just myth like their claim about cellulite?

This being said, is l-carnitine a fat burner?  That’s a more complicated question than you might think.  The heart is dependent on l-carnitine, because quite frankly, l-carnitine helps in fat breakdown and obviously fat breakdown helps it to not buildup in the arteries and the heart.  Ideally, this would also mean it would break down fat around the body, right?

Unfortunately, it doesn’t extend that far.  It’s like some antioxidants.  By nature, antioxidants reduce cholesterol levels, because they attack plaque and fat buildup around the heart, arteries, and otherwise areas involved with cholesterol.  But they do not actually burn fat, they don’t flush fat out of the body, and otherwise.  L-carnitine works exactly the same way. It has the effect on the heart that you want, but it does not actually affect the fat around your body.  So too bad right?  But we move on to other good things in general terms.