03Mar
Does Low Vitamin C Means Less Fat Burn?
Eating an orange or kiwi may be your answer to burning more fat during exercise. Most people do not know that vitamin C is involved as a cofactor in the biosynthesis of carnitine, a molecule required for burning fat as energy fuel (fatty acid oxidation).
Preliminary findings are that subjects who are vitamin C depleted have lower levels of carnitine leading to a 25 percent decrease in fatty acid oxidation per kg body weight when performing a submaximal, 60-minute treadmill test than individuals whose vitamin C status is adequate.
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