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Yale study links L-carnitine to increased inflammation.
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Yale researchers found L-carnitine, a nutrient in red meat and many exercise supplements, switched on an inflammatory alarm in mouse and human immune cells, and mice given it did worse in a sepsis model. Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to infection. Lead author Eric Elliott stressed the study didn't test red meat or supplements, so it doesn't show either causes inflammation.
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