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Physical fitness is a general state of health and well-being and more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports or occupations. Physical fitness is generally achieved through correct nutrition, moderate-vigorous Physical exercise, physical activity and sufficient rest (1).
Weight management is a long-term approach to maintain a healthy lifestyle. It includes a balance of healthy eating and physical exercise to equate energy expenditure and energy intake. Knowing what your body needs is important to weight management and can control over consumption and under consumption of food. Weight management does not include diets that promote quick, temporary weight loss. It focuses on the long-term results that are achieved through slow weight loss, followed by retention of an ideal body weight for age, sex and height (2).
People who are physically fit are also healthier, are able to maintain their most optimum weight and are also not prone to cardiac and other health problems. In order to maintain a relaxed state of mind, a person should be physically active. A person who is fit both physically and mentally is strong enough to face the ups and downs of life and is not affected by drastic changes if they take place (5).
Life On Fit-Life has L-Carnitine, a Vitamin like substance naturally synthesized in our body has gained much importance as weight loss nutritional supplement and in treating obesity. L-Carnitine plays an important role in our body to transport fatty acids for its oxidation it is naturally present in foods and the most in animal foods (7).
Whenever our body requires energy the fatty acids are released from VLDL and chylomicrons which are transferred to the cell with the help of L-Carnitine. The fatty acids after reaching the cellrequires a medium to enter mitochondria were B-oxidation takes place. L-Carnitine acts as a medium for to pass the mitochondrial membranes. Hence when a person is Obese or overweight and want lose weight L-Carnitine will be helpful (7).
L-Carnitine used as a weight loss supplement. Studies show that oral Carnitine helps in reducing fat mass, increase muscle mass and reduce fatigue, which may contribute to weight loss (8).
L-Carnitine has been proposed as a treatment for many conditions because it acts as an antioxidant, antioxidants fights against harmful particles in the body known as free radicals, which damage cells and tamper with DNA. They neutralize free radicals and reduce in preventing the damage (8).