Category: General Health

Written by Paula Jackson Jones and Angele Rice, co-founders of Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education (MLDSE), a nonprofit organization. May is recognized statewide, by proclamation of the Governor, as Lyme Disease Awareness Month, because of the increased risk when immature ticks emerge in the springtime. While many people know something about Lyme, there are… Read more »

L-carnitine is an important amino acid that helps the body to utilize fats as fuel. Technically, L-carnitine is the amino acid that ferries fatty acids to the mitochondria of the cell, where they can be made into ATP (cell fuel.)It is derived in the body from L-lysine, and methylated with the help of L-methionine (SAMe)… Read more »