In contrast, only patients with colonic disease had an increased permeability when 51 Cr-EDTA was administered in the rectum
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[but, weve just assumed this was due to reduced intake] of dietary cholesterol and saturated fat But, what these researchers found was that within 24 hours of carnitine consumptioneating a sirloin steak, taking a carnitine supplementcertain gut bacteria metabolize the carnitine to a toxic substance called trimethylamine, which then gets oxidized in our liver to TMAO (trimethylamine-n-oxide), which then circulates throughout our bloodstream
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