Recommended daily safe dosages are 200mg to 500 mg of l-carnitine and 100-500mg of lipoic acid. It is so simple yet the information isn't readily open to everyone. Your job is to find that happy medium between your current carb intake level, as well as the level within which your body enters ketosis. Being of Italian extraction I raised on pasta and bread. ANY macronutrients eaten in excess will come to be fat.