One Lecithin a day helps keep the doctor away
Produced by the liver when nutrition and diet is adequate, lecithin is a fat like substance needed by every cell in the body. It is in fact an essential component of the cell membranes which would harden if Lecithin wasn’t present in sufficient quantities.
Lecithin acts as a protector of cells oxidation and comprises the protective sheaths surrounding the brain. It plays an intrinsic role in long term memory and helps maintain the nervous system.
Lecithin was celebrated for years as a wonderful food able to fight a diverse number of ailments such as atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis, liver cirrhosis, gall stones, psoriasis, eczema, scleroderma, anxiety, tremors and brain aging and in 2001 the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) authorized products containing enough of it to bear labels such as “A good source of choline.”
Clinicians also use the more powerful Phosphatidylcholine or its derivative drug Glyceryl-phosphorylcholine to prevent and reverse dementia, improve cognitive function, increase human growth hormone (hGH) release, and to treat brain disorders such as damage from stroke. In fact, it is likely that PC and GPC may also contribute in helping build the membranes of our nerve cells. Finally, it is also thought as a facilitator of electrical transmission in the brain, holding membrane proteins in place, as well as producing the neurotransmitter acetylcholine..
Lecithin is a nutritional supplement that is regarded as safe except for people who are highly allergic to soy. The late Robert Atkins, MD, advised patients not to take large doses of supplemental lecithin without extra vitamin C.
It is my opinion that if all was being equal and perfect in our consumption of food, we would not need to supplement our diet with nutritional supplements. Vitamins, minerals are normally produced in sufficient quantities by our body. The problem arises when these quantities diminish over time creating a disequilibrium which then may cause more serious complications.
Organic Vitamins and nutritional supplements such as Lecithin have been shown to redress this imbalance, thus improving our general health.
