Lecithin:
Less-a-thin helps keep your arteries clear of too-much-a-fat

Lecithin is one of those words most people stumble on when pronouncing it. However, there probably is no other nutrient that does so much in so many ways to improve and preserve good health and youthful vim and vigor.

If it were a drug, you would probably be given a prescription for it by your doctor. Lecithin is in every living cell but the highest concentration is found in the vital organs/ brain, heart, liver and kidneys.

In the brain, lecithin choline is transformed into acetylcholine, vital for the transmission of messages from one nerve to another. There are many debilitating diseases that can be helped with the right kind of lecithin.

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Memory, muscle control, and the prevention of cholesterol and other fats from accumulating on the walls of the arteries and possibly helping to dissolve deposits that may already be there are possible benefits of lecithin.

Another name for lecithin is the emulsifier. We must have fats and oils; they are an essential part of our diet. However, they must function within a watery environment, our body. If you have ever put oil and water together, you may have noticed, they do not mix.

This is where lecithin comes in. A lecithin molecule can help them work together; lecithin acts as a bridge between water and oil. Lecithin can keep the fat-like cholesterol particles in solution while they journey through the arteries. The lecithin keeps the cholesterol particles from forming dangerous deposits on the walls of the blood vessels.

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Lecithin also helps remove fatty liver deposits which with removal will help one have a more youthful metabolic process.

In 1975, scientists at MIT discovered that lecithin choline has a prompt effect on the brain’s ability to make a chemical very important for nerve signal transmission. The chemical is called acetylcholine.

All animals, including humans, show some degree of memory loss with aging. Scientific studies indicate by long-term use of lecithin we may repress or minimize that age-related change. Lecithin has helped some people diminish the tremors their body may have developed or nerve damage they may have incurred. But do remember, this is still not a “magic” button.

Do we need to supplement our diets with lecithin? I would say the answer is a most resounding yes!! Without dietary sources, our body is unable to synthesize an adequate supply. Small amounts of lecithin are found in many foods, but there is no way we can eat enough to get all that we need.

Our body needs a good balance of a lot of good nutrition. And it is my opinion; we can no longer get it from the food we eat.

Supplementation is a must.

I sound like a broken record, but again, make sure you are researching your products and the company that makes them.

Check that it is soy lecithin sourced from soy beans and that it contains phosphatidylcholine and phosphotidylserine. Choline is what is helping your heart and brain and liver.

Think about it.

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