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Lecithin A Day Helps Keep The Doctor Away
Author: ©Vita Man
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.
It is composed mostly of vitamin B, choline, inositol, linoleic
acid as well as phosphoric acid.
As a fat emulsifier, Lecithin is also vital the supporting and
maintaining a healthy heart and circulatory system.
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 was even claimed by a leading
purveyor of soybean to be a nerve tonic which could even help
alcoholics reduce the effect of intoxication and withdrawal. Chinese
researchers even went as far as publishing and article entitled
"A Comfortable and Spontaneous Cure for the Opium Habit by
Means of Lecithin"
Later popularized by bestselling health authors Adelle Davis,
Linda Clark and Mary Ann Crenshaw it didn't become a star of the
health food industry by accident. Several studies were conducted
in the past 50 years suggesting the health benefits of this food
substance 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." In fact eggs, milk and soy products
are the leading dietary sources of choline, according to recent
research conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and at Duke University.
Lecithin 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.
As with everything concerning health, the object is to aim for
an optimal health and the preferable method of achieving this
is by the consumption of a balanced diet, which includes all the
necessary nutrients indispensable for our health.
The problem is that a perfectly balanced diet is difficult to
achieve in today's society. In addition to most American's deficit
in terms of nutritional supplements furnished and derived by their
food intake, people are now exposed to a level of stress which
can exacerbate food deficiencies. As a result of these additional
external factors, health may become compromised.
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.
About
the Author: Observations about health, lecithin, weight
loss, vitamins, nutritional supplements and more. http://www.vitahow.com/
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