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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.

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.