Choline
Choline
Choline
SCIENTIFIC NAME
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About
Choline is a B vitamin and an essential nutrient. Choline plays an important role in a number of biological processes, including fat and cholesterol transport, energy metabolism, and cell and nerve signaling. In addition, choline is needed to produce acetylcholine, a brain chemical involved in memory and muscle control, and phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin, two structural components of cell membranes. The body produces small amounts of choline, but choline must also be included in your diet in order to maintain health. Abundant in a number of foods, choline is also available in supplement form.
Dosage & Duration
General: Adequate intake (AI) of choline for adults is 550 mg per day for males, 425 mg per day for females, 450 mg per day for pregnant females, and 550 mg per day for lactating women.
Benefits
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Why do you need Choline?
Choline (also a part of the vitamin B family) helps our body utilize fats, burning them so that weight loss is supported. Choline assists in the emulsification and dissolution of fats and cholesterol in your body by promoting the development of smaller fat globules in the bloodstream. This process speeds the transport of fats out of the cells, so that your body can get rid of them.
Choline supports the health of the liver, improving its ability to process and excrete chemical byproducts within the body, which is important for the healthy support of the endocrine system, the cardiovascular and hepatic systems.
Choline helps in the production of lipotropic agents that converts fats into useful products and aids in the production of HDL, the good cholesterol that cleanses the body of bad cholesterol or LDL cholesterol ~ helps in the detoxification of your cells by decongesting the liver and ridding it of excess fat ~ responds to stress and fatigue. When choline is depleted we see a dramatic reduction in fat metabolism and the utilization of fats.
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