Unbleached Lecithin 1200mg - 90 Caps - Swiss Naturals
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- Lucas Meyer Premium Soya Lecithin (LeciPLC)
This product contains no added: Artificial preservatives, Colour, Corn, Soya, Gluten, Wheat or Yeast.
Capsules
90 Caps
- Lucas Meyer Premium Lecithin
- Rich in phospholipids
- Supports healthy cholesterol levels
- Encourages better brain nervous system functions
- Convenient, easy to swallow capsules
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Lecithin contains essential phospholipids required by every living cell in our body. Lecithin acts as a lipid lowering agent, and aids in the absorption of fat soluable vitamins and improves the health of the nervous system.
Lecithin is an emulsifying agent that contains mostly choline, the B vitamin, and smaller amounts of the essential fatty acid linoleic acid and inositol. Emulsifying means that it makes fat soluble in water. Its emulsifying properties allow it to prevent fatty build-ups in the body, for example in the blood vessels and liver. Lecithin helps maintain cholesterol levels because it's healthy fats build HDL cholesterol. HDL cholesterol is responsible for moving fat, from storage or plaques, into the liver where processing and excretion of fat occurs. By decreasing fatty build-up on arteries it helps to regulate blood pressure.
Lecithin is a large component of all cell membranes because it regulates the passage of substances into and out of the cell. The choline it contains can cross the blood-brain barrier to produce brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) that aid in memory - in particular acetylcholine. The protective coating of the brain and nerve cells are also composed of choline. In this respect lecithin helps to make the sheath (myelin) that surrounds the nerves that conduct messages from the brain to the muscles and organs of your body, performing a similar function to the insulation sheathing of electrical wires. If this protective sheath degenerates (as in MS), a "shorting out" of the message that the nerve is carrying occurs.
Lecithin has been used for cardiovascular disease, improving memory, repairing the liver, AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome, herpes and other immune system disorders.
What are Phospholipids?
Phospholipids, of which the most common is lecithin, are important in the structure of all membranes. Because of their unique carbohydrate-fat structure they can move well in both fat and water, thus move easily in and out of cells.
What is Choline?
Best known as a fat emulsifier (lipotropic), it works well with inositol and is one of the few substances that can cross the blood-brain barrier to produce brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) that aid in memory in particular acetylcholine. Choline is also needed for the insulation of nerve cells. Choline also helps to regulate fat metabolism (both the good and bad) & cholesterol metabolism in the liver and gallbladder, breaking them down into smaller particles which makes it easier for your body reduce their accumulation. Since healthy fats play a large role in hormone formation, choline can thus help optimize hormone levels in both men and women. It is commonly recommended by natural health care practitioners for a variety of different therapeutic applications, including: fatty liver, cardiovascular health, depression, poor concentration, and neurological diseases such as MS, Tardive Dyskinesia, and Parkinson's disease.
Lowering High Cholesterol The Natural Way
Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in North America. High cholesterol contributes to heart disease when the fatty molecules build up on the inside of arteries. This leads to a decrease in the flexibility and elasticity of the walls. As the artery becomes narrower, decreased circulation leads to high blood pressure because the body struggles to maintain enough blood flow to its tissues. Pieces of the cholesterol plaque can break off or the turbulent flow of blood can cause clots to form. If the pieces or clots lodge in smaller vessels this leads to heart attack or stroke.
The Good, The Bad, and The Cholesterol
Cholesterol is not all bad; it is the amount and the ratio of the various forms of cholesterol that are a health concern. LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol is fat that is being transported from the liver for use by your cells. It is commonly called bad cholesterol. HDL (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol is called good cholesterol because it is fat that is being taken unused cholesterol from your cells back to the liver, where it is broken down. Cholesterol levels are unhealthy if you have lots of circulating LDL, not enough HDL or a combination of the two.
Dietary cholesterol is different than the serum cholesterol mentioned above. Although eating foods that are high in cholesterol does raise serum cholesterol levels the liver is responsible for making cholesterol when needed. Thus a cholesterol reduction plan should include a low cholesterol diet with other treatments to help to reduce serum cholesterol. Genetics also plays a role in high cholesterol.
Dangerous Side Effects With Cholesterol Drugs
Conventional treatment of high cholesterol with lipid lowering drugs decreases serum cholesterol but makes only small improvements to your chance of developing heart disease. Plus these drugs have many side effects.The most troublesome is the increased risk of depression and suicide amongst medicated individuals. The drugs also deplete vital nutrients for heart health such as coenzyme Q10. These medications can interact with natural products. Consult a health professional before starting any new therapy.
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