Pure Health Trends Network uses Choline, An abundant ingredient in Daily Double, is used by the body to synthesize acetylcholine an important neurotransmitter. Choline is needed for nerve transmission. Without it, brain function and memory are impaired.

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Choline is needed for the proper transmission of nerve impulses from the brain through the central nervous system, as well as for gallbladder regulation, liver function, and lecithin formation, thus encouraging the bodies detox abilities. It aids in hormone production and minimizes excess fat in the liver because it aids in fat and cholesterol metabolism.

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Without choline, brain function and memory are impaired. Choline is beneficial for disorders of the nervous system such as Parkinson’s disease and tardive dyskinesia, a condition caused by antischizophrenic medications. A deficiency may result in fatty buildup in the liver, as well as in cardiac symptoms, gastric ulcers, high blood pressure, the inability to digest fats, kidney and liver impairment, estrogen-based disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, and stunted growth.

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It also helps regulate the blood’s alkaline-acid balance and works with sodium and potassium in a compound form. Choline is found in breast milk, a usually sure indication that it is indispensable to health. Without it infants would develop severe neural abnormalities, for the nutrient contributes to the production of myelin, the protective casing that surrounds nerves and brain cells. Choline and phosphatidylcholine both seem to help ease the jerky, involuntary movements and spasms that characterize Huntington’s disease and Tourette’s syndrome.

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Choline plays a part in helping to lower blood pressure by causing blood vessels to relax and thus allow better flow of blood. Liver Disorders — A low-choline diet impedes the liver’s ability to process fats, resulting in another ironic consequence of an egg-free, fat free diet—WEIGHT GAIN. A deficiency, if extreme, may lead to a liver disease or even liver cancer. As abnormal fat metabolism continues, cholesterol and triglycerides accumulate in the liver, eventually leading to fatty liver disease, which if untreated, is fatal.

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Choline and Asthma

The prevalence of asthma has increased worldwide and current therapies for the disease, such as glucocorticoids, are limited in their usefulness, due to potential side effects. [read article]

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Prenatal Choline supplements make brains larger and faster.

The important nutrient choline “super-charged” the brains of animals that received supplements in utero, making their cells larger and faster at firing electrical “signals” that release memory-forming chemicals, according to a new study. [read article]

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Choline and Women

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have identified a common gene variation that occurs in about one-third of all premenopausal woman, a variant that greatly increases susceptibility to dietary deficiency of the essential nutrient choline.

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