Genetic analysis shows some need much more choline….

Today's Post:  Tuesday, 4-29-2014

Low mandated one size fits all nutrient standards proven harmful for choline.

This study looked at choline and using genetic analysis WAS able to show that some people need a LOT more choline to be healthy than others.

Dr Williams from the University of Texas statement that people are biochemically individual in this way is proven true by this study.

AND, so is the assertion by the supplement industry that restricting high dose supplements is often harmful to some people.

Choline is particularly important for nerve and brain cell growth & repair and for having high HDL or increasing HDL to prevent heart disease. 

This study shows it is also essential for muscle and liver cells to be in good health and every single cell in your body needs healthy cell membranes which need choline to have and have in good health and proper functioning.

People who eat egg yolks or whole eggs containing them, ideally from hens fed only on pasture, or take the supplements DMAE, Lecithin, choline, or citicholine may have enough. 

People who do none of these may well not have healthy nerves, muscles, livers or hearts. 

(DMAE is a precursor to choline; lecithin is mostly choline; there are supplements with just choline in them; and citicholine, aka, CDP choline is a choline tested to improve mood and help the body grow new nerve and brain cells.)

I do each of these and my HDL averages about 100.  

(I also drink red wine; eat berries and nuts; exercise vigorously virtually every day; and avoid tobacco smoke and hydrogenated oils, refined grains, high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners, and eat very little real sugar.  But my choline intake does help keep my HDL that high and my small particle LDL very low.

I haven’t a comparable way to measure the nerve protection and new nerve growth this high choline intake gives me.  But added to my other practices such as taking DHA and eating wild caught salmon and exercise, I hope my brain protection is also that good and believe it is.)

Here is some information from the Medical News Today article I found and the link to that article:

“Dietary guidelines for choline may be insufficient    Monday 31 March 2014

New research suggests that genetic variations influence the risk of developing symptoms of choline deficiency and determine the propensity of liver or muscle damage outcomes.

New research suggests that genetic variations influence the risk of developing symptoms of choline deficiency and determine the propensity of liver or muscle damage outcomes

What is now considered to be the "right" amount of the essential nutrient, choline, might actually be "wrong," depending on who you are.

That's because scientists have found that the "right" amount of choline needed by an individual is influenced by a wide range of factors, including gender, life stage, race and ethnicity of the individual.

This means that using the current one-size-fits-all approach to determining a person's vitamin and mineral needs may leave them in less than optimal health.

Choline is an essential nutrient used by the body to construct cell membranes and is necessary for the health of vital organs and muscles.”

“This finding was published online in The FASEB Journal.”

Dietary guidelines for choline may be insufficient

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New research suggests that genetic variations influence the risk of developing

symptoms of choline deficiency and determine the propensity of liver or muscle

damage outcomes What is now