Choline Vitamin - For a Healthy Liver

Choline is a member of the vitamin B group. It is a colourless, crystalline compound which absorbs water quickly. It is highly soluble in water and alcohol. Dilute solutions of choline (less than 4%) are not destroyed by heat. However, when concentrated solutions of choline are boiled, it decomposes. Choline is also destroyed by water, sulphur drugs, food-processing techniques, and alcohol. Choline is absorbed from the intestine and exreted mostly through the urine.

Vitmain Choline Benefits - Functions in the Body

Choline helps in the transportation of fats in the body and prevents accumulation of fat in the liver. This vitamin works with inositol, another vitamin of the B group, to utilise fats and cholesterol. In combination with fatty acids and phosphorus, it stimulates the formation of lecithin, an important constituent of nerve cells in the body. Choline is one of the few substances which penetrates the so-called blood-brain barrier, which ordinarily protects the brain against the effects of variations in the daily diet. It goes directly into the brain cells to produce a chemical that aids memory.

Vitamin Choline Deficiency Symptoms

A prolonged deficiency of choline may cause cirrhosis and the fatty degeneration of the liver, high blood pressure, and atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries).

Choline is available in liberal quantities in fish and sea foods.

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Fri July 22/2005

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