Choline. This is another one vegans and vegetarians need to supplement with in order to not be deficient. Sure the body produces some. Some veggies have it. But not enough. Meat has it in abundance.
The essential nutrient that nobody has heard of (sciencenorway.no)
Researcher Anthea Van Parys defended her phd on the nutrient called choline in 2022 at the University of Bergen. During a recent lecture she revealed a secret:
“I had never heard of this nutrient before I started the work on my phd,” she said from the podium of a conference organized by Norsk tidsskrift for ernæring - Norwegian journal of nutrition.
During the defence of her phd it became clear that the opponent from the USA wasn't even quite sure how to pronounce the word in English.
And this is a nutrient that is completely essential to human beings.
Liver disease, cardiovascular disease and dementia
Choline is necessary to build cell membrane which separate the interior of the cell from the outside environment.
The nutrient is also necessary for supporting energy function in the body as well as the regulation of genes. Your nervous system needs it in order to store memories and control and regulate both muscles and your mood.
Choline is also involved in the mechanisms that transport fat away from the liver. Without this nutrient, fat will accumulate. This is why a lack of choline can cause a fatty liver and serious liver damage.
Several studies have also found a correlation between lack of choline and cardiovascular disease as well as Alzheimer’s.
A recently published study in mice showed that a diet with a deficient choline level caused damaged organs and Alzheimer-like disease.
Choline is found in different foods
The body can make some choline on its own. This is why researchers for a long time believed that it wasn’t necessary for humans to ensure they got enough choline through their diet, Van Parys said at the conference.
But the amount of choline the body is able to make is not enough. And so it is entirely necessary to eat food that contains choline.
Fortunately, many foods do.
The food that contains the most choline comes from the animal kingdom: Beef liver, beef, egg yolks and salmon are rich in choline.
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