The importance of vitamins to human life and health is unquestionable, and soybeans are known as the "vitamins" of the 21st century. The main ingredient in soybeans, lecithin, has also been recognized for its many health functions. The National Food and Nutrition Society of the United States has long officially set choline as an essential nutrient for every day, and the nutrient reference value published by the Nutrition Society of China also includes choline, and lecithin is the best donor of choline.
Prevention of fatty liver and cirrhosis
Choline in phospholipids has an affinity for fat, if the body is insufficient choline, it will affect fat metabolism, causing fat to accumulate in the liver, forming fatty liver and even cirrhosis. Lecithin can not only prevent fatty liver, but also promote liver cell regeneration, prevent cirrhosis, and contribute to the recovery of liver function, especially for some cirrhosis caused by alcoholism.
Prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hyperlipidemia and hypertension
Lecithin can emulsify and excrete cholesterol and neutral fat in blood vessels, and can prevent and improve arteriosclerosis, hypertension, heart disease, stroke and so on.
Enhances brain vitality and improves memory
Choline is the basic component of lecithin, it can synthesize acetylcholine transmitters in the body, the increase in acetylcholine content in the body means that the substances that transmit information in the brain increase, thereby enhancing brain function, helping to improve memory, and preventing Alzheimer's disease.
Promotes the breakdown of toxins in the body, activates skin cells, prevents and improves pigmentation
1. How to identify high-quality lecithin
Two characteristics of lecithin
(1) Not resistant to high temperature, the temperature is above 50 ° C, in a certain period of time, the activity will gradually destroy and disappear. Therefore, taking lecithin should be taken with warm water.
(2) The more pure it is, the easier it is to be absorbed
Identify high-quality lecithin
High-quality soybean phospholipid capsules should be brown, clear, transparent, without any precipitation or impurities, nutty flavor, smooth capsules, if there is a slight adhesion between the particles and particles, slight shaking can be separated, which is a normal phenomenon. If after opening the package, it is found that there is liquid oozing from the bottle, or the capsule particles are adhered together, cannot be completely separated or there is a phenomenon of drawing, then this lecithin may be a softgel leakage caused by temperature.
2. The recommended dosage of lecithin
According to the WHO (World Health Organization) and FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) Committee of Experts, there is no special limit on the daily intake of lecithin. However, in order to maintain health, take highly concentrated capsule preparations as the standard every day, the intake of 1.5 to 3.0 grams is appropriate, the patient's consumption can also be increased by 1 to 3 times, taking lecithin capsule products is a simple and effective health shortcut.
If conditions permit, you can also take another route: eat more foods rich in phospholipids. Traditional Chinese medicine in China is known as "supplementing the brain with the brain", believing that it can be "the same kind of people, each has its own return". Eggs, seafood, soybeans and their products, walnuts, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, animal livers and brain hips all contain a lot of lecithin. The most affordable is fish head soup, which nutritionists call "brain soup."
Despite its peculiar brain-strengthening properties, you can't expect it to complete the full nourishing task. Only a balanced intake of various nutrients can be beneficial to the health of the entire body.
People who drink alcohol regularly and socialize;
People who lose weight, have poor memory, mental workers or people with constipation;
Middle-aged and elderly people, people with high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver, cirrhosis or poor liver function, can appropriately supplement lecithin to improve health status.