Soybean lecithin is found in all seven Emerald Energy® formulas.

Our soybean lecithin in Non-GMO and Identity Preserved.

Recent research suggests that lecithin can be good for the mind, heart, liver, and pregnant women.

Soybean Lecithin protects cells from free radical oxidation. Lecithin is present in every cell of the body and has been a long-standing supplement for the heart, liver, and brain. This is due, in part, to its high content of choline, inositol, and linoleic acid. Lecithin is one of the best-known phospholipids and is great for the brain and cholesterol. In the cell membranes, the phospholipids help maintain fluidity and permeability, allowing nutrients to pass in and out of the cells. In fact, this is lecithin's primary function in the Emerald Energy® formulas: to "grease" the alimentary tract to enable spirulina to absorb more readily.

Brain Power. Can lecithin help you stop loosing your car keys? Scientific research has found that lecithin and choline may improve your memory, especially mild memory loss associated with getting older. Lecithin and other choline-containing compounds enhance memory in normal adults, particularly in those individuals having relatively poor memory function to start with. Lecithin may help reduce those “senior moments” through choline-charged foods.

Helps the Heart. With heart disease being the number one killer of both men and women, lecithin is another way nature helps us to keep our hearts healthy. Lecithin plays a number of roles in heart health, including the lowering of total and LDL cholesterol levels. The choline delivered by lecithin can help reduce high homocysteine levels in the blood - which can be associated with artery damage.

Liver Health. Scientists have known for some time that lecithin and choline is essential to liver function and health. Even a few weeks on a choline-deficient diet results in a fatty liver, which can lead to cirrhosis and/or to cancer of the liver. Besides contributing choline, lecithin also appears to directly protect the liver from cirrhosis due to excessive alcohol consumption.

Fetal and Infant Development. Choline is widely regarded as important in brain and mental development of both the fetus and infant. Because choline is so key to fetal development, it is favorably transported across the placenta from the mother’s bloodstream to the fetus by a 1:14 ratio. Similarly, the choline concentration in mother’s milk is over 100 times the level in the maternal blood stream. Pregnant or lactating women have a higher recommended dietary intake level for these reasons.

Why is Choline Fortification Important? Nature packaged high levels of choline in very few foods. Many of those foods are also high in saturated fat and cholesterol - dietary elemnts health experts recommend avoiding. Although the body can synthesize some choline, research shows people cannot produce all the choline they need. Therefore, it is essential that you get choline in your diet. Health experts believe many people's diets currently may not deliver enough choline. One reason may be that Americans are consuming fewer of most naturally choline-rich foods as they cut down on dietary fat and cholesterol. Fortifying foods such as nutritional bars and beverages, breads, and yogurts with choline-rich lecithins will help increase Americans’ overall intake of choline, while still affording consumers the benefits of a healthier diet.