Keep your cell membranes functioning properly: The naming of choline after the Greek Word for bile was appropriate. Bile, which is made in your liver, makes fat compatible with water, so that fat-based substances can get transported around your body in your water-based blood. Choline has very similar fat-modifying effects in the membranes of your cells, the gates through which nutrients enter and wastes leave. The fat-modifying properties of choline allow your cell membranes to operate with greater flexibility in handling both water- and fat-soluble molecules. Without choline, many fat-based nutrients could not enter your cells, and many waste products could not leave.
Allow your nerves to communicate with your muscles: Choline is a key component of acetyl choline, a neurotransmitter that your body uses to send messages between your nerves and muscles.
Reduce chronic inflammation: People whose diets supply more than 310 milligrams of choline daily have levels of inflammatory markers at least 20% lower than people whose diets supplied less than 250 milligrams of choline daily. Each of these markers of chronic inflammation has been linked to a wide range of conditions including Heart disease, osteoporosis, cognitive decline and Alzheimer's, and type-2 Diabetes.
Reduce your risk of atherosclerosis, heart attack, stroke, liver damage, osteoporosis, and possibly Alzheimer's disease: Risk of these serious diseases is associated with high blood levels of a molecule called homocysteine. Choline allows homocysteine to be converted into other substances, preventing any build-up. In particular, betaine, a metabolite of choline (which is also found naturally in vegetables such as beets and spinach), can also lower your homocysteine levels.
Promote brain health: Choline is a key component of many fat-containing structures in cell membranes. Because your cell membranes are made up almost entirely of these fat-containing structures, their flexibility and integrity depend on adequate supplies of choline. In your brain, these fat-like molecules account for an unusually high percentage of total solids, so choline is particularly important for brain health.
Reduce allergy symptoms: Choline supplements have reduced symptoms of allergic rhinitis.
