The Role of Lecithin as a Fat Emulsifier

LECITHIN plays an important role in the metabolism of fats within the body.  Its main concern is to prevent the build up of cholesterol and other fats in the arteries, and reduce the level of cholesterol already existing.  The action of lecithin allows fat articles to liquefy, keeping it flowing in the blood preventing from being deposited on the artery walls.  It helps keep the fat moving and burned up as energy avoiding the accumulation of excess in areas where it forms bulges in the hips, thighs upper arms, etc. Gallstones are cholesterol formed when the bile fails to digest fats properly and the emulsifying properties of lecithin help prevent the formation of gallstones.

In one of my lecture, I proved to them the effectiveness of lecithin in emulsifying fats..I let them gather the sebo or hardened yellow fats in our plates we have been eating.. that fatty beef caldereta..in that piles of sebo I put 1 tbsp of lecithin granules...while giving them lectures. And in 30 minutes flat the sebo of the beef melted and turned to water...they were surprised...where is the fat? they asked.

Lecithin like Flax is a good source of Essential Fatty Acid...In short, essential fatty acids govern every life process in the body. Life without essential fatty acids is impossible. When essential fatty acids are deficient, we can expect a diversity of health problems..essential fatty acids are the highest source of energy in nutrition

Lecithin has the ability to emulsify and break down fat, it also prevent fatty liver disease, a condition resulting from accumulation of fat deposits in liver cells. without lecithin the membranes in our body would harden and our cells would die."

Lecithin helps keep the liver healthy. By keeping fats dispersed in water, lecithin prevents these fats from accumulating in the liver. Lecithin is acting as a hepatoprotector, helps in detoxification, useful in restoring liver function in a number of ailments including excessive alcohol consumption.it improves the gallbladder functions, increases the bile secretion; improves bowel movements.

LA or Linoleic Acid and LNA or Linoleinic Acid are both components of Essential Fatty Acids. We called them essential because the body can not manufacture them and must be supplied from food sources like flax, fish oil and lecithin...

LA Dificiency Symptoms include eczema like skin eruptions, loss of hair, liver degeneration, behavioral disturbances, kidney degeneration, excessive water loss through skin accompanied by thirst, drying up of glands, susceptibility to infections, failure of wound healing, sterility in males, miscarriages in females, arthritis, heart and circulatory problems, and retardation of growth...Prolonged absence of LA from the diet is FATAL. All of the deficiency symptoms except death can be alleviated by adding LA back to the diet from which it was missing.

LNA Deficiency Symptoms include retardation of growth, weakness, impairment of vision and learning ability, motor in coordination, tingling in arms and legs, and behavioral changes.. These symptoms can be removed by adding LNA back to the diet from which is it missing..