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LIPOGEN PS - Phosphatidylserine and Mental Function.
The economic abundance of the Western society is clearly reflected in food consumption. Our average diet is overwhelmingly excessive in carbohydrates, proteins and fat. In the latter, however, there is a class of essential nutrients, the phospholipids, for which this statement is actually incorrect. Phospholipid consumption is in general below the estimated daily requirement. This deficiency, which is only rarely
addressed by nutritionists, stems from the trivial fact that the phospholipid content in almost all food products is relatively low.
Phospholipid supplements which are commercially distributed as "food additives" are therefore highly recommended. Phospholipids
have a general very important biological function - they constitute the basis of all biological cells membrane. As a matter of fact, most physiological activities take place on or through the biological membrane where the phospholipid provide a fluid matrix, like a lubricant, which regulates their efficiency.
In the last decade it has become apparent that beside this general property, each member of the phospholipid family has a specific function.
Some of these functions are not yet fully understood and are of the current hottest topics in medical research. The most striking member in the phospholipid family is phosphatidylserine (PS), which is a functional constituent of brain membranes.
PS is mostly found in brain cells and is involved in numerous functions of neuronal activity. In recent years, a great deal of the phospholipid
research has emphasized the importance of PS in brain functions -the memory and learning qualities.