Multivitamins, Multimineral Capsules with Choline Suppliers & Bulk Manufacturers

Available Forms: capsules

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Category: Critical Care

enteral nutrition

Product Description:

These capsules combine a broad multivitamin and mineral formula with choline. Choline is an essential nutrient, recognised as such relatively recently; it is the backbone of phosphatidylcholine in cell membranes, the precursor of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, and a methyl donor in the same one-carbon pathway as folate and vitamin B12. It is also needed to export fat from the liver as VLDL, which is why deficiency causes fatty liver.

Combination products of this kind are used to cover dietary gaps, in convalescence and where intake is restricted. Most people obtain choline from eggs, meat and legumes, but intake is below recommended levels in a significant share of the population, particularly in pregnancy, when demand rises for fetal brain development. For well-nourished people a multivitamin does not measurably reduce chronic disease risk. High choline doses cause a fishy body odour, sweating and gastrointestinal upset.

Sourcing notes. The full formula should be stated and each nutrient checked against destination supplement limits, particularly vitamin A, vitamin D, selenium, zinc and iron. Choline is usually supplied as bitartrate or as citrate, which differ in choline content; the salt and the elemental choline per capsule belong in the specification.