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From: pamp@bcsaic.UUCP (Wagener)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.med
Subject: Re: Try choline and B6 for increased acetylcholine production
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Date: 21 Jan 88 00:26:03 GMT
References: <506@dl901b.engin.umich.edu> <2955@drivax.UUCP>
Reply-To: pamp@bcsaic.UUCP (Pam Pincha-Wagener)
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In article <2955@drivax.UUCP> macleod@drivax.UUCP (MacLeod) writes:
>In article <506@dl901b.engin.umich.edu> schonek@caen.engin.umich.edu (Anthony J Schonek) writes:


:: I am curious about "Acetylcholine."  Supposedly
;:it is a chemical in the brain that stimulates memory
::I heard fish and liver contain this chemical, but is
::there a drug that would be more efficient?

:For starters, you can try saturating your own acetylcholine-creating
;metabolism by taking supplementary choline and vitamin B6, both used
;in its production.  I find that taking 3 grams of choline (not lecithin,
;which is only part choline) improves my writing ability fractionally and 
;seems to keep me more alert, both effects attributable to acetylcholine.

;Take phosphedtyl (spelling?) choline, not choline chloride, as the latter
;can sometimes upset your GI tract.  Also take 100 mg or B6 for each gm 
;of choline.  Balanced B complex seems to work better than straight B6.


iBEWARE!!! B6 should not be taken in large doses (> 50mg/day) there
are documented cases of it causing nerve damage. (Science News ,1986 or
so I don't have access to it right now.) Please be careful when taking
vitamins. More is not always better with them.

P.M.Pincha-Wagener