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Originally Posted by mrsD
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Hold da phone... Is this the same MrsD who has repeatedly and emphatically decried any supplement that doesn't list exact amounts of proprietary ingredients, natural or otherwise? (I gotta rib ya a little on this one...
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Lypo-Spheric Vitamin C
WHAT IS IT?
1 foil pack (1 teaspoonful) of Lypo-Spheric™ Vitamin C contains:
Vitamin C (as ascorbic acid) 1000 mg
Essential Phospholipids (EPL) 1000 mg
Other ingredients are water, lecithin, alcohol 12%
http://www.netriceuticals.com/listing.asp?id=837
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I see ascorbic acid, a
LOT of alcohol
, some (how much?) lecithin (OK, I can let that slide) and... Essential Phospholipids? (Which ones and how much of each?)
Lecithin IS an essential phospholipid.
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The first phospholipid identified as such in biological tissues was lecithin, or phosphatidylcholine, in the egg yolk, by Theodore Nicolas Gobley, a French chemist and pharmacist, in 1847.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phospholipid
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Are these essential phospholipids just the lecithin in disguise?
..and that does seem like a LOT of alcohol to put into a little packet.
Ok, I read it, I get it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lypospheric_vitamin_c
Except that the
only source cited is the same Dr. Levy...
I may get it
more because I've been researching nanotechnology on another matter... But it's
still mighty pricey vitamin C!
I wonder if it would be cheaper to encapsulate the stuff in Buckyballs...
Please, tell me Dr. Levy doesn't have a financial stake in this stuff...
Doc