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Abby's Magazine - May / June 2014 | Page 13 GPC (GlyceroPhosphoCholine) is, like PS, a phospho- lipid nutrient essential to brain cell structure and func- tion. GPC is an ortho nutrient, like PS and DHA. But unlike PS, GPC works in the cell's water phase ("cy- toplasm") and not in its membrane system. GPC also offers benefits that nicely complement those of PS. GPC: Vital For Mind & Body GPC has been widely employed as a natu- ral brain enhancer for decades in Europe. In 1997 Dr. Parris M. Kidd was part of the team that brought it into North America. GPC's beneficial actions are so diverse that he called it "the mind-body nutrient." GPC's clinical benefits include: • Sharpening of attention and memory in young healthy people. • Enhancement of brain physiology in middle-aged people. • Preservation of memory, learning, mood, and sociability in the elderly. • Improvement of learning, behavior, and social skills in children. In addition to using the actual GPC molecule, the body can transform GPC into at least three other nu- trients that have beneficial actions in the body. These are choline, acetylcholine, and phosphatidylcholine. All these GPC derivatives are vitally important for hu- man health. GPC: Improves Brain Efficiency In Middle Age GPC has improved the brain efficiency of over-50 subjects in controlled clinical trials. In one double-blind trial, GPC was studied by EEG (Electro- EncephaloGraphy) in subjects with mild memory chal- lenges. In EEG, a number of electrodes are positioned all over the scalp to record the brain's patterns of elec- trical activity. Computers then analyze these patterns for signs of abnormal brain physiology. Some of the subjects received a GPC supplement, others received a placebo, for 3 months. At the trial's end the GPC subjects had an increased beta-frequency EEG band, significantly better than did those on the placebo. This suggested GPC was improving their brains to more closely resemble younger brains, which typically have a higher beta-frequency on EEG. GPC: Slows Memory Decline In The Elderly In various clinical trials conducted on elderly (over-65) subjects with memory challenges, over 1,100 individ- uals received either GPC or another test substance. Those who received GPC supplements improved as much as 30 percent on the various cognition tests. GPC consistently improved measures of memory, at- tention, and mood. In some of the trials GPC also im- proved mental fatigue, disorientation, irritability, emo- tional swings, and indifference to surroundings. PS: Functional Partner with GPC