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Lipid Replacement Therapy -fixing the damage

Lipid replacement therapy is fairly simple, bring in the fats (lipids) that are healthy which repairs cell membranes. Damage to the cell membranes comes from oxidative stress of which immune activation is the most damaging. If the cell membrane is damaged then the cell loses its vitality, when the cell loses vitality then the energy drops and when the energy drops then resistance becomes diminished.


He does not cover which fats, PC (phos. choline) is a major one, best to get it from sunflower (sunflower lecithin), Vitamin E (d-alpha) is superior in protecting cell membranes. Antioxidants help protect the cell membrane from damage.

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