Comment · Tue, December 27, 2016 · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
Where does Choline actually come from?
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basemaster08 · 10 points
Does anyone know more about the choline production cycle? Been looking around and not one supplier of Choline says where it's actually derived from. Where does the supplemental form come from?
Being mindful of the production cycle, buying generic citicholine or alpha-gpc could be supporting industrial farming of animal body parts turned into supplements. If I'm buying bulk, I don't want to support these systems.
Here's what I do know:
1. There are many natural sources checking wikipedia like beef liver, cauliflower, eggs.
2. Cognizin claims it's vegetarian but it's expensive, and non-bulk.
Some questions:
1. Can you call up suppliers and actually find out how they source it?
2. Is it widespread practice to just source from animal parts, or eggs?
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
Choline bitartrate, CDP Choline, and Alpha GPC are all chemically synthesized from synthetic precursors. Animal derived compounds are not used in their production. Most start with choline chloride, which is synthesized from from ethylene oxide, hydrochloric acid, and trimethylamine