03/04/2026
🌿 More on the heroic EGG!
Why Choline Deserves More Love in Your Wellbeing Routine
As a Practitioner who works deeply with nutrigenomics 🧬, I’m always looking at how nutrients interact with our unique DNA to support vibrant health 🌿. One often-overlooked essential nutrient? Choline! 🥚✨
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I have to tell you, this supplement changed my health personally even before I even knew about my “dirty genes” 👀🧬!!!
Choline is a powerhouse for:
🧠 Brain health – It’s a precursor to acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter that supports memory, focus, mood, and clear thinking.
❤️ Heart & metabolic support – Helps regulate homocysteine levels and supports healthy lipid metabolism.
🛡️ Liver function – Crucial for exporting fats from the liver and preventing fatty build-up.
🤰 Pregnancy & foetal development – Plays a key role in baby’s brain development, attention, and processing speed later in life.
🧬 Methylation & gene expression –
it works beautifully with pathways involving MTHFR and PEMT genes. Many people with common SNPs ( mutations) in PEMT (which affects how we make choline from other fats) or MTHFR may have higher choline needs—personalised nutrition really shines here!
Quick dive on PEMT: This gene acts like your liver's recycling hero 🏭, turning everyday fats (like those in your cell membranes) into choline-rich molecules through a clever methylation process. It adds tiny chemical tags to basic fats, creating phosphatidylcholine (PC) that helps shuttle fats around and keeps things flowing smoothly. If you have a PEMT variation (super common!), this factory slows down, so you might need more choline from food to avoid backups like fatty liver or brain fog. Oestrogen naturally boosts it in women, but stress or ageing can impact it—hence why personalised tweaks make such a difference! ✨
Interestingly, because choline is so important for healthy fat transport and metabolism, some people notice smoother skin texture and reduced appearance of cellulite as a welcome side benefit when levels are optimised (alongside movement, hydration, and overall anti-inflammatory living). 🌟
Most people don’t get enough from diet alone (eggs, liver, salmon, cruciferous vegetables, and lecithin are great sources)—women need 425mg of choline a day, and one hard-boiled egg provides 147mg—and requirements can go up during pregnancy, stress, or with certain genetic variations.
If you’ve had your nutrigenomic profile done or struggle with brain fog, liver support, or methylation challenges, choline could be a missing piece for you.
What’s one thing you’re doing to support your brain + liver this week? Drop it below! 👇
