Phospholipid Classes:

PhosphatidylCholine (PC)

PhosphatidylSerine (PS)GlyceroPhosphoCholine (GPC)

Omaga Phospholipids (OPL)

     Chemical Structure of

     PhosphatidylSerine (PS)

PhosphatidylSerine (PS) (pronounced fos-fa-tie-dil-ser-een) occurs naturally in the working human brain—like most vitamins, it is orthomolecular—and is integral to all brain cell functions at the molecular level.  PS offers such profound brain benefits that it should be termed a neuroceutical.  PS offers safe and effective brain support for children and juveniles,  middle aged persons with premature mental decline, and the elderly threatened with severe cognitive breakdown.  

Of all the nutrients that clinically benefit the brain, PS is the most extensively validated.  PS as a dietary supplement has benefits for people of every age group.  In the over-50 population PS will sometimes reverse memory decline—an effect not proven for any other supplement or pharmaceutical.

For middle-aged subjects  with poor cognitive function, PS has marked measurable benefits.  PET imaging  (Positron Emission Tomography) indicates PS can boost brain energy levels.  Double-blind trials showed PS improving memory, learning, concentration, and a wide array of associated cognitive functions.  Renowned memory expert Thomas Crook and found that taking PS may restore 12 years' or more worth of memory function to subjects suffering from accelerated memory decline.    

For the elderly, PS improves quality of life by seemingly revitalizing the brain's cortical zones, the hippocampus (for learning and memory), and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis.  PS improved mood, personality, sociability, and activities of daily living in many double-blind trials. 

Recent research indicates PS also benefits healthy young people subjected to stressful mental challenge.  University students  were provided with either PS or a placebo supplement for 30 days, then given a mental stress test.  Those “neurotic” students who had received PS experienced significantly less stress from the test, kept a better mood and felt more clear-headed, composed, and confident than those on placebo.  Similar results were obtained with students subjected to demanding physical exercise. 

PS may turn the clock back 12 years!

PS may also benefit children.  A physician who routinely sees children with attention deficit, hyperactivity, and learning problems, with the permission of their parents studied 27 children with PS.  She found that PS gave marked, clinically meaningful benefit to 25 of the 27 children, including those already on Ritalin.  

The excellent tolerability and safety of PS is documented from decades of controlled clinical application.  For humans of all ages, taking PS offers the hope of attaining mental sharpness that defies the passing of the years.