Possible Health Risks
In addition to the increased caloric burden of a diet rich in fats like phosphatidylcholine, a recent report has linked the microbial catabolites of phosphatidylcholine with increased atherosclerosis through the production of choline, trimethylamine oxide, and betaine. However, as critics have noted, a 1999 study by other authors who studied 46 different foods did not find choline-rich foods to cause TMAO production.
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