I have the problem that US supps are really expensive where i live (gernany). Furthermore, no EU supplier of this product at the moment. As i tried soy lecithin in the past with zero effects on strength and mass in spite of high dosing i am very critical with that one here.
Unreal Supps (in the UK but ship to the EU) will have some back in stock within a few weeks if I'm not mistaken.
Other UK sites will likely order/reorder it as soon as its back in stock.
Hyde did an excellent job above explaining that soy lecithin is in no way comparable to clinically researched Mediator Phosphatidic Acid.
Phosphatidic Acid content is not one of the main things that people buy lecithin for and as he stated, even big brands don't test for the active content in there and typically when asked just say what the average content is and that it may vary from batch to batch; and even in the best case scenarios, its a very low percentage. One would have to consume a crazy amount of soy lecithin to even possibly provide the amount of Phosphatidic Acid that is in a product like Phosphatidic Acid XT and even then, the clinical studies are on concentrated Phosphatidic Acid and its quite possible that some of the other active constituents in lecithin may be competing for or hindering absorption bc to reach that high a level of PA, one would be taking in a lot more of many of the other constituents. Not to mention that most people would be bloated and miserable from consuming that high a dose of lecithin.
On the other hand, Mediator Phosphatidic Acid is backed by clinical studies and Phosphatidic Acid XT contains a large dose of actual Phosphatidic Acid + clinically researched Senactiv, Apigenin, and two clinically researched absorption enhancers.
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Think about it like this - Alpha GPC and Phosphatidylserine can both be derived from Lecithin but I've never seen anyone try to compare high dosing lecithin to the effects that people see from those two; yet for some reason, people try to make the comparison to Phosphatidic Acid, but the principle is the same.
If a person wants Alpha GPC, they should take Alpha GPC, not mega dose lecithin.
If a person wants Phosphatidylserine, they should take PS, not mega dose lecithin.
If a person wants Phosphatidic Acid, they should take Phosphatidic Acid, not mega dose lecithin.
Even if one chooses to not pay attention to the studies on Mediator Phosphatidic Acid, the real world feedback on Phosphatidic Acid XT speaks volumes about how great of a product it is.