[decimon]

The way I'm reading it, excess Lecithin (usually in supplements and food additives) when combined with gut flora is metabolized into an artery plaque.

Yes, an excess of choline/lecithin being bad is how I'm seeing this.

[mamelukesabre]

I know that’s what it says. I’m saying that is opposite of conventional wisdom

lecithin SUPPLEMENTS (hello as in vitamins?) are proven to LOWER blood cholesterol.

[spunkets]

"Yes, an excess of choline/lecithin being bad is how I'm seeing this.

It's not the lecithin/choline that's the problem. It's the particular bugs in the gut that break it down that are. The correlation is between disease and blood concentration of TMAO(trimethylamineoxide), which is a breakdown product resulting from bug metabolism.

The inconsistent results of studies showing the effects of lecithin on cholesterol and HDL may be do to the lack of control of gut bugs in the lecithin effect studies.