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Strut your stuff! (health matters).(Brief Article)
Let's talk turkey--or tryptophan, to be more accurate. It's become common knowledge at this point that tryptophan, the amino acid found in turkey (and also cottage cheese, milk, meat and bananas) is one of the reasons we feel sleepy after the Thanksgiving meal, because it is a natural sleeping aid. But a new study, published in Neuropsychopharmacology suggests that tryptophan may also make people more confident. The study involved 50 men and 48 women split into two groups: one group was given 3 grams of tryptophan per day, while the other group took a placebo. The participants kept records of their social interactions ...
- Stress-prone? Altering the diet may help.(tryptophan)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Science News Raloff, J. July 8, 2000 700+ words
...diet to fuel the brain with more tryptophan. The brain uses this essential...lactalbumin--that is unusually rich in tryptophan. Moreover, this protein is low in amino acids that compete with tryptophan for absorption by the brain. For...
- Tryptophan by-product arouses hope for MS paralysis relief.(Multiple...
- Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry Rohn, Jennifer November 7, 2005 700+ words
...levels of the breakdown products of tryptophan, a protein component, were seen to...feeding them natural by-products of tryptophan (Science 2005, 310, 850). The by...hampered by cardiotoxicity. Although tryptophan can be taken as a dietary supplement...
- FDA warns on safety of L-tryptophan.(Food and Drug Administration)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Nutraceuticals International March 1, 2006 700+ words
...eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome in susceptible people taking L-tryptophan supplements is as a result of the content of the product...has decided that its import alert was not warranted and L-tryptophan can be imported into the USA.
- TPH2 implicated in depression.(tryptophan hydroxylase 2)(Flanders...
- Newspaper article from: Pharma Marketletter March 20, 2006 700+ words
Scientists from Belgium's Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Umea, Sweden, have found that the protein TPH2 could be involved in the development of depression and manic depression. Ann Van Den Bogaert and her colleagues
- Tryptophan: rip-off or remedy?
- Newspaper article from: Nutrition Action Healthletter Blume, Elaine April 1, 1988 700+ words
TRYPTOPHAN: RIP-OFF OR REMEDY? Having trouble sleeping...proponents, all you may need for quick relief is tryptophan, a "natural, hundred percent safe" amino acid. Like other amino acids, tryptophan does occur naturally in protein foods...
- Tryptophan trips up. (dietary supplements ) (Cover Story)
- Newspaper article from: Nutrition Action Healthletter Liebman, Bonnie October 1, 1991 700+ words
...used to purify the tryptophan. Because of one...changes, Showa Denko's tryptophan contained a compound...any other company's tryptophan. Referred to as Peak...consists largely of two tryptophans chemically stuck together...
- L-tryptophan.(Monograph)
- Magazine article from: Alternative Medicine Review March 1, 2006 700+ words
Introduction L-tryptophan (tryptophan; Trp) is a large neutral amino acid essential to human metabolism...niacin (vitamin B3). As a component of dietary protein, tryptophan is particularly plentiful in chocolate, oats, bananas, dried...
- Tryptophan No Turkey in Boosting Immune System, Stanford Study Shows.
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 3, 2005 700+ words
STANFORD, Calif. -- Tryptophan is the source of Thanksgiving legend...breaks new ground on the effects of tryptophan -- an amino acid found in turkey...classic toy collection. The myth of tryptophan in turkey causing inordinate sleepiness...
