Guest guest Posted October 25, 2001 Report Share Posted October 25, 2001 anyone using it w/ success? if so, what dosages per weight have you tried and what kinds of benefits have you seen? thanks, Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2001 Report Share Posted October 25, 2001 --- I have used 5-HTP (hydroxy-tryptophan) on my daughter, who was suffering severe depression...she was prescribed prozac at age 8. After improving on Prozac for a couple of months, she began complaining that she didn't want to take it anymore because Prozac made her " feel funny. " She said it made her feel like she did not like me, and she did not want to be around me at all. I discontinued the prozac, and began giving her 50mg 5-HTP 2Xday. She did MUCH better on this, without the " side effects. " I also gave it to her brother, who has Autism...same dosage, it did seem to calm him, but I have moved on to other nutritionals that help him in additional areas since then. Good luck and God bless, Lindy gotojoshua1_9@... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In @y..., " Youshock Pruyn " <sypruyn@e...> wrote: > anyone using it w/ success? > > if so, what dosages per weight have you tried and what kinds of benefits > have you seen? > > thanks, > > Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2002 Report Share Posted March 22, 2002 here in canada it is not possible to get tryptophan anymore. in 1987 had used it extensively, it was very helpful. minna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2002 Report Share Posted March 26, 2002 Can you cross the border to get it? . At 21:27 22/03/2002 -0500, you wrote: >here in canada it is not possible to get tryptophan anymore. >in 1987 had used it extensively, it was very helpful. > >minna > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 This post caught my eye because i had some veg. friends who did not eat lettuce because they said it contained tryptophan and they did not like feeling tired from eating it. i wondered about it and forgot to look into it. I was hoping to learn more from your post myself --- In , Parashis <artpages@...> wrote: > > In Lierre 's book THE VEGETARIAN MYTH, she says she was very short > on tryptophan and it wasn't until she ate red meat that she was better. > > Is it true that vegetables don't give you tryptophan? I thought peanuts > and other things did. Anyone know? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 This article talks about how to get it and absorb it. It looks like low-carb meat eaters may be at more risk of low tryptophan! http://www.nutritional-supplements-health-guide.com/sources-of-tryptophan.html The book " Potatoes, Not Prozac " said to eat a protein meal then about an hour before bed have a baked potato, which would tie up the other aminoes and let the tryptophan through to the brain for raising serotonin and giving you a good night's sleep. If your friends are so afraid of feeling tired, I wonder if they're just not getting enough nutrients - when I was a vegetarian I felt tired frequently, and the longer I was a vegetarian the worse it got - until that fateful day at the party with the hot dogs in sauerkraut in the crock pot... --- In , Parashis <artpages@...> wrote: > > In Lierre 's book THE VEGETARIAN MYTH, she says she was very short > on tryptophan and it wasn't until she ate red meat that she was better. > > Is it true that vegetables don't give you tryptophan? I thought peanuts > and other things did. Anyone know? > > > Parashis > artpages@... > > artpagesonline.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 here are some food sources. you can google for more. http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient & dbid=103 --- In , Parashis <artpages@...> wrote: > > In Lierre 's book THE VEGETARIAN MYTH, she says she was very short > on tryptophan and it wasn't until she ate red meat that she was better. > > Is it true that vegetables don't give you tryptophan? I thought peanuts > and other things did. Anyone know? > > > Parashis > artpages@... > > artpagesonline.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 > > If your friends are so afraid of feeling tired, I wonder if they're just not getting enough nutrients - when I was a vegetarian I felt tired frequently, and the longer I was a vegetarian the worse it got - until that fateful day at the party with the hot dogs in sauerkraut in the crock pot... That was what did it...hot dogs and sauerkraut? I mean for me it was steak. Hot dogs would never do it, I'd still be eating that soy crap. :-) Agree with you that fatigue catches up with you on a vegetarian (vegan) diet. I had to have a pot of tea before I could begin moving and often had insomnia as well. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 I don't understand the focus on tryptophan. Here is what Ray Peat says about it in his interview with Shomon. Shomon: You've mentioned eggs, milk and gelatin as good for the thyroid. Can you explain a bit more about this? Dr. Ray Peat: Milk contains a small amount of thyroid and progesterone, but it also contains a good balance of amino acids. For adults, the amino acid balance of cheese might be even better, since the whey portion of milk contains more tryptophan than the curd, and tryptophan excess is significantly antagonistic to thyroid function. The muscle meats contain so much tryptophan and cysteine (which is both antithyroid and potentially excitotoxic) that a pure meat diet can cause hypothyroidism. In poor countries, people have generally eaten all parts of the animal, rather than just the muscles--feet, heads, skin, etc. About half of the protein in an animal is collagen (gelatin), and collagen is deficient in tryptophan and cysteine. This means that, in the whole animal, the amino acid balance is similar to the adult's requirements. Research in the amino acid requirements of adults has been very inadequate, since it has been largely directed toward finding methods to produce farm animals with a minimum of expense for feed. The meat industry isn't interested in finding a diet for keeping chickens, pigs, and cattle healthy into old age. As a result, adult rats have provided most of our direct information about the protein requirements of adults, and since rats keep growing for most of their life, their amino acid requirements are unlikely to be the same as ours. http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/ray-peat.htm Joan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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