Comments on: 8 Tryptophan Benefits + Foods, Dosage & Side Effects https://selfhacked.com/blog/tryptophan-health-benefits-tryptophan-deficiency/ Cutting-Edge Solutions For a Better Life Mon, 20 Sep 2021 16:18:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.1 By: Ian https://selfhacked.com/blog/tryptophan-health-benefits-tryptophan-deficiency/#comment-34620 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 21:30:50 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=41145#comment-34620 You go on about tryptophan as if having extra tryptophan in your diet will do you good.
But there are studies showing that tryptophan restriction extends lifespan, and improves lifetime health.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/933560
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6656308
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6514109
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3374178
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3784629

Just use some form of 5-HTP instead.

]]> By: Helen https://selfhacked.com/blog/tryptophan-health-benefits-tryptophan-deficiency/#comment-29108 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 17:39:00 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=41145#comment-29108 In reply to Angela.

Hi Angela, we recommend that you talk to a doctor before taking a new supplement or drug. Although there isn’t any evidence of tryptophan interacting with these drugs, tryptophan does have effects on blood pressure. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3152873/

]]> By: Angela https://selfhacked.com/blog/tryptophan-health-benefits-tryptophan-deficiency/#comment-29084 Sun, 31 Dec 2017 22:56:42 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=41145#comment-29084 Would tryptophan interact with valspartan, a high blood pressure medication or brilinta, a blood thinner? My aunt has to take both since having a stent placed last March and a side effect of the medication is depression. She isn’t depressed but she is on edge quite often and she’d like to try 5-htp vs an anti anxiety drug.

]]> By: Janice https://selfhacked.com/blog/tryptophan-health-benefits-tryptophan-deficiency/#comment-28110 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 08:28:37 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=41145#comment-28110 Thank you!

]]> By: Doug https://selfhacked.com/blog/tryptophan-health-benefits-tryptophan-deficiency/#comment-26545 Thu, 12 Oct 2017 21:42:15 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=41145#comment-26545 After 60 years there is still no credible science linking low serotonin to depression, and still no legit way to measure brain serotonin. Surprised you guys keep doing down that road.

NEJM concluded: “numerous studies of norepinephrine and serotonin metabolites in plasma, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid as well as postmortem studies of the brains of patients with depression, have yet to identify the purported deficiency reliably.”

]]> By: Evguenia Alechine https://selfhacked.com/blog/tryptophan-health-benefits-tryptophan-deficiency/#comment-24433 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:20:58 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=41145#comment-24433 In reply to Crystal.

There is a section on tryptophan drug interactions. Any particular drug that you’re interested in?

]]> By: Nick https://selfhacked.com/blog/tryptophan-health-benefits-tryptophan-deficiency/#comment-24422 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 10:01:36 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=41145#comment-24422 :The reason quinolinic acid accumulates(which causes excitotoxicity and neuronal death) in depression is due to inflammation which depletes niacin. The biosynthesis of niacin occurs via the kynurenine pathway of which quinolinic acid is an intermediary. This pathway shunts tryptophan metabolism away from serotonin(and BDNF producton which serotonin co-regulates) towards niacin production. If you have adequate niacin, then it’s less necessary for the body to synthesize more. If you supplement with tryptophan oor 5-HTP take it alongside niacin.

]]> By: Crystal https://selfhacked.com/blog/tryptophan-health-benefits-tryptophan-deficiency/#comment-24390 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 20:11:32 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=41145#comment-24390 Where can I find information about drug (perscription) interaction?

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