Posted by jasmineneroli on December 11, 2004, at 23:19:30
In reply to Re: James South - anyone tried his recommendations? » Larry Hoover, posted by MKB on December 11, 2004, at 22:18:28
I think the idea is to provide the brain with melatonin, so that the tryptophan can metabloze to serotonin and is not needed to convert further, right away, since melatonin is ingested at the same time(??). Thus allowing maximum serotonin levels, for a longer period.
The brain then has all three stages of serotonin at once, so there is a "steady state" for optimal use.
Apparently (according to my Pdoc, anyway) tryptophan is rapidly metabolized in the body.
Jas
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