Posted by Gabbix2 on October 20, 2002, at 20:36:25
In reply to Re: you were right, any studies, which supplement?, posted by BobS. on October 20, 2002, at 18:12:37
Phenylalanine when ingested is converted into another amino acid tyrosine which is used to synthesize the neurotransmitters dopamine and noropinephrine. This helps activate the central nervous system,and therefore can help decrease pain, aleviate depression and perhaps assist in the treatment of parkinson's disease.
Phenylalanine is available in three different forms, l- d- and dl-. The l- form is the most common and is the form in which it is incorporaed into the body's proteins.
Any protein supplement which contains L-phenylaline would be helpful to you, if you have been helped by it in the other products mentioned
previously.
It should not be taken by pregnant women or by people who suffer from diabetes high blood pressure or pigmented melanoma.If you wish to supplement with extra phenylaline do not use it on its own, for more than a week.
A supplement containing soley, phenylaline is safe however when used in addition to a complex-amino acid supplement.I don't have any studies off hand, nor a reference book available. I do know that there are books which do validate the anti-depressant theory, most probably natural-healing books.
I don't think there is much in mainstream depression literature, though I've never really looked for it there.
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