Posted by Larry Hoover on October 30, 2004, at 11:26:50
In reply to Re: Supplements for brain fog? » raybakes, posted by Simus on October 21, 2004, at 9:48:36
> Something you mentioned in your post to me that I find interesting was "the body can make PEA from phenylalanine, via phenylalanine decarboxylase (magnesium + p5p)". Oddly enough, I was very deficient in both magnesium and B6 and I believe I must still be to some degree (I have symptoms again within a day or two of missing my supplements).
PEA ordinarily has an extremely short half-life, being mopped up by MAO-B. One of the modes of action of selegiline, a selective MAO-B inhibitor (at low doses) is that it protects PEA. Some of the mood effects of depression may be related to PEA deficiency. Both meat and chocolate also have fairly substantial amounts of magnesium in them.
> I am going to go out on a limb and ask you a question that may seem really dumb to you. Right now I am digging through my memory archives to place where I have heard "phenylalanine" a lot in the past. Is that in over-the-counter diet pills? (Sorry if I am way off.)
There's been lots of talk about DLPA, d-,l-pheylalanine, as a mood booster or energizer. It works synergistically with selegiline.
Lar
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