Posted by Larry Hoover on April 10, 2005, at 10:31:33
In reply to Re: Do supplements work? » Mistermindmasta, posted by FredPotter on April 4, 2005, at 15:55:48
> Thanks. I've started L-Tyrosine again. I think supplements labelled just "Tyrosine" are not reliable. I'm taking 1.5g twice a day 20 minutes before a protein-containing meal, as specified by Larry. Yes it could be helping. Trouble is I can't replicate myself and give one of us a placebo
> FredYour body could be adapting to the new source, and down-regulating its use of tyrosine a little bit.....placebo might have nothing to do with it. An alternative also, is that you might simply get used to the new way of feeling, i.e. your sense of "normal" has adapted with time.
I strongly believe in a nutrient/physical/mental association. I am what I eat. And I am not what I don't eat. What I put in my body is the sole determinant of what my body can do.
That said, the trick is to figure out, via experimentation (I'm glad you are thinking about the absence of a control Fred), what changes increase adaptability, resiliency, vigour, cognitive ability, etc., and which have no effect or adverse effects. The better you become at "doing experiments", as opposed to uncontrolled random changes in numerous factors all at once, the better you'll be able to fine tune yourself.
I think I'm finally getting close to that, after four or five years of fairly close attention. I get distracted easily, though, so I am definitely not an example to emulate.
Lar
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