How should tryptophan be used as a sleep aid?

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Do your own research...One poster claims it's dangerous, with nothing to back it up. Let me back it up for him/her...there was a BAD BATCH and in 1989 the FDA banned all sales. The problem was traced to a bad batch from a Japanese manufacturer.I have a NATUROPATHIC doctor who has me on 5-HTP (cousin to tryptophan) it for sleep and mood leveling and it's fantastic. I take 200mg at bed. (You have to find the dose that work for you!) Melatonin is another option for you if you need a natural sleep aid. I won't take it forever but it's nice to know I am not killing my liver with something synthetic!GOOD LUCK! :)

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I would do more homework on it. There has been studies showing an increase in strokes amongst users of tryptophan.

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eat some turkey-it contains this amino acid-which induces sleep to due molecular structure

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I agree with Biomike. You just can't go wrong with comsuming the natural source of these chemicals. Try adding the following foods:
milk, tuna fish, soybeans, turkey, eggs, almonds, cabbage, kidney or lima beans, oats, pistachios, poppy seed, pumpkin seed, spinach, and wheat. Evening primrose seed contains the most tryptophan of a food source.

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it is better to use 5htp, but if u like, u can use the amino acid
use it at night, one or so hour before going to bed
if u decide to take 5htp, then 50mg is the dose to take

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Bananas contain tryptophan..so eat a banana before bedtime.

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There is just as much tryptophan in beef and chicken as there is in turkey. It is a total myth that the tryptophan in turkey makes you sleepy. What makes you sleepy at Thanksgiving is the fact that the average meal during the holiday is 2,000 to 3,000 calories. Your body shunts extra blood to your digestive system to handle it all and that makes you feel tired. This also happens if you eat a big turkey sandwich, with a large helping of white bread (even wheat bread is made from white flour) and chips on the side. The insulin response to the blast of glucose causes extra blood to be sent to the pancreas and then to the digestive system. Again it's normal biology here making you tired, not tryptophan.Try melatonin and valerian root. It's safe, cheap and effective.

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