Tryptophan is often dismissed as the reason for post-Thanksgiving fatigue, but its role in human health extends far beyond the holiday table. As an essential amino acid, tryptophan is crucial for ...

The connection between diet and mental wellness has gained increasing attention in recent years, with certain nutrients emerging as key players in brain health. Among these, tryptophan stands out as a ...

Pork, tuna and other foods contain similar — if not higher — levels of tryptophan, the amino acid in turkey often blamed for ...

Whether you eat them fresh or have them as a juice or smoothie, tart cherries are a great food for promoting sleep, says ...

In conjunction with preliminary studies on monoamine oxidase inhibitors and epilepsy 4 we have recently observed that ingestion of L-tryptophan can in itself produce significant Central-nervous-system ...

Every Thanksgiving, myths of the quasi-magical powers of tryptophan rise again. There’s the turkey/drowsiness myth: Eating lots of juicy turkey meat supposedly makes people feel tired because it ...

A good night’s sleep is often a struggle for more than half of American adults. And for occasional insomnia, there are good reasons to avoid using medications, whether over the counter or prescription ...

In the present study, we hypothesized that the REM-suppressing effects of 5-HT 1A receptor stimulation would counteract the REM-disinhibiting effects of rapid tryptophan depletion (RTD), and vice ...

Tryptophan, found in food, is an important ingredient in the neurotransmitter serotonin. But is that enough to support it as ...

Gut bacteria and a diet rich in the amino acid tryptophan can play a protective role against pathogenic E. coli, which can cause severe stomach upset, cramps, fever, intestinal bleeding and renal ...

You've picked the bones of the Thanksgiving bird; you're in an easy-chair nearly napping: "It's the tryptophan!" you say. But it isn't: you've fallen victim to a common myth about an uncommon molecule ...

Researchers have found that the anti-malarial drug quinine can block a cell's ability to take up the essential amino acid tryptophan, a discovery that may explain many of the adverse side effects ...