Andrew Huberman· PhD
And we have the amino acid tryptophan, which is upstream of serotonin synthesis.
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And we have the amino acid tryptophan, which is upstream of serotonin synthesis.
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Make sure you're getting enough tryptophan in your diet. Make sure that you're getting enough low sugar fermented foods or if you're not doing that and perhaps even if you are, you might think about supplementing your diet with probiotic on occasion, right?
Dopamine, also called 5-HT, essentially derives from a precursor called tryptophan. Tryptophan arrives into our system through our diet, okay? Tryptophan is an amino acid. Tryptophan is eventually converted into serotonin.