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Καποια βιβλία εναλλακτικης θεραπείας της κατάθλιψης Depression-Free for Life (Cousens), Prescription for Nutritional Healing (Balch), 5-HTP: Nature’s Serotonin Solution or Mind Boosters (both by Sahelian), Heal With Amino Acids (Sahley and Birkner), The Mood Cure (Ross).
Βιβλία για τις παρενέργειες των χημικών φαρμάκων που χρησιμοποιούνται στην κατάθλιψη. Prozac Backlash and The Antidepressant Solution (both by Glenmullen), Your Drug May Be Your Problem, Medication Madness and Toxic Psychiatry (all by Breggin), Madness in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine and the Maltreatment of the Mentally Ill (Whitaker).
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There is greater efficacy from L-tryptophan supplements than pharmaceutical S.S.R.I. anti-depressants, because supplemental L-tryptophan helps a body to naturally regulate its own serotonin effectively, so that there will never be too little or too much. It additionally helps the body to produce lactic acid, which has its own effect upon mood regulation.
As a natural substance, L-tryptophan cannot be patented.
L-Tryptophan and Prozac are both believed to work with serotonin, which was a relatively new concept for allopathic medicine at the time. Prozac (fluoxetine) is marketed to "enhance" the serotonin that is already present in the brain through some mystical reaction that can only be defined in grotesquely-long marketing buzz words. It made great fodder for waiting room brochures.
Despite the knowledge and use of L-tryptophan for decades, official studies are still surprisingly scarce, because no company will spend millions on something that they can never patent -- an ingredient of turkey. Nevertheless, there is compelling evidence that it can safely and effectively reduce depression.
Notes About Eliminating Depression
Whenever treating depression, it is critical to remember that depressions are often appropriate for the circumstances. If depression can be linked to an obvious psychological cause, such as the loss of a loved one, a poor work environment, or a relationship that went terribly wrong; you should consider coping with these psychological issues before seeking biological options. To feel depressed in these cases is entirely normal, and not the result of an imbalance.
Try to do something that makes you happy, and perhaps seek a Jungian Analytical Psychologist; for they are the elites in the psychological community. They deal with the root unconscious causes of psychological problems, and they do not prescribe dangerous drugs. Taking L-tryptophan supplements alongside the psychological analysis is an option for some, especially for those whose depressions are severe. For best results, take tryptophan on an empty stomach, because mixing it with foods decreases its effectiveness.
Πηγές:
Pharma Overview, American Chemical Society
The Myth of Biological Depression, Wayne Ramsay J.D.
Effects of exercise training on older patients with major depression, Duke University Medical Center
Metabolic effects of dietary fructose, The Official Journal of the American Societies for Experimental Biology
Indole-3-Lactic Acid as a Tryptophan Metabolite Produced by Bifidobacterium spp, Applied and Experimental Biology
Lactic Acid Is Not Muscles' Foe, It's Fuel, The New York Times
Depression, suicide and the metabolism of serotonin in the brain, American Psychological Association
5-Hydroxytryptophan: a clinically-effective serotonin precursor, National Institutes of Health
The Therapeutic Potential of Melatonin: A Review of the Science, National Institutes of Health
The efficacy of L-tryptophan in the reduction of sleep disturbance and depressive state in alcoholic patients, National Institutes of Health
Use of neurotransmitter precursors for treatment of depression, National Institutes of Health
Συγγραφέας: Sarah C. Corriher
http://https://healthwyze.org/reports/412-special-investigative-report-l-tryptophan-lactic-acid-prozac-and-naturally-treating-depression-the-holistic-way
