In 2008, researchers from the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation published an article in the Nutrition Journal entitled “Nutritional therapies for mental disorders”. In it, they outlined many of the connections between nutrition and mental health. Among these connections was the role amino acids can play in the occurrence and treatment of mood disorders.
What are amino acids?
Amino acids are the building blocks of your body; the body uses them to synthesize proteins and they act as a source of energy when oxidized into urea and carbon dioxide. There are 22 standard amino acids, 9 of them essential. While the body can synthesize some amino acids from other compounds at a level necessary for normal growth, the essential amino acids cannot be, so they must come from food sources.
How do amino acids affect mental health?
For example, the article above points out that the body uses the amino acids tryptophan, tyrosine, and phenylalanine to produce serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine, deficiencies of which are associated with depression.
It also indicated that some people with bipolar disorder have a deficiency in the amino acid taurine, which may increase their manic episodes. In addition, some schizophrenia patients found a reduction in subtle symptoms after taking the amino acid glycine. Finally, the article indicates that tryptophan can help with obsessive compulsive disorder by increasing serotonin levels.
Amino acids from Truehope
Did you know that among the 7 products Truehope offers to provide nutritional and physical well-being is one focused on amino acids?
Truehope AminoPower Advanced includes the 9 essential amino acids in pure form: histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine. The other 13 amino acids it contains are: alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, carnitine, citrulline, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, proline, serine, taurine, and tyrosine.
We have specifically formulated and balanced the amino acids to most effectively deliver them in a way that best promotes and maintains your health. In addition,AminoPower Advanced contains specific vitamins (C, D, E, thiamin, B6, folic acid, and B12) to help the amino acids effectively fulfill their roles.
AminoPower Advanced contains no sweeteners, no artificial flavours, and no preservatives. It is vegan friendly and contains no gluten.
While AminoPower Advanced can be used in countless ways, our customers often use it in our wellness program as a powerful nutritional tool during transition to EMPowerplus Advanced.