Posted by metafunj on September 15, 2009, at 19:42:35
In reply to Re: Is there a way to naturally increase Dopamine?, posted by Wanderer123 on September 12, 2009, at 19:25:21
One thing to try is to eat high quality protein meats and dairy products. You want to try to use proteins that don't have very much tryptophan because tryptophan will be converted to serotonin in the body. Whey and yogurt seem to be low in tryptophan and eggs and milk are high in tyrosine.
This is a link comparing tyrosine:tryptophan in foods.
http://www.nutritiondata.com/foods-000087000000079000000-2w.html?
This is a search based on tryptophan content in dairy products
http://www.nutritiondata.com/foods-001079000000000000000-4w.html?This is a search based on tyrosine content in dairy products.
http://www.nutritiondata.com/foods-001990600700000000000.html?maxCount=33
Also you should cut back on carbohydrates as much as possible, especially while eating protein because carbs make it so tryptophan gets converted into serotonin and competes with the other amino acids. Basically Protein and carbohydrates will compete and carbs will cause serotonin to dominate. So if you can try to eat more leafy vegetables and less starchy vegetables. Eating complex carbohydrates may help too.
Don't forget exercise and gingko biloba to decrease serotonin release!
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