Sure I'm not the only one who has gone through moments in which she feels completely depressed, useless, nostalgic, stressed, with anxiety and insomnia for no apparent reason and many people told me things like "quiet that's because you're a woman" and It seemed silly to me, I was always a girl who thinks that using "you are a woman" or "I'm a girl" or any sexist phrase as an excuse was pathetic.
So for a while I tried to investigate some reasons for such feelings and one day a friend (
What is tryptophan?
Tryptophan is a neurotransmitter (biomolecule responsible for transmitting information from one neuron to another) highly present, influential and necessary in human nutrition. It’s linked to serotonin (the hormone of happiness) since it’s responsible for regulating this, is also involved in sleep and pleasure.
It’s of high importance since the lack of this can originate a variation in the hormonal levels, causing thus pictures of insomnia, depression, stress and anxiety. By this, we could say that tryptophan helps us sleep better, and in the absence of a better expression acts as the best antidepressant medication. All this thanks to its (previously mentioned) relationship with serotonin since the efficient regulation of said hormone is what will help you improve these aspects that may be affecting your life.
How can I get more tryptophan?
Very easy, tryptophan IS ONLY GIVEN THROUGH FOOD. Here I’ll leave a list of foods in which you can find tryptophan:
- The milk
- The cereals
- Chocolate
- Oats
- The chickpea
- Sunflower seeds
- Pumpkin seeds
- Peanuts
- Bananas
- The red meats
- Chicken
- Fish
- Almonds
Balanced levels of this neurotransmitter can be achieved through a balanced diet. It is important to mention that adequate levels of vitamin B6 and magnesium are necessary for proper functioning of tryptophan.
Some believe that turkey meat has high Trp levels but on the contrary, it isn’t.
