Detailed advice on how to apply inhibitory nutrients to oneself

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Dear group:

 

I have had a few requests from persons for more information in

regard to my recent post on inhibitory nutrients. The following

information might be of help in this regard.

 

I think that Julia Ross, the author of " The Mood Cure " , and I are

pretty much in concurrence on how to apply amino acids safely to

oneself. The general rules in the proper application of amino acids

to oneself are as follows:

 

1. Isolate on each amino acid first, seeing how you feel on each

individual amino acid that you take. I suggest doing this in the

following order in regard to the generally inhibitory amino acids

that I brought up in my recent post; (1) taurine, (2) GABA, (3)

tryptophan with some B complex and vitamin C, and (4) glycine.

 

2. Dose up slowly on each of the above one capsule at a time. If

any adverse affects are felt, obviously stop. I'd try one, two,

three, and perhaps four capsules of each, assuming no adverse

affects.

 

Putting points one and two together, I'd try 1,2,3,4 500 mg.

capsules of taurine, 1,2,3,4 capsules of GABA, 1,2,3,4 capsules of

tryptophan, and 1,2,3,4 capsules of glycine, stopping any trial

immediately if you feel any negative affect whatsoever, and also

stopping at the point " you feel you've had enough " . If I feel I've

taken a bit too much of a single amino acid, but it was helping me

before, I just back down to the prior lower dosage that seemed to

work well and helped me to do what I intended.

 

3. Take amino acids on an empty stomach with room temperature

spring or distilled water whenever possible. The less these

nutrients compete for absorption with other nutrients, the better.

 

However, in a pinch, I take amino acids at any time, full stomach,

partly full, or empty. Under all such circumstances, these

nutrients have helped me, but perhaps somewhat less so and somewhat

more slowly when I have food in my stomach.

 

4. I have found that it helps to be engaged in some quiet activity

such as reading or watching TV, in order to pick up the sometimes

subtle changes in how one feels when trying amino acids for the

first time. Normally the effect of these nutrients is felt in a

timeframe that is remarkably short, perhaps 15 minutes or so to

within an hour.

 

5. Once one identifies one's inhibitory nutrients, the best

approach is not simply to take one or two of one's inhibitory

nutrients, but to simply combine them all. This inhibitory

combination should include at least three nutrient inhibitors, if

not four, five, or six.

 

6. The use of a B complex vitamin is excitatory for some persons.

If so, leave it out. I believe that vitamin B6 and C are necessary

for the conversion of tyrpophan to serotonin. Other nutrients may

be involved as well. Robert Erdmann's book " The Amino Revolution "

lists some of the common cofactors to achieve results. This book,

despite it's flaws, is a very worth read.

 

7. Please remember that the amino acid tryptophan can act as

excitatory in some persons, in what is called a paradoxical

reaction. Only you can determine this by trial and error.

 

Any and all amino acids can and do effect persons differently, not

doing what they are supposed to do, or not helping (if not hurting)

one person, but clearly helping another. Trial and error is the

ONLY valid way to find this out.

 

In my experience, I don't feel the inhibition of the amino acid

glycine much, but I add it anyway, due to the fact it is a known

inhibitory amino acid. For me, I take anyhing that I either feel

inhibition from, or anything that is more or less neutral in it's

effect (from what I can tell), but " the books say " is supposed to be

inhibitory.

 

Incidentally, I definitely can feel the inhibition of taurine. This

is the inhibitory nutrient that clearly effects me the most, and it

does not need any cofactors in which to work to do so. In the

beginning, if I took too much taurine, I would get a bit of a

headache, but less than too much clearly helped " my brain to shut

down " without any adverse effect whatsoever.... and I could take it

day after day without any problems. Taurine is used up in the

production of bile, amongst other things. All nutrients are

eventually used up by the body, sooner or later, and some much

sooner than others.

 

I am still of the opinion that raising the acetylcholine level in

the brain is a crucial, if not huge, brain inhibitor for many. I am

also convinced that the best way to do this is to take 500 mg. or

so of L-carnitine in the morning, and then take 3 to 5 capsules of

phosphatidyl choline throughout the day. This nutrient combination

may not work for some persons, but it was a profound " brain speed

inhibitor " for me.

 

Lastly, although I am posting on amino acids quite a bit, this does

not mean that I ignore the other essential nutrients in my wellness

regime. Vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids are clearly

essential to human health as well, and I take them all. In

addition, a proper diet which avoids allergic foods, dealing with

dysbiosis issues, dealing with a possible lack of digestive enzymes

or HCL, correcting acidosis, etc. are all often crucial issues for

one to recover from lack of physical or mental health as well. I

don't want it to seem that amino acids are the entire answer here,

because they are not. However, amino acids are often invaluable

therapeutic nutrient tools for many persons that suffer from any

mental difficulty whatsoever, especially depression and manic

depression, the illnesses with which I am most familiar.

 

I sincerely hope the above post helps.

 

Allen Darman