How Foods and Nutrients Control Our Moods
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How Foods and Nutrients Control Our Moods
Dopamine is the pleasure and reward neurotransmitter. It is responsible for attention and focusing. It motivates you and stimulates you to engage in life. Its close cousins are the stimulating and energy-giving neurotransmitters epinephrine and norepinephrine. All three are built from the amino acid tyrosine, which in turn comes from the essential
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the scientific review “Vitamins, Minerals and Mood,”1 which summarizes only 126 of the best scientific papers and the rationale for using nutrients to support mood.
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