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Turning to turkey’s tryptophan to boost mood? Not so fast

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There is some scientific evidence that eating tryptophan can alter your mood.

Some scientists have proposed that gut bacteria are driving changes in emotion by producing or breaking down tryptopan.

Some studies have found that supplementing with pure tryptphan provided little to no benefit for people with depression.

Serotonin itself still holds mysteries.

Andrew Neff : I'm skeptical of the notion that tryptophan is the depression remedy psychiatry needs.

Serotonin , seemingly full of psychiatric possibility, has long fascinated psychiatric researchers.

To promote lasting changes in mental health, scientists may need a little more reverence for the complex emotional beings that we all are.

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