{"id":3801,"date":"2018-04-20T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nutritionbalance.eu\/?p=3801"},"modified":"2018-07-06T18:11:07","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T15:11:07","slug":"tryptofanh-to-kleidi-ths-eftyxias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nutritionbalance.eu\/en\/tryptofanh-to-kleidi-ths-eftyxias\/","title":{"rendered":"TRYPTOPHANE \/\/ THE KEY OF HAPPINESS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TRYPTOPHANE THE KEY TO OUR MENTAL HEALTH <\/strong><\/h1>\n

Serotonin belongs to monoamines, a neurotransmitter group that has a direct correlation with mood, with our physical and spiritual tranquility. Neurotransmitters are chemical compounds that help nerve cells in the brain to communicate with each other. Unusual changes in neurotransmitter function have been associated with the emergence of many neurological diseases such as Alzheimer, parkinsonism and depression.<\/p>\n

It is noteworthy that although serotonin is found in many foods such as cheese, fruit, vegetables, however, it cannot easily penetrate the blood-brain barrier, making it difficult to increase its concentration in our brains and thus in our organism.<\/p>\n

The mechanism by which we can achieve both the increase and the synthesis of serotonin in our body is based on the intake of tryptophan, which is the serotonin precursor compound, as it can penetrate the barrier to a greater extent and synthesize serotonin with the help of coenzyme pyridoxal phosphate (PLP), which is derived from vitamin B6.<\/p>\n

Tryptophan (Trp) is a necessary amino acid, which cannot be synthesized by the body and therefore should be taken through nutrition.<\/p>\n

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Foods rich in Tryptophanes<\/h1>\n

\"\"Chicken <\/strong>100\u03b3\u03c1 \/ 360mg<\/p>\n

\"\"Turkey <\/strong>\u00a0100\u03b3\u03c1 \/ 340mg<\/p>\n

\"\"Ton <\/strong>\u00a085\u03b3\u03c1 \/ 280mg<\/p>\n

\"\"Salmon <\/strong>\u00a085\u03b3\u03c1 \/260mg<\/p>\n

\"\"Beans <\/strong>\u00a0170\u03b3\u03c1 \/ 180mg<\/p>\n

\"\"Oats <\/strong>\u00a085\u03b3\u03c1 \/ 175mg<\/p>\n

\"\"Lentils <\/strong>200\u03b3\u03c1 \/ 160mg<\/p>\n

\"\"Pumpkin seeds<\/strong>\u00a030\u03b3\u03c1 \/ 120mg<\/p>\n

\"\"Sunflower <\/strong>\u00a030\u03b3\u03c1 \/ 100mg<\/p>\n

\"\"Tahini <\/strong>\u00a01\u03ba. \u03c3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c0\u03b1\u03c2 \/ 56 mg<\/p>\n

\"\"Walnuts <\/strong>25 \u03b3\u03c1 \/ 50 mg<\/p>\n

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Foods rich in vitamin B6<\/h1>\n

\"\"Offal<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Eggs<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Bananas<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Dried plums<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Beans<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Whole grain cereals<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Enriched cereals<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In conclusion<\/h1>\n

A balanced and properly designed diet can bring about significant changes in our physical and mental wellbeing. The above analysis is based on scientific studies that support the association of dietary intake of tryptophan and serotonin and whether these affect the mental health of a population. It is important to emphasize how more research will need to be done to substantiate the importance of nutrition in improving our mental health.<\/p>\n

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Serotonin belongs to monoamines, a neurotransmitter group that has a direct correlation with mood, with our physical and spiritual tranquility. Neurotransmitters are chemical compounds that help nerve cells in the brain to communicate with each other. Unusual changes in neurotransmitter function have been associated with the emergence of many neurological diseases such as Alzheimer, parkinsonism and depression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[16,17,64],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutritionbalance.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutritionbalance.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutritionbalance.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutritionbalance.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutritionbalance.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3801"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutritionbalance.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4264,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutritionbalance.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801\/revisions\/4264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutritionbalance.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutritionbalance.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutritionbalance.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutritionbalance.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}