Tyrosine Articles:

The Pleasure of Food and Obesity

The acquisition of food is vital for survival. Due to this important fact the pleasure-related reward circuitry in the brain is designed to make eating and pleasure go hand in hand. Indeed, when mice have this pleasure circuitry knocked out then they won’t even bother to acquire food in easy reach and starve. While this principle is vital for survival, it is also fundamental to overeating and almost all other addictive tendencies are founded on food acquisition brain circuitry.

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Tyrosine Helps Maintain Mental Ability Under Stress

Tyrosine is a simple amino acid that is the precursor for several important neurotransmitters, dopamine and norepinephrine. These neurotransmitters help you have drive, alertness, and motivation – giving you some horsepower to get things done. Tyrosine also helps make thyroid hormone, coenzyme Q10, and melanin skin pigmentation. A unique form of tyrosine, N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine, is more soluble, very easy to absorb, and readily crosses the blood brain barrier.

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