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can you orally ingest serotonin and dopamine?
the blood-brain barrier (BBB) has evolved to support the safety of your brain and body. It acts as a fence between the brain's blood vessels and components that make up brain tissue. The BBB defends the brain from absorbing disease-causing pathogens or toxins that may exist in the blood. Most neurotransmitters are unable to cross the blood-brain barrier and instead must be metabolised in the brain but there is the odd exception to the rule!Read the full article -
how to obtain your daily dose of wellbeing
chemical messengers such as serotonin, dopamine, GABA and acetylcholine and hormones such as oxytocin contribute to either your wellbeing or cognition. Here you can find out the benefits of these chemical messengers and hormones and ways you can obtain them.Read the full article -
tryptophan, tyrosine & SSRI’s on cognition + reward
Aside from investigative studies into the link between diet and depression, recent research reveals they may have implications in reward processing and a collection of cognitive skills including working memory, task switching, and performanceRead the full article -
Why doesn’t tryptophan work for mood disorders?
The role of tryptophan in depression has been widely studied but a recent large scale analysis of over 100 previous studies involving more than 10,000 patients indicates that tryptophan is not converted in serotonin efficiently.Read the full article -
New study reveals serotonin promotes patience
Patience is a virtue for success. A new study pinpoints specific areas of the brain that indicates serotonin promotes patience. Low serotonin levels can lead to impulsive behaviour.Read the full article -
Does the Mediterranean diet really help depression?
Professor Almudena Sanchez- Villegas published a study that demonstrated the Mediterranean diet had no significant reduction in depression risk amongst adults.Read the full article