How to improve sleep and improve mood?

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Did you know that the amino acid tryptophan controls our mood? The endocrinologist explained the effect of tryptophan on our body.

“Tryptophan is an amino acid, a biological precursor of serotonin, the neurotransmitter of pleasure, and melatonin, the sleep hormone. Our body uses about 10% of tryptophan to produce serotonin,” says the expert.

As you know, serotonin is the main conductor of our mood. When serotonin is in short supply, the mood is also at zero. Sometimes even the development of depression is possible.

But an excess of serotonin is also not good. When there is a lot of it, a good mood is replaced by anxiety, panic and increased excitability.

What indirect signs indicate a lack of serotonin in the body? Constant craving for sweets and especially chocolate; insomnia, constipation, alcohol addiction, lack of patience, restraint, headache, excitability, irritability.

Also, serotonin deficiency is indicated by a lowered pain threshold, that is, you cannot experience pain at all. This is often faced by women during PMS.

Can we get tryptophan, and therefore serotonin, from food? We can Its sources are eggs, meat, cheeses, turkey, squid, chicken.

As you can see, there is a lot of tryptophan in protein products, not in carbohydrate food. We can conclude: in order to improve your mood, you need to eat not sweets, but protein of animal origin!