L-Tryptophan

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500 mg, 90 vegetarian capsules
Item #
01722
Promotes healthy sleep, mood, stress response & satiety
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Our premium-quality L-Tryptophan formula helps maintain tryptophan levels to promote healthy sleep and mood, encourage a healthy stress response, promote satiety and more.
For occasional sleeplessness
Gluten free | Non-GMO | Vegetarian
Overview

Serotonin is a neurotransmitter in the brain associated with positive moods and restful sleep. Your body requires the essential amino acid tryptophan to produce and maintain healthy serotonin levels. Our formula delivers 500 mg of L-tryptophan that has undergone rigorous manufacturing processes to ensure the highest quality and purity.

L-Tryptophan promotes healthy sleep patterns and mood, while encouraging the body’s healthy response to stress.

L-Tryptophan Benefits

  • Supports healthy sleep & mood
  • Helps modulate your body’s natural stress response
  • Promotes satiety
Product details

Our premium-quality L-Tryptophan formula helps maintain healthy tryptophan levels in the body. Tryptophan promotes healthy sleep and mood, encourages a healthy stress response and more.

More facts about L-Tryptophan

Serotonin is a neurotransmitter in the brain associated with positive moods and restful sleep.1-3 Your body requires the essential amino acid tryptophan to produce and maintain healthy serotonin levels.4 But your body cannot make tryptophan on its own.

Sleep, stress response and satiety

Studies indicate that tryptophan promotes healthy sleep patterns and mood.2,5,6 It also encourages the body’s healthy response to stress.7 And L-tryptophan can help support satiety, the feeling of being full. 8,9 

This supplement helps maintain healthy tryptophan levels with 500 mg of L-tryptophan per serving. Our L-tryptophan has undergone rigorous manufacturing processes to ensure high quality and purity.

Reference

  1. Rev Neurol (Paris). 2001;157(11 Pt 2):S16-9.
  2. Nutrients. 2016;8(1):1-15.
  3. PLoS Comput Biol. 2008;4(2):e4.
  4. Int J Tryptophan Res. 2009;2:45-60.
  5. Int J Tryptophan Res. 2018;11:1178646918802282.
  6. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2015;29(2):102-7.
  7. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013;38(2):201-8.
  8. Sci Rep. 2016;6:35727.
  9. Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2011;57(1):74-7.
Supplement Facts

Serving Size 1 vegetarian capsule

Amount Per Serving

L-Tryptophan

500 mg

Other ingredients: vegetable cellulose (capsule), microcrystalline cellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, stearic acid.

Non-GMO

Dosage and Use
  • Take one (1) capsule 1 to 3 times daily on an empty stomach, or as recommended by a healthcare practitioner.
  • For maximum absorption, take with a small amount of carbohydrate, such as diluted juice.
  • Best if taken separately from protein and amino acids.
Warnings
  • KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
  • DO NOT EXCEED RECOMMENDED DOSE
  • Do not purchase if outer seal is broken or damaged.
  • When using nutritional supplements, please consult with your physician if you are undergoing treatment for a medical condition or if you are pregnant or lactating.
  • Consult your healthcare provider before taking this product if you are taking prescription medications (e.g. MAOI and SSRI antidepressants) for depression. Concomitant use of L-tryptophan with antidepressant medications has the potential to increase the risk of serotonin syndrome, characterized by symptoms like confusion, sweating, agitation, nausea, involuntary muscle contractions, and racing heartbeat. Do not use L-tryptophan before driving or operating heavy machinery.
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