Invisible Illness - Tryptophan Steal
Episode description
In today's episode of the ATP Project's Invisible Illness Series – Tryptophan Steal; Matt, Steve and Jeff Discuss the extremely important amino acid – Tryptophan. They delve into the importance of this amino acid for human life and its conversion to the Neurotransmitter chemical – Serotonin; which is our cool, calm and collected chemical right down to what they call 'the tryptophan steal', where a feedback loop can convert the tryptophan to a neurotoxin Quinolinic Acid.
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