Devon is looking for input on using a GABA cream product to help her anxious 9-year old son who has some anger and sensory issues. She’d like advice on timing too. He is a picky eater and doesn’t like GABA Calm. I share my insights about using GABA cream for raising levels of GABA (a […]
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How to accurately measure a small amount of powdered GABA and other GABA options when GABA Calm is not tolerated
Brenda finds one GABA Calm helps her sleep but more than one affects her sleep and she suspects the sugar alcohols in the product. She’d like advice on using an alternative and how to accurately measure a small amount of powdered GABA. Here is her question in her own words: I have been on the […]
Lidtke Endorphigen vs Doctor’s Best D-phenylalanine: the taste difference and endorphin boosting benefits for mood and cravings
The amino acid d-phenylalanine (DPA) is used to boost endorphins in order to improve mood and reduce cravings. Lidtke Endorphigen has long been a favorite recommendation of mine for this purpose. Doctor’s Best D-phenylalanine is an equally effective and quality product, and both are ideally used opened onto the tongue. When DPA is used this […]
Using GABA to ease the visceral / abdominal pain and hypersensitivity of colitis, ease anxiety and reduce inflammation?
Can the amino acid GABA be used as a supplement to ease the visceral (or abdominal) pain and hypersensitivity of colitis? And at the same time help to ease physical anxiety/tension, spasms and even reduce inflammation? A new animal study suggests this may be possible, with the authors stating “these results raise the promising possibility […]
DLPA vs DPA for pain, food cravings, depression, grief, lack of joy; and impacts of DLPA on sleep, and feeling more stressed/anxious
A very common question I get is from folks asking about the difference between the amino acids DPA (d-phenylalanine) and DLPA (dl-phenylalanine) for endorphin support and endorphin/dopamine support. I dedicate an entire blog to this question explaining the differences and which one I use for weepiness, heart-ache, pain and energy. I also discuss where tyrosine […]
GABA Supplementation Increased Heart-Rate Variability, Emotional Response, Sleep Efficiency and Reduced Depression in Sedentary Overweight Women
In a new GABA study published earlier this year, the authors report that supplementation with the calming amino acid, GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), helped to reduce stress and depression, and improved emotional response and sleep in overweight women. The intervention group was given 200 mg GABA per day for 90 days. Here is the study abstract: Gamma-aminobutyric […]