{"id":11580,"date":"2024-04-19T14:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T21:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywomanover29.com\/blog\/?p=11580"},"modified":"2025-05-30T09:32:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T16:32:51","slug":"lidtke-endorphigen-vs-doctors-best-d-phenylalanine-the-taste-difference-and-endorphin-boosting-benefits-for-mood-and-cravings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywomanover29.com\/blog\/lidtke-endorphigen-vs-doctors-best-d-phenylalanine-the-taste-difference-and-endorphin-boosting-benefits-for-mood-and-cravings\/","title":{"rendered":"Lidtke Endorphigen vs Doctor\u2019s Best D-phenylalanine: the taste difference and endorphin boosting benefits for mood and cravings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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\u2019s Best D-phenylalanine is an equally effective and quality product, and both are ideally used opened onto the tongue. When DPA is used this way you get quick results. Many of my clients (and myself included) describe the opened DPA as a dark-chocolate bitter like taste that is not unpleasant. However, about half my clients don\u2019t particularly like the taste of DPA and one woman in my community, Ali, was ready to give up on the Lidtke Endorphigen product because of the taste.<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s blog you can read her feedback comparing both products and what worked for her, feedback from a few other women about both products and my personal feedback – with all of us sharing results and taste. And I share some takeaway lessons from these DPA experiences.<\/p>\n

She shared this about her strong aversion to the Endorphigen:<\/p>\n

Oh goodness. If I open the Endorphigen on my tongue, it’s just awful. I might be able to get 1\/4 of it but that’s it. And the taste stays there for at least an hour. No sense of chocolate in there for me. Isn’t that interesting that you and others like the taste. I consider myself pretty open to whatever needs to be done but wow, this is almost no way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I shared how I love the taste of DPA and that it\u2019s 50:50 in terms of loving it (chocolate-like taste) vs not loving it but also that using the amino acids opened is more effective for many folks. But it\u2019s no good if it tastes bad. I also shared that Lidtke Endorphigen contains a small amount of vitamin B2 and vitamin B6 and maybe that was making it intolerable for her.<\/p>\n

Doctor\u2019s Best D-phenylalanine contains DPA only and when I let her know all this, Ali decided to give it a try. This is her feedback on the day she got it:<\/p>\n

I received my Doctor’s Best D-phenylalanine and put it on my tongue. It’s 10 bazillion times better than the Endorphigen which was so bad for me that I couldn’t get past it. And I think I can get past a lot. I’m grateful. So now I have to see how it works for me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ali\u2019s dark clouds have lifted and her sweet tooth has disappeared<\/h2>\n

The next day Ali posted this, amazed this product made such a difference in just one day:<\/p>\n

I used the Doctor\u2019s Best D-phenylalanine only once and that was today at about 8 am. I felt just generally better, no dark clouds. But also, it’s now 6:30pm when I get my sweet tooth. Nothing. Nothing at all. So no sweet tooth and an improved general feeling. I realize it’s only one day but I feel like it’s made a difference.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And a week later she posted this, confirming that Doctor’s Best D-phenylalanine \u201cis a game changer\u201d:<\/em><\/p>\n

So much different from Endorphigen. I find I need only 1\/2 capsule on my tongue. There’s not much of a taste to me. I then don’t want sweets like I have been wanting in the morning and evening. But I also have a better general feeling. Hard to describe but I just feel more grounded. I can’t tell if it physically reduces the sweet craving or if it’s a mental change. Or both. In any case, nice solid change. Thank you for being there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alicia also likes Doctor\u2019s Best D-phenylalanine opened on to her tongue<\/h2>\n

She shared this about how this DPA product makes her feel:<\/p>\n

It gives me a great feeling. Just getting me through some stressful moments. I recommend it! Opening onto the tongue is more effective than swallowing but swallowing adds a bit of relaxation too.<\/p>\n

I don’t mind the taste at all – it reminds me of sugar or cocoa powder (my husband was less keen when I got him to try). And it works quickly, yes – I think within 10 minutes but probably less. And I feel more perky for hours. I think I feel more alert but calm emotionally.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I always have a bottle of DPA on hand and I shared my success with Doctor\u2019s Best D-phenylalanine for a recent tooth issue\/pain and emotional pain over the holidays on this blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And yet many folks do well with Lidtke Endorphigen and like the taste<\/h2>\n

I\u2019d like to be clear that this is not intended to be a negative post about Lidtke Endorphigen at all. I still recommend both products and I\u2019ve personally used and like the taste of both. The purpose is to illustrate that we need to find what works for our unique needs and tastes.<\/p>\n

As you can see, many folks do really well with the Lidtke product.<\/p>\n

Lynn shared this: \u201cI love using the DPA! I use the Lidke brand. Very helpful in improving mood and anxiety. Open on my tongue. I like the taste!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Joan shared this: \u201cIt’s interesting to read your recommendation to open the capsule … I had just started doing that! (Already using powdered forms of other aminos) Anyone looking thru my trash might wonder what I’m up to. This method really works for me.\u201d <\/em>(she\u2019s using the Lidtke brand).<\/p>\n

The addition of vitamin B2 and vitamin B6 to the Lidtke DPA clearly makes no difference in these instances.<\/p>\n

The takeaways from this post<\/h2>\n