Tryptophan Is Better than Melatonin for Sleep
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 12 February 2023
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Here’s what you need to know about tryptophan vs. melatonin for sleep.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg healthy ketone intermittent fasting podcast now your host the man taking |
| 0:09.6 | your health to a whole new level Dr. Eric Berg trip to fan versus melatonin |
| 0:16.1 | for sleep what is better there's a very large population of people taking melatonin |
| 0:21.3 | to help them sleep I don't recommend it because what happens is you're taking this actual |
| 0:26.8 | hormone over a period of time the receptors in the pineal gland can start to downgrade to the |
| 0:33.3 | point where you need more and more of it to create the same effect and that happens with pretty |
| 0:38.0 | much all hormones so I don't recommend taking melatonin to help you sleep I recommend taking the |
| 0:42.7 | precursor trip to fan okay now trip to fan is an amino acid and it turns into 5htp 5 hydroxy trip |
| 0:54.3 | which then turns into serotonin which is a neurotransmitter it's a hormone like communication |
| 1:01.6 | the body and serotonin has everything to do with bringing your mood up happiness cravings for carbs |
| 1:08.0 | and it can act as an antidepressant but serotonin then turns into melatonin and that is the |
| 1:14.0 | hormone that induces sleep and what stimulates melatonin is darkness so I highly recommend instead |
| 1:21.0 | of taking melatonin take trip to fan now trip to fan is cool because it has virtually no side |
| 1:28.1 | effects and it can act as an antidepressant and it has anxiolytic properties that means anti-anxiety |
| 1:34.4 | properties as well as helping you sleep at night now just as a side note if you're on |
| 1:39.6 | psychiatric medication and you also take trip to fan get with your doctor so you can make this |
| 1:45.4 | transition very very slowly because you don't want to end up in situation where you're having |
| 1:50.7 | too much serotonin for example that's a whole syndrome that can come with a bunch of side effects |
| 1:57.3 | and so if you are on any psychiatric medications don't take trip to fan or melatonin without |
| 2:02.9 | checking with your doctor now as a side note too with trip to fan 90 percent of all your serotonin |
| 2:09.4 | your body is made by your friendly bacteria so I did a video recently on just taking a |
| 2:15.1 | probiotic to increase your serotonin but if you're on a side drug again check with your doctor |
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