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Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare
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Serotonin, 5-Htp, and the Gut Brain Connection
In 166 patients who again hadn't inflammatory bowel disease, it was quiescent or calmed down and they were experiencing fatigue. Maybe that's because of the gut brain connection, low serotonin, and we could use this amino acid derivative of protein,. 5-HTP, and 5-HTp is a precursor again to serotonin. They were given either placebo or this5-HTP. At two months, the group receiving the 5- HTP had increased serum 5-HT P and levels of serotonin. Yay, right? We had the impact. The labs are verifying that the therapy worked. Well, wait, wait, not so fast. There was no improvement in fatigue, anxiety
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