Mastering Nutrition cover image

Methylate Your Way to Mental Health With Dopamine | Mastering Nutrition #34

Mastering Nutrition

CHAPTER

The Role of Methylation in Dopamine Synthesis

Methylation plays a role in synthesizing molecules. It also plays arole in regulating molecules even deactivating molecules because maybe for example dopamine is in its active state when it's un-methylated. If you methylate it suddenly that molecule is a different molecule. And methylation is supported by a number of nutrients in different ways. The principal methyl donor for hundreds of different methylation reactions is s-adenosyl methionine. This is an amino acid that comes from your dietary protein and which is found in animal proteins and plant proteins but which is twice as abundant in animal proteins as it is in plant proteins.

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner