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Our unique 5-HTP advanced mood formula blends 5-HTP and St. John’s Wort, both proven to aide in depression, anxiety and trouble with sleeping, along with the popular mood enhancing herbs Passion Flower and Gotu Kola.
Why Should I Take California Health's 5-HTP Advanced Mood Formula?
5-HTP ( 5-hydroxytryptophan or 5-hydroxy-l-tryptophan) is a natural supplement that converts in the brain into serotonin. Seratonin is a primary brain chemical or neurotransmitter involved in mood, behavior, appetite, and sleep. In addition, serotonin is involved in impulse control. For example, studies show low levels of seratonin in people who exhibit addictive behavior or other habits with weak will power such as gambling. seratonin, also known as 5-HTP or 5-hydroxytryptamine, is found in many places in the body particularly in the brain, gastrointestinal system and blood cells.
Although 5-HTP may be relatively new to the United States health industry, it has been available through prescription for several years and has been extensively researched for the past three decades. In many European countries, it has been available as a medicine since the 1970’s.
Benefits of 5-HTP:
Some people who take 5-HTP notice better mood balance, decrease in appetite, reduced anxiety, better impulse control, and better sleep. Some people find that 5-HTP helps curb appetite with better weight control. In fact, you’ll find more and more weight control formulas have added 5-HTP to their ingredients for just this reason. Studies have shown that this nutrient can be used safely for appetite suppression.
5-HTP may be temporarily helpful in conditions that normally require prescription antidepressants, anti-anxiety agents, sleeping pills, and weight loss drugs. 5-HTP offers a natural way of combating depression without the side-effects of chemical drugs. 5-HTP has also been found to be helpful with migraine headaches and fibromyalgia. What’s more is that 5-HTP helps reduce the severity of panic attacks.
Conditions helped by 5-HTP:
| Depression
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| Obesity
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| Carbohydrate craving
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| Bulimia
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| Insomnia
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| Narcolepsy
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| Sleep apnea
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| Migraine headaches
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| Tension headaches
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| Chronic daily headaches
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| Premenstrual syndrome
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| Fibromyalgia
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Directions for use:
5-HTP is best absorbed on an empty stomach. The time of day in which to take it varies among people. It largely depends whether 5-HTP is using to aide in sleep, in which case it should be taken at night; if it is being used to aide in anxiety or low mood,
| Ingredients |
Amount |
%DV |
| 5-Hydroxy-L-Tryptophan (5-HTP)
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50 mg |
* |
| St. Johns Wort PE (0.3% hypericin) |
200 mg |
* |
| Vitamin B-6 pyridoxine (HCL) |
200 mg |
100% |
| Gotu Kola Powder Extract (10%) |
100 mg |
* |
| Passion Flower Extract (4:1) |
100 mg |
* |
AVAILABILITY: Usually ships within 24 hours.
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