Leisuremaster
Bluelighter
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- Jun 7, 2001
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Firstly, I know there's been plenty of discussion about 5-HTP and preloading/postloading on this site and I don't want to repeat questions but I don't think this one has been brought up.
Most of the stuff I've read about pre/postloading includes vitamin B as one of the things you should take (to help with the seratonin production). I recently found some info that tends to disagree with this theory (at least in the context that we're using it). This is the link: http://smartbodyz.com/5HTPStJohnsText.htm#5HTPText
It basically says that seratonin is produced in both the blood and in the brain and the the seratonin in the brain has to be produced in the brain and the seratonin in the blood is produced in the blood ie. seratonin from the blood cannot be transferred into the brain (it can't cross the blood brain barrier). So the 5-HTP you take needs to cross the blood brain barrier and get into the brain where it can be made into seratonin.
The problem is that vitamin B6 is used to help produce seratonin. So if you take vitamin B6 with 5-HTP, you end up with the seratonin being produced in your blood before the 5-HTP is able to cross the blood brain barrier to get into your brain where you'd want the seratonin to be produced. And in turn you just end up with elevated levels of seratonin in you blood. Which is not why we're taking the stuff in the first place. We want to increase the supplies of seratonin in our brain.
They actually state "At the very best, those who take vitamin B6 with 5-HT are probably wasting their money".
Does this mean that we should actually avoid B6 when pre/postloading with 5-HTP?
Anyone able to give any info to support this? Or disagree with it?
Most of the stuff I've read about pre/postloading includes vitamin B as one of the things you should take (to help with the seratonin production). I recently found some info that tends to disagree with this theory (at least in the context that we're using it). This is the link: http://smartbodyz.com/5HTPStJohnsText.htm#5HTPText
It basically says that seratonin is produced in both the blood and in the brain and the the seratonin in the brain has to be produced in the brain and the seratonin in the blood is produced in the blood ie. seratonin from the blood cannot be transferred into the brain (it can't cross the blood brain barrier). So the 5-HTP you take needs to cross the blood brain barrier and get into the brain where it can be made into seratonin.
The problem is that vitamin B6 is used to help produce seratonin. So if you take vitamin B6 with 5-HTP, you end up with the seratonin being produced in your blood before the 5-HTP is able to cross the blood brain barrier to get into your brain where you'd want the seratonin to be produced. And in turn you just end up with elevated levels of seratonin in you blood. Which is not why we're taking the stuff in the first place. We want to increase the supplies of seratonin in our brain.
They actually state "At the very best, those who take vitamin B6 with 5-HT are probably wasting their money".
Does this mean that we should actually avoid B6 when pre/postloading with 5-HTP?
Anyone able to give any info to support this? Or disagree with it?