Annis O Mechan, Ann Fowler, Nicole Seifert, Henry Rieger, Tina Wöhrle, Stéphane Etheve, Adrian Wyss, Göde Schüler, Biagio Colletto, Claus Kilpert, James Aston, J Martin Elliott, Regina Goralczyk, M Hasan Mohajeri
A healthy, balanced diet is essential for both physical and mental well-being. Such a diet must include an adequate intake of micronutrients, essential fatty acids, amino acids and antioxidants. The monoamine neurotransmitters, serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline, are derived from dietary amino acids and are involved in the modulation of mood, anxiety, cognition, sleep regulation and appetite. The capacity of nutritional interventions to elevate brain monoamine concentrations and, as a consequence, with the potential for mood enhancement, has not been extensively evaluated...
April 2011: British Journal of Nutrition