How To Feel Calm?

Tryptophan is an amino acid the body cannot produce that metabolizes into Serotonin, which is one of the body’s most important neurotransmitters. Serotonin gives you a very nice feeling of well-being and mellowness that smooths everything out, taking the jagged edges away. If you have depression or anxiety and you need some help, there are a number of foods that are high in tryptophan that will do the same thing as Prozac, Paxil and similar anti-depressants. Even tryptophan supplements taken at the evening meal in 500mg to 2000 mg doses helps people to relax.
Let’s get to the nuts and bolts of the tryptophan rich foods that help you stay relaxed and calm. Before we talk about the tryptophan rich foods you need to know that increasing your tryptophan levels is more than just eating foods high in this amino acid. You see tryptophan is constantly battling with other amino acids from protein like tyrosine, histidine, methionine and leucine to access the brain. A high protein diet increases the levels of these competing amino acids in the blood which reduces the available tryptophan.
Actually eating a higher carbohydrate diet can help to increase the tryptophan levels in the body. High carbohydrate foods cause the pancreas to release more insulin which destroys the competing amino acids. This allows the absorption of more tryptophan into the brain as there is less competition crossing the blood-brain barrier. Obviously this type of diet cannot be sustained over the long term as it is not a diet that supports health. The body needs protein to survive and it needs all the amino acids it can get, so destroying any at all is not a good idea, so here is what you can do.
Eat foods high in tryptophan on an empty stomach as this will help their absorption and prevent competition. Also eat foods high in this amino acid on their own away from other proteins or amino acids.
Turkey is the most well known source of tryptophan, although other foods include beans, peas, chicken, beef, nuts, wheat germ, brown rice, fish, milk, eggs, fruits and some vegetables. Combining these foods with certain carbohydrates will increase amino acid absorption and aid in serotonin production to give us those good feelings.
If you eat five servings of beans, a few portions of peanut butter, a few chunks of cheese or a handful of cashews you are actually getting between one and two thousand milligrams of Tryptophan. Adding lots of vitamin C to your diet enables your body to convert the tryptophan- rich foods that you eat eventually into serotonin. That spells feel good! So eat up and be happy!
Foods Containing Tryptophan

Abalone
Amaranth, leaves
Anchovies
Asparagus
Bamboo Shoots
Bass
Beans, Broad
Beans, Lima
Beans, Mung
Beans, Navy
Beans, Pinto
Beans, Snap, Green
Beans, Snap, Yellow
Beans, Soy
Beans, winged, leaves
Beans, winged, roots
Beans, Yardlong
Beef
Beet Greens
Beets
Boar, Wild
Broccoli
Broccoli Raab
Brussel Sprouts
Buffalo
Burdock Root
Butterfish
Whole Buckwheat
Cabbage, Chinese
Cabbage, Common
Cabbage, Red
Cabbage, Savoy
Cariboo
Carp
Carrots
Cassava
Cashews
Catfish
Cauliflower
Celery
Celtuce
Chard Swiss
Chayote, Fruit
Cheese
Cheese, Cottage
Cheese, Cream
Chia Seeds
Chicken
Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans)
Chicory, greens

Chicory, Witloof

Chives

Cisco
Clams
Cod, Ling
Cod, Pacific
Collard Greens
Corn
Corn Salad
Cornish Game Hens
Cow Peas (Black Eyed Peas)
Crab
Crayfish
Croaker Fish
Cucumber
Cusk Fish
Cuttlefish
Deer
Drum Fish
Duck
Edamame
Eggplant
Eggs
Elk Meat
Emu
Fish Roe
Flounder
Garlic
Ginger Root
Goat
Goose
Gourds, Calabash
Grouper
Guinea Hen
Haddock
Halibut
Ham
Hazelnuts
Hearts Of Palm
Horseradish, Leafy Tips
Jute, Potherb
Kale
Kamut
Kohlrabi
Lamb
Lambs Quarters
Leeks
Lentils
Lettuce, Butterhead
Lettuce, Red leaf
Lettuce, Romaine
Lobster
Lotus Root
Mackerel
Meat Extender
Milk
Miso (Fermented Soy Beans)
Monkfish
Mountain Yam
Mullet
Mushrooms, Brown
Mushrooms, Crimini
Mushrooms, Enoki
Mushrooms, Italian
Mushrooms, Oyster
Mushrooms, Portabella
Mushrooms, Shiitake
Mushrooms, White
Mussels
Mustard Greens
Nopales
Nuts
Oat Bran
Octopus
Okra
Onions
Onions, Green Scallion
Onions, Welsh
Orange Roughy
Ostrich
Parsley
Pastrami, Beef
Pastrami, Turkey
Peanut Butter
Peanuts
Peas, Black Eyed
Peas, Edible Pod
Peas, Green
Peppers, Ancho
Peppers, Hot Chili, Green
Peppers, Hot Chili, Red
Peppers, Hungarian
Peppers, Jalapeno
Peppers, Sweet Green
Peppers, Sweet Orange
Peppers, Sweet Red
Peppers, Sweet Yellow
Perch
Pheasant
Pickles, Cucumber, Dill
Pickles, Cucumber, Sour
Pickles, Cucumber, Sweet
Pike
Pimento
Pollock
Pork
Potatoes
Pout Fish
Pumpkin
Pumpkin Leaves
Purslane
Quail
Rabbit
Radishes
Radishes, White Icicle
Raw Dairy Products
Red Snapper
Rice, Basmati
Rice, Brown
Rockfish
Rutabaga
Rye
Salmon
Sauerkraut
Scallops
Scup Fish
Sea Bass
Seatrout
Seaweed
Seaweed, spirulina
Seaweed, Wakame
Sesame seeds
Sesbania Flower
Shallots
Sheepshead Fish
Shrimp
Smelts
Sole
Soybeans
Soy Meal
Soy Protein
Soy Sauce
Spelt
Spinach
Spot Fish
Squab
Squash, Acorn
Squash, Buttercup
Squash, Butternut
Squash, Delicata
Squash, Hubbard
Squash, Spaghetti
Squash, Summer, all varieties
Squash, Summer, crookneck
Squash, Summer, Straightneck
Squash, Summer, Scallop
Squash, Winter, all varieties
Squash, Zucchini

Sturgeon
Succotash
Sunfish
Sunflower seeds
Sweet Potato Leaves
Sweet Potatoes
Swordfish
Taro
Tilapia
Tile Fish
Tofu
Tomatoes, Green
Tomatoes, Orange
Tomatoes, Red
Tomatoes, Yellow
Trout
Tuna
Turbot
Turkey
Turnip Greens
Turnips
Unsweetened Soy Milk
Vegetables, Frozen Mixed
Vinespinach
Watercress, raw
Waxgourd )Chinese preserving melon)
Whelk
Whitefish
White Sucker
Whiting
Whole Grains, including Rice
Whole Wheat kernels
Yams
Yeast, Bakers, active dry
Yellowtail

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