L-Tyrosine question

BigSiphonHose said:

A friend of mine is planning to take 500mg a day of L-
Tyrosine in order to get a better tan when we go to the
beach this summer. I checked this stuff out and while it
does help your melanin for tanning, it can also act as an
anti-depressant. I told her this, and she told me to
investigate more.

Is this stuff safe to take? She has never suffered from
depression and isn't on any medication, so would taking
this pill cause mood-swings or any other ill effects?

Well, i've taken 8 grams of it with no effect, so i doubt
that 500mg would have any effect.

The stuff makes my wife angry as a hornet, contrary to the
published effects. She'll have to try it and see. If it
bothers her then she better quit eating meat.

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A friend of mine is planning to take 500mg a day of L-
Tyrosine in order to get a better tan when we go to the
beach this summer. I checked this

stuff

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out and while it does help your melanin for tanning, it
can also act as an anti-depressant. I told her this, and
she told me to investigate more.

Is this stuff safe to take? She has never suffered from
depression and isn't on any medication, so would taking
this pill cause mood-swings or

any

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other ill effects?

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The stuff makes my wife angry as a hornet, contrary to the
published effects. She'll have to try it and see. If it
bothers her then she better quit eating meat.

Thanks for your reply. Can you tell me how many mg's a day
your wife takes (took)?

500-2000 mg per day. 2000mg in the A.M. once almost got my
wife out of a 10 year job until we figured out what was
causing it...LOL

For mood effects just keep trying more until you get the
effect. For L-phenylalinine, a precursor to tyrosine you
will notice effects within 1/2 to 1 hour. BTW my wife
thrives on this one???? She is a much better personality on
phenylalinine and her general health improves

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The stuff makes my wife angry as a hornet, contrary to
the published effects. She'll have to try it and see. If
it bothers her then she

better

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quit eating meat.

Thanks for your reply. Can you tell me how many mg's a day
your wife

takes

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(took)?