Thursday, August 28, 2008

Serotonin

Hormones act like a jolt of adrenalin that surge through clefts in your serotonin 2.jpg brain and they help determine your success or failure at work ... more than most people realize ... You can increase useful hormones such as serotonin which functions as part of a complex network of neurotransmitters that can boost or drain your brainpower.

Serotonin helps regulate moods … sleep … and appetite. With reduced levels of this hormone people face depression… obsessive compulsive disorder… aggressive behaviors… attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and migraines.

With a steady flow of serotonin to fire regular synapses in the brain people tend develop smart skills earlier in life than others…. Modern technologies have affirmed that the adult brain is far more malleable than once thought... and we now have strategies to increase serotonin in natural ways. So regardless of your background or education ... you can boost your serotonin in ways that bring you a better day.

You possess about 5 to 10 mg
2. 90% of serotonin is in your intestines
3. 10% of serotonin is in your blood and brain
4. It’s a neurotransmitter and helps to control …
Sleep

Memory

Appetite

Learning

Cardiovascular functions

Moods

Muscle contraction

Temperature regulation


5. It’s found in foods such as milk, plums, pineapples, turkey and bananas because they add amino acid tryptophan for manufacturing natural serotonin.
6. Neurons in the brain release serotonin – and in that way it affects many behaviors
7. Low levels of serotonin can cause anxiety, fear, self-pity, insomnia and depression.

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