Energy Enhancers

One of the most common reasons people go to the doctor is fatigue and lack of energy. Stress and fatigue can further deplete energy reserves while suppressing immune response, and even accelerating your rate of aging.

If you've experienced the symptoms of coffee overload following a stressful four-or-five cup day, the jitteriness and irritability you feel are signs that you're running on "empty." In reality, that is exactly what is happening, at least in regard to epinephrine and norepinephrine, the brain's primary stimulatory neurotransmitters which comprise the dopaminergic system. When your dopaminergic system is functioning at peak level, awareness is heightened and you're primed to handle heavy stress, danger, or excitement.

The amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine are nutritional precursors of these neurotransmitters. Phenylalanine and tyrosine are among the few amino acids that readily cross the blood-brain barrier and can directly affect brain chemistry. These amino acids convert directly into dopamine, epinephrine and norepinephrine in the brain, important neurotransmitters involved in mood, sex drive, memory, alertness, and learning. Tyrosine is also used by the thyroid gland to produce thyroxin. Thyroxin is important for immune function, metabolic rate, and other vital functions.

Human experiments on soldiers undergoing various forms of stress found that soldiers receiving tyrosine performed better on a variety of tests than those who did not. They were more efficient, more alert, and had fewer complaints. Clinical studies have shown that tyrosine can be helpful in reducing the irritation, tiredness and depression of PMS sufferers, as well as being an effective antidepressant in some more major forms of depression. One of our most popular formulas is appropriately named Blast Off, which provides these energy-making factors in capsule form.

We also have formulas that help the body produce another form of energy - cellular energy - produced by tiny intracellular powerhouses called mitochondria. Diseases due to mitochondrial dysfunction include chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and Parkinson's.