Bill Schramm wrote: > Tryptophan is one of the essential amino acids found in foods. It is not an > artificial chemical. Supplements of most of the essential amino acids such > as phenylalanine, arginine, lysine, etc. are available at health food stores > and some are alleged to have therapeutic properties. > > Many years ago tryptophan supplements were sold as an aid for > anxiety/insomnia and from my point of view were equally effective as > artificial chemicals in Sominex and other products which were subsequently > banned as carcinogenic (The brand "sominex" no longer contains > methylpyrilene maleate) > > Unfortunately a few people got a rare and potentially fatal blood disorder > (eosinophilia) from a batch of Tryptophan which I believe was made in > Mexico. Although from my point of view this reaction was due to some > impurity in the process, the FDA inexplicably banned tryptophan for human > consumption. >
I beleie the offending product was made in Japan. At any rate they had just changed their process, and a chemical they were using in the extraction was being left in the product. This toxic impurity was what was causing the problem. > Guess there is not enough profit in a natural product to run through the FDA > testing program and get it back on the market. Since it is a natural product, testing should not be necessary. I think the problem is that it is not patentable, so it is cheaper and safer solution to the patented chemicals that are marketed by big companies. Just like CS. Outlawing it was an illegal act by FDA as far as I can tell. Marshall -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
