Yes, I use to use it myself, it was great.  Unfortunately it cut too much into
the sales of over the counter sleeping pills, so when a Japanese company screwed
up theie batch, it was an opportunity for the FDA to remove another inexpensive
health resource from the shelves.

Marshall

James Allison wrote:

> Just my two cents worth...
>
> L-Tryptophan is pretty good for helping you sleep.  A lot of people don't
> know that L-Tryptophan is created or activated (I'm not sure which) when you
> heat milk.  Have you ever heard of people having a cup of hot chocolate
> before bedtime or if they wake up in the middle of the night to help them
> get back to sleep?  It seems that some of those "old wives tales" have a bit
> of truth to them  :)
>
> Yours in health,
> James Allison
>
> Allisons Apothecary
> http://apothecary.hypermart.net
> Home of the $29.95 Colloidal Silver Generator
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <gd...@aol.com>
> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com>; <kato...@mindspring.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 6:26 AM
> Subject: Re: CS>Re: Nicole/Insomnia, Ornithine question
>
> > In a message dated 10/20/99 11:50:59 AM Central Daylight Time,
> > kato...@mindspring.com writes:
> >
> > << I don't know if this will help with insomnia - but maybe someone else
> on
> > the
> >  list can give us more information. Hulda Clark reccomends taking
> Ornithine
> >  at night while you are on her parasite herbs -- to fight insomnia.  >>
> >
> > I don't believe you will find that Ornithine will help with insomnia much.
> It
> > is taken for other purposes. I have found both in studying them and in use
> > that taking melatonin and tryptophan is very useful form this condition.
> The
> > later can be found in taking 5-HTP that can be bought at health food
> > suppliers since the former was outlawed over a very stupid reason by the
> FDA.
> > If depression is a problem, there are others for that like tyrosine. But
> you
> > need to get some information on the amino acids. I take a general amino
> acid
> > combination at the same. Much like the B vitamins, they are cofactors to
> each
> > other.
> >
> > Gene Downey
> >
> >
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