Product Description Mood-Mend(5-HTP) (NPN:80022193) 120capsules/bottle 450mg ,1capsule/2times/day with food Depression is a serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Depression has a variety of symptoms, but the most common are a deep feeling of sadness or a marked loss of interest or pleasure in activities. Depression is common. It affects nearly one in 10 adults each year—nearly twice as many women as men. It’s also important to note that depression can strike at any time, but on average, first appears during the late teens to mid-20s. Depression is also common in older adults. Fortunately, depression is very treatable. Modern medical studies have shown that the low incidence of brain serotonin (serotonin) concentration is the main cause of depression. More serotonin has the people, more fun has he. Therefore, serotonin is also known as "happy neurotransmitter factors." When serotonin concentration in the brain synapses is low, resulting in the overall spiritual and psychological function in the doldrums, there will be symptoms of depression. BEC Mood-Mend, a herbal anti-depressant capsule, has the main ingredient 5 - hydroxy tryptophan (5-HTP),a seed extract from the African medicinal plants Griffonia simplicifolia, a natural amino acid. 5 - hydroxy tryptophan is the synthesis of 5 - hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) precursors. It can penetrate the blood-brain barrier into the brain tissue involved in serotonin synthesis. Although the 5 - hydroxy tryptophan and Prozac in the treatment of depression has the same effect, but their mechanism of action is different. 5 - hydroxy tryptophan improve serotonin concentration by promoting the synthesis of serotonin; and Prozac prevent the reduction of synaptic concentration by inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin. And 5 - hydroxy tryptophan is a natural plant extract, long-term use will not have side effects.It’s safer than prescription antidepressant. By Health Canada's health care proposal, daily doses of 150-300 mg of 5 - hydroxy tryptophan (5-HTP) can maintain a good mood, but also improve sleep, control body weight. Principal effects Monograph of Health Canada: Helps to promote healthy mood balance. Helps to relieve symptoms of fibromyalgia. Helps to reduce the severity and duration of migraine headaches when taken as a prophylactic. To be used with a program of reduced intake of dietary calories and increased physical activity (if possible) to help in weight management by reducing carbohydrate cravings. Used as a sleep aid. BEC Mood-Mend (5-HTP): Content:180 capsules per bottle Use suggested: Take 2 times, 1 capsule each per day; Take with meal or consult a health care practitioner prior to use. Ingredients per capsule: 5-HTP(L-5-Hydroxytrytophan) 100 mg Source material: Isolated from Griffonia (Griffonia simplicifolia(Vahl ex DC) Baill. (Fabaceae)) seed. Non-medicinal ingredients: Brown rice starch, Magnesium stearate, Gelatin.