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Dietary carbohydrate and the uptake of tryptophan by the brain. The mechanism proposed by Fernstrom and Wurtman (18) is outlined. The suggestion is that a high carbohydrate meal increases the uptake of tryptophan by the brain increasing the synthesis of serotonin and melatonin.
