L Tyrosine Causes Sunburn?

dq139

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hey guys, Ive been taking tyrosine to battle the brain fog Ive been having, I always thought that it also helps with melanin production and tanning also. I'm a landscape designer so I work outside and I have light olive skin so I usually tan very easy and don't burn. today was only 55 degrees and sunny and I took 2gs of tyrosine along with 2gs of glycine and stayed outside for 6 hours in and out of the shade. and I felt great mood wise, but when I got home I got a painfull bright red burn on my neck and face almost like a lobster. I'm looking to see if it was tyrosine or glycine because this is by far 1 of the worst burns I can remember getting in my life. I know its not genes cause like I said I'm not really fair skinned at all. what do you guys think?
 

Tim Lundeen

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Why take such high doses? You can take much lower doses to nudge things in the right way.

I'm taking lower dose tyrosine (100mg 3x/day) and it does help with dopamine, haven't noticed any effect on sunburn -- was at the beach yesterday for 2 hours, no sunscreen, no problem (but am taking 150IU VitE/day, and apply VitE liberally to face 1x/day followed by a near-IR session, and I did apply VitE/IR after the beach).

Also, for sunburn, apply Vit E cream to skin, extremely effective. It also helps to take internally.
 

milk_lover

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Does it have silica in the ingredients? I remember I had a similar experience because I went out for the sun because light converts tyrosine to dopamine when the light hits your retina but obviously it was un-wise decision. Since I didn't use a pure supplement, I can't tell wether my sun experience burn was due to the fillers (the one I tried has silica) or the tyrosine.
 

ddjd

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whenever i take tyrosine and get sunshine my tan goes sooo brown!! it definitely does something
 

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