Travis
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My diet right now.
Around 1600 calories, 74% carbs/sugar, 25% protein (around 90-100 g), 1% fat.
OJ with collagen (2 cups)
Skim milk ( 1/2 quart /day)
0% fat strained yogurt with apple sauce (1:2 ratio of protein to sugar)
30 g protein from collagen powder
Egg whites for breakfast (3 egg whites)
coffee + honey (2 -3 times /day)
That's quite the high tryptophan ratio. Just keep in mind that this would be expected to increase serotonin. It might be a good idea to eat the collagen/gelatin next to the egg whites.
From the experiments I read, high tryptophan ratios in the blood can increase serotonin synthesis in real time. It's the ratio that counts and not the absolute level. Eating it with gelatin would lower the ratio. Ray Peat recommends doings such things sometimes.
Tryptophan, serotonin, and agingIf a half-pound of steak is eaten, it would probably be reasonable to have about 20 grams of gelatin at approximately the same time. Even a higher ratio of gelatin to muscle meat might be preferable.
Egg white has a higher tryptophan ratio than steak.