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General description	- nonessential amino acids
Found	- almonds - avocado - bananas - beans - brewer yeas - dairy products - eggs - seafood, fish - legumes - meat - pumpkin seeds - cheese - lactalbumin
Anti-aging role	- Parkinson disease, dementia, depression and other mood disorders - he4lp to increase alertness in people suffering from sleep deprivation - form melanin -is used to produce hormone thyroxin
Deficiency symptoms	- apathy, lethargy - depression - edema - muscle loss, fat loss - liver damage - low serum levels of essential blood proteins - slowed growth in children - blood sugar imbalance - loss of pigmentation in the hair
Therapeutic doses	7 - 30 g / day
Maximum safe level	Not established.
Side effects	- hypertension - hypotension - migrains - headaches
Contraindications	- kidney or liver disease - allergy to eggs, milk, wheat - phenylketonuria - migraine - melanoma - hypertension
Interactions	- antidepressants - monoamino oxidase inhibitors

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