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by alecco 918 days ago
Your link seems to support the opposite of your advice. Tryptophan by-product seems to be bad.

> "We are trying to figure out why the changes are happening and if we can target those cells to make them want to make bone again," McGee-Lawrence said.

> [...]

> A major culprit in their breakdown appears to be the metabolite kynurenine, a byproduct of the essential amino acid tryptophan.

> [...]

> Over time, kynurenine piles up and appears to alter the dynamic of bone and muscle formation.