Nutrition

2. responsible for feelings of pleasure, movement and motivation, and contributes to addiction
3. contributes to muscle contraction, promotes relaxation and energy conservation, learning and memory, attention, and REM sleep
4. responsible for removing toxins from the body, metabolism, produces bile, makes blood clotting factors, helps with blood sugar regulation and immune support
8. an excitatory neurotransmitter that stimulates communication between nerve cells; essential for learning & memory, cognitive function, motor control, and neuroplasticity
10. a food additive that is in a lot of processed food; too much can cause high blood pressure, headaches, and increased pain sensitivity
11. an amino acid that slows down nerve signals in the brain, prevents overstimulation, promotes relaxation, and improves sleep
13. contributes to well-being and happiness, helps the sleep cycle, and digestive system regulation
14. boosts dopamine, coping mechanism for stress, anxiety, and fatigue

1. a chemical messenger for communication between the brain and body
5. needed for energy production, brain and nerve function, blood cell formation, immune system function, and skin/hair/nail health
6. substances that protect the body's cells from damage (pollution, smoking, etc)
7. is a B vitamin, deficiency is common in people with alcoholism, causes fatigue and weakness, anemia, mouth sores, depression, and confusion
9. the amino acid that the body converts into serotonin
12. crucial for digestive function, producing and excreting digestive enzymes, produces insulin and glucagon