“We can influence dopamine production through our diets. You can’t actually eat dopamine, but you can eat the thing that makes it—tyrosine. It is a nonessential amino acid, meaning that you must consume it in your diet because your body doesn’t make its own. However, before you start rushing out to the supermarket to get a cart full of tyrosine—cheese, soybeans, beef, lamb, pork, fish, chicken, nuts, seeds, eggs, dairy, beans, and whole grains—research shows that it really only helps if you’re deficient to begin with.” DietDopamineAmino AcidTyrosine Book:The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion Source: The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion