Vitamin C plays an essential part in the metabolism of phenylalanine. Vitamin C has other important functions in the formula. Many times persons suffering from nervousness and irritability will show an excess of copper in their bodies. Both vitamin C and zinc normalizes this excess. Vitamin C itself has been shown by quantitative EEGs to have an anti-anxiety effect. It is also needed to give support to the adrenals during stress. The presence of toxins in our bodies can add to our not "feeling ourselves." Vitamin C is a well-known antitoxin and mobilizes not only copper but also lead and mercury, allowing for their excretion by the kidneys. The absorption of vitamin C is supported by the presence of calcium and magnesium.

Magnesium functions as a natural tranquilizer in the body. Ringsdorf and Cheraskin suggest that a magnesium deficiency is suspect whenever they are "mental" symptoms. A lack makes people extremely nervous and distraught., and can be one of the results of rigid dieting.