Cabral Concept 2720

TWT: Add This to Your Coffee to Make It Healthier?

Did you know that coffee is the greatest source of antioxidants in the American diet?

Enjoying a cup of coffee can also provide brain-boosting properties, act as an appetite suppressant, and increase athletic performance.

Coffee has great health benefits but unfortunately for some, it can also lead to jitters, headaches, and an afternoon crash.

Thankfully there is an easy way that we can enhance our coffee by reducing the negative aspects while still enjoying all the great properties it has to offer.

So on today’s #CabralConcept 2720 let’s go over how you can improve your daily coffee just by adding this one simple ingredient – Enjoy the show and let me know what you thought!

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Show Highlights & Big Takeaways:

 

1. What is L-theanine

L-theanine is an amino acid that is found in black and green tea and rare mushroom. It has been proven to decrease excitatory neurotransmitters in the brain and increase other neurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin, and GABA.

2. Adding L-theanine to Coffee

Studies show that adding 100mg of L-theanine to a small cup of coffee helped people improve the ability to move between tasks, better reaction time, increased alertness, improved memory, and fewer headaches.

3. How Much L-theanine Do You Need

If your coffee is in the normal range of 150-180mg of caffeine try starting with adding 50-100mg of L-theanine.  Continue to move up by 50mg until you reach the desired effect.

 

Show Notes & Resources:

> Podcast on Decreasing Caffeine Intake

> Acute effects of theanine, caffeine and theanine-caffeine combination on attention (research)

> Caffeine and theanine exert opposite effects on attention under emotional arousal (research)

> L-Theanine and Caffeine in Combination Affect Human Cognition as Evidenced by Oscillatory alpha-Band Activity and Attention Task Performance (research)

> The neuropharmacology of L-theanine(N-ethyl-L-glutamine): a possible neuroprotective and cognitive enhancing agent (research)

> The combined effects of L-theanine and caffeine on cognitive performance and mood (research)

> The beneficial health effects of green tea amino acid l-theanine in animal models: Promises and prospects for human trials (research)

> The effects of L-theanine, caffeine and their combination on cognition and mood (research)

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