Health Hotline Magazine | August 2023

L-THEANINE for Better Brain Health By Liz Mueller

Who doesn’t want to feel calm, cool, and collected? How about less stressed, and focused but re axed? The amino acid L-theanine can help you achieve better focus and a more re axed state of mind. And while focus and stress-relieving pharmaceutical medications can leave a trail of unwanted side effects, this mighty amino acid strikes the perfect ba ance between clear-headed thinking, alertness, and feeling less stressed and depressed, not to mention fostering better sleep—with no negative side effects. It’s time to tell that frazzled, scattered feeling to scram. Give your brain a helping hand with L-theanine!

L-Theanine in Focus for Cognitive Function

The magic of L-theanine lies in its ability to increase activity of alpha brain waves, which induce a feeling of calm relaxation, without causing drowsiness. A study investigating the e ect of 250 mg of L-theanine on alpha brain waves in subjects found that L-theanine had a significant e ect on the general state of mental alertness, and plays a more general role in “…facilitating longer-lasting processes responsible for sustaining attention across the timeframe of a di cult task...” 14 | Health Hotline ®