1000-Year-Old Ritual Melts Away Anxiety (NO Drowsiness!)
Chronic medical conditions take a toll on your body—but they can be just as taxing on your emotions.
Anxiety affects about 30 percent of seniors with chronic medical conditions—including diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, arthritis, and cancer.
You might think you only have two options:
- Live with it
- Rely on potentially harmful drugs
Ironically, BOTH options can leave you feeling drowsy, agitated, and possibly battling even more anxiety.
I want to present option #3—the one you’ll never hear about from the medical mainstream.
It’s a simple compound found in a comforting beverage that slashes stress and anxiety without the sedative effects.
Anxiety meds are the ultimate catch-22.
People take them to ease their anxiety, but their side effects can include more anxiety. Throw in other potential side effects like drowsiness, fatigue, agitation, and dependence, and you wonder how many palms had to be greased to get FDA approval in the first place!
Big Pharma would love for you to think that this is the best you can do.
I have research that says otherwise.
A rare compound abundant in green tea, L-theanine, is gaining scientific recognition for its unique ability to promote calm focus.
L-theanine is proven to reduce stress and anxiety in people facing stressful situations. And when combined with caffeine, it can help boost focus and alertness while reducing fatigue. Think of it as focused energy without the jitters.
If you’ve ever felt a feeling of calm after sipping on a cup of hot tea… You can thank L-theanine.
Even better, it can reduce anxiety while enhancing concentration, rather than causing sedation like Big Pharma’s so-called solutions.
Here’s why it’s so effective:
- L-theanine boosts levels of GABA, dopamine, and serotonin, which are neurotransmitters that help regulate mood and focus.
- L-theanine directly reduces levels of the stress hormone, cortisol.
- L-theanine promotes alpha brain wave activity, which helps you feel relaxed while staying alert. Think of it as a way to help you achieve calm focus. This can help lower your heart rate and blood pressure. In fact, L-theanine has specifically been shown to reduce blood pressure triggered by stress.
The bottom line is L-theanine offers the rare combination of relaxation and mental clarity—with none of the drowsiness promised by Big Pharma’s so-called solutions.
One of the richest sources of L-theanine is a type of powdered green tea called matcha. This ancient beverage, at the center of the 1000-year-old Japanese tea ritual, provides approximately 20 to 40 mg of L-theanine per serving.
To experience a subtle calming effect, drinking one to two cups per day should do the trick.
But if you want to obtain the clinically tested anxiety-reducing dose—which is 200 to 400 mg—a supplement would be the best way to go.
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J.M. Everett, et al., Theanine consumption, stress and anxiety in human clinical trials: A systematic review, Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism, Volume 4, June 2016, Pages 41-42, doi:10.1016/j.jnim.2015.12.308
