New research shows how many hours you need to avoid cognitive decline.

New research shows how many hours you need to avoid cognitive decline.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  This study included 28 756 individuals, half of them lived in England and the other half lived in China (Ma,Y, et al., 2020). The participants from England were 50 years old or older, and the ones from China were 45 years old or older. You may have heard that...
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More benefits from I-Theanine

More benefits from I-Theanine

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  Human gammadeltaT lymphocytes are a subset of T cells (white blood cells) and are a first line of defense against microbes and tumors. According to these researchers L-Theanine was found to enhance gammadelta T cell function in individuals supplemented with this amino acid (Bukowski JF, Percival SS, 2008). This...
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What happens if you combine 3 effective plant substances?

What happens if you combine 3 effective plant substances?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  Both green coffee extract and guarana contains caffeine in combination with antioxidants. Caffeine is increasing energy and has shown to improve athletic performance , but can it also help sedentary people increase their exercise capacity? That is what the researchers of the following study wanted to find out (Laurence...
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Feel calm and focused during the day without feeling sleepy and sleep good at night.

Feel calm and focused during the day without feeling sleepy and sleep good at night.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  L-Theanine is an interesting substance. It is an amino acid found in tea. Green tea contains both caffeine and L-Theanine while coffee contains caffeine, but no L-Theanine. That’s why coffee and green tea don’t affect us exactly the same way, because L-Theanine makes us feel calm and relaxed and...
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Improve cognitive function and protect your nervous system.

Improve cognitive function and protect your nervous system.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  The amino acid L-Theanine an ingredient of tea has been found to improve cognitive functions, verbal fluency, and executive function (Hidese S, et al. 2019). L-Theanine has also shown protective effects from neurotoxicity induced by neurotoxins affecting Parkinson’s disease, in cultured human dopaminergic cell lines (Cho HS, et al.,...
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