29-05-2022, 02:51 AM
(28-05-2022, 07:07 PM)kathisterima Wrote:fair enough, the literature does seem overwhelmingly positive even outside of these studies(28-05-2022, 04:57 AM)MysteriousWeeb420 Wrote:(28-05-2022, 04:13 AM)kathisterima Wrote:Link?(28-05-2022, 03:24 AM)MysteriousWeeb420 Wrote: sounds like a scam
amino acids and antioxidants don't do shit it's just caffeine with placebo from marketing
I mean there are papers suggesting l theanine and caffeine combination can increase cognitive ability to higher levels than caffeine itself can so it can't be complete bull.
Combined effects of L-theanine and caffeine:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301051107001573?via%3Dihub
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/147683008X301513
https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article/66/2/82/1863235
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18641209/
Animal experimentation suggesting effects on serotonin:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17182482/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0024320507006054?via%3Dihub\
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9566605/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-011-2440-z
I still think it's pretty much a scam and you will hardly notice a difference though

