Guest guest Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Hi, Has anyone tried using l-thianine with their children? Any positive or negative reactions? Also any feedback on 5htp appreciated. Thanks, Jane From kitchen basics to easy recipes - join the Group from Kraft Foods .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 we have been using green tea extract for a while (has l-theanine amongst other things) it has been great for us, clearer and more focus Hi, Has anyone tried using l-thianine with their children? Any positive or negative reactions? Also any feedback on 5htp appreciated. Thanks, Jane From kitchen basics to easy recipes - join the Group from Kraft Foods <http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=13ugel6lb/M=493064.12016295.13271503.10835568/D=grphealth/S=1705061104:MKP1/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1229617797/L=/B=RAIkRkLaX.E-/J=1229610597666736/A=5530388/R=0/SIG=11nuutlas/*http://explore.yahoo.com/groups/kraftmealsmadesimple/> .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 we use VRP brand, from Nutricentre chose it over ‘just’ l-theanine because we were very keen on green tea for its other constituents, like Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) (neuroprotective, I don’t think it would be present in l-theanine purified form). Also all the antioxidant and antiinflammatory effects were studied with green tea as a whole, not only l-theanine, so we thought it may be worth getting it through the full supplement... we have not tried 5hpt. We do use GABA but only now and then, not every day. I think it does help slightly but I'm a bit uneasy using it full on long term natasa Hi, What brand do you use and where from ? Its been recommended to me as the next step after gaba plus and then to add in 5htp. Do you use 5htp? Jane Neno/Natasa wrote: we have been using green tea extract for a while (has l-theanine amongst other things) it has been great for us, clearer and more focus Hi, Has anyone tried using l-thianine with their children? Any positive or negative reactions? Also any feedback on 5htp appreciated. Thanks, Jane From kitchen basics to easy recipes - join the Group from Kraft Foods <http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=13ugel6lb/M=493064.12016295.13271503.10835568/D=grphealth/S=1705061104:MKP1/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1229617797/L=/B=RAIkRkLaX.E-/J=1229610597666736/A=5530388/R=0/SIG=11nuutlas/*http://explore.yahoo.com/groups/kraftmealsmadesimple/> .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 No neither have I, don’t get me wrong as not meaning to put you off GABA ... It is just me probably but I somehow ‘feel’ the same way re most things that the body itself should be synthesising, sort of prefer to find ways to enable the body to do it itself, whenever possible not to encourage it to rely on outside source. This is just my instinct more than anything. On the other hand if it had been an instant big wow we would have continued frequent use. natasa Hi Natasa, Thanks for the reply. I will get some from the Nutricentre. If you don't mind me asking. What are your concerns about gaba? I haven't read about any problems with it. Jane Neno/Natasa wrote: we use VRP brand, from Nutricentre chose it over ‘just’ l-theanine because we were very keen on green tea for its other constituents, like Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) (neuroprotective, I don’t think it would be present in l-theanine purified form). Also all the antioxidant and antiinflammatory effects were studied with green tea as a whole, not only l-theanine, so we thought it may be worth getting it through the full supplement... we have not tried 5hpt. We do use GABA but only now and then, not every day. I think it does help slightly but I'm a bit uneasy using it full on long term natasa Hi, What brand do you use and where from ? Its been recommended to me as the next step after gaba plus and then to add in 5htp. Do you use 5htp? Jane Neno/Natasa wrote: we have been using green tea extract for a while (has l-theanine amongst other things) it has been great for us, clearer and more focus Hi, Has anyone tried using l-thianine with their children? Any positive or negative reactions? Also any feedback on 5htp appreciated. Thanks, Jane From kitchen basics to easy recipes - join the Group from Kraft Foods <http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=13ugel6lb/M=493064.12016295.13271503.10835568/D=grphealth/S=1705061104:MKP1/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1229617797/L=/B=RAIkRkLaX.E-/J=1229610597666736/A=5530388/R=0/SIG=11nuutlas/*http://explore.yahoo.com/groups/kraftmealsmadesimple/> .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 FWIW I've had a bad reaction to gaba and I know of a couple of kids who have too. For me even a tiny amount, rather than being inhibitory, behaved like an excitotoxin. It was awful. I also thought gaba was unable to cross the Blood Brain Barrier. It certainly crossed mine and in a flash, so either my BBB is damaged (unsuprising), or perhaps I've got that bit wrong(even less surprising). Decided to find out why and discovered that in the first few months of life Gaba is excitory, so perhaps if there's a developmental delay issue it could be a problem. Also that the action of Gaba is dependent on ion channels, so it might work differently, even have the reverse effect, if there's an ion channleopathy. Isn't this recognised as being so for some with ASD? I can't find the Wiki page I used but this one gives some info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-aminobutyric_acid After a while I could tell theanine was starting to have the same effect with me too. Again FWIW Jacqui > > Why are you uneasy about GABA? > Sally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 FWIW I've had a bad reaction to gaba and I know of a couple of kids who have too. For me even a tiny amount, rather than being inhibitory, behaved like an excitotoxin. It was awful. I also thought gaba was unable to cross the Blood Brain Barrier. It certainly crossed mine and in a flash, so either my BBB is damaged (unsuprising), or perhaps I've got that bit wrong(even less surprising). Decided to find out why and discovered that in the first few months of life Gaba is excitory, so perhaps if there's a developmental delay issue it could be a problem. Also that the action of Gaba is dependent on ion channels, so it might work differently, even have the reverse effect, if there's an ion channleopathy. Isn't this recognised as being so for some with ASD? I can't find the Wiki page I used but this one gives some info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-aminobutyric_acid After a while I could tell theanine was starting to have the same effect with me too. Again FWIW Jacqui > > Why are you uneasy about GABA? > Sally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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