Posted by KaraS on August 19, 2004, at 16:12:32
In reply to Re: Green tea catechins and noradrenaline » KaraS, posted by Larry Hoover on August 19, 2004, at 10:53:37
> > I copied part of this post from another site to get people's reactions to it:
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> > "... I think I've discovered something! I read on a site somewhere that green tea contains something called "catechins". As well as being antioxidant, they stop noradreneline (the neurotransmitter responsible for energy and alertness) from being broken down. Here's a good link that explains the "science bit": http://www.drumlib.com/dp/000018A.htm
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> Ya, that's a nice overview of the chemistry. COMT inhibition increases noradrenaline.
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> > Anyway, I followed this person's subsequent posts and with a few additional weeks, she is still feeling great and attributing it to the green tea catechins. Could something like green tea possibly have that much effect or do you think it's in large part the placebo thing?
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> > -K
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> Ya, it can have a dramatic effect, particularly as neuronal noradrenaline is spilling into the general circulation. Why invoke the evil placebo? What works works. Further evidence of adrenal involvement in your own syndrome, by the by.
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> Lar
>I invoked the "evil placebo" because I was doing research on the net and couldn't find anything to say that the catechins could raise the NE levels anywhere in the body. Other than the article the original poster sited which was trying to sell the stuff, I found no mention of this COMT function. All I kept seeing was talk about its antioxidant effects.
If it's this easy to boost NE, then why don't more people use it or know about it? Might this aspect of it be good for me now?
I'm not sure I understand why stimulants are bad for someone with adrenal fatigue but taking tyrosine or phenylalanine aren't ... or why artificially boosting NE isn't bad for me now.
P.S. I don't understand your last sentence at all.-K
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