Category Archives: Stress

L-Tyrosine Supplements

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Robert Barrington

L-tyrosine is an amino acid that is used by the cells to synthesise adrenaline and noradrenaline using the tyrosine hydroxylase enzyme pathway. This pathway maintains adequate stores of adrenaline and noradrenaline, particularly in nervous tissue. Stress depletes the body of … Continue reading →

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Can Stress Be Good For The Health?

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Robert Barrington

Stress is often considered detrimental to the health and this can be true. Certainly chronic stress that becomes unmanageable is the cause of detrimental health outcomes. However, stress is a requirement of all life as it is the stress applied … Continue reading →

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Glycine and L-Theanine for Rest and Focus (The NMDA Receptor)

Posted on October 11, 2022 by Robert Barrington
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Stress Reducing Effects of Matcha Tea

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Robert Barrington

Matcha tea is a variety of green tea that is grown under particular conditions. During growth the plant is shaded, and this is thought to increase the concentrations of certain beneficial biochemicals within the plant tissues. Matcha is thought to … Continue reading →

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Maca (Lepidium meyenii): Pharmacology Part 4

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Robert Barrington

Maca (Lepidium meyenii) may be an anti-stress compound. Evidence from studies suggests that maca may reduce the negative effects of stress including reductions in stress compounds such as corticosterone in animals and cortisol in humans. By reducing stress hormones, maca … Continue reading →

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Selenium and Vitamin C: The Stress Connection

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Robert Barrington

A number of nutrients are associated with protection from chronic stress. The basis for this differs between nutrients, but one category of anti-stress nutrients may function through an antioxidant mechanism. Both selenium and vitamin C are important nutrients required for … Continue reading →

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Lifestyle and Stress

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Robert Barrington

Lifestyle is known to play a significant role in the human and animal stress response. In studies, lifestyle manipulation is known to alter the susceptibility to stress and by being able to modify its damaging effects. For example, in one … Continue reading →

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Is Yoghurt and Anti-Stress Food?

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Robert Barrington

The gut has been shown to be intricately linked to the brain. This connection is via a large neuronal network that extends throughout the gut, as well as a substantial hormonal system designed to carry signals from the gut to … Continue reading →

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Stress and Fasting

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Robert Barrington

Fasting is known to cause significant hormonal and neuronal changes. These changes are thought to be responsible for some of the health effects of fasting. Fasting can change brain chemistry through a number of mechanisms and one mechanism might be … Continue reading →

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Resistance Training: Not Just For The Young

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Robert Barrington

Resistance training has a number of health benefits. These include a general improvement in physical fitness, as well as specific adaptations that include increased muscle mass, improvements in cardiovascular fitness and reductions in stress levels. Studies have investigated the effects … Continue reading →

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