{"product_id":"l-theanine-200mg-double-strength-now-foods","title":"L-Theanine 200mg Double Strength | 120 Capsules | NOW Foods","description":"\u003ch2\u003eL-Theanine 200mg by NOW Foods\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like drinking green tea, you have probably already had it before: \u003cstrong\u003eL-theanine\u003c\/strong\u003e. This amino acid gives tea part of its mild, savory flavor. NOW Foods offers it here in double strength, with 200mg of L-theanine per capsule, supplemented with 100mg of inositol. The bottle contains 120 plant-based capsules, enough for four months at one capsule per day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat L-theanine actually is\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eL-theanine is an amino acid that is found almost exclusively in the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) and in a few mushrooms. It is not a building block for proteins, like most amino acids you know. Chemically, it resembles glutamate and glutamine. A cup of green tea contains about 8 to 30mg of L-theanine, depending on the type and how long you let it steep. Shade-grown teas such as matcha and gyokuro clearly contain more, because the plant converts less theanine into bitter substances without sunlight. To get 200mg, you would therefore have to drink ten cups of tea quite quickly. And you would also get a large dose of caffeine with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow your body processes L-theanine\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter swallowing, your small intestine absorbs L-theanine via the same transport proteins that also bring in other amino acids. Within about half an hour to an hour, it can be detected in your blood. After a few hours, your body breaks it down into ethylamine and glutamic acid, which you then excrete through your kidneys. Many people wonder whether you should take it on an empty stomach. NOW does indeed recommend this, because other amino acids from your meal will not compete for the same transport proteins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy inositol is included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInositol is a sugar-like substance that your body makes itself from glucose. It used to be called vitamin B8, but because your body makes it itself, it is no longer an official vitamin. You can find it in citrus fruits, beans, nuts, and whole grains. In your cells, inositol is a building block of phospholipids in the cell membranes, and it plays a role as a second messenger. That is a substance that transmits a signal from outside the cell to the inside of the cell. NOW combines the 200mg of theanine with 100mg of inositol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn short: this is a concentrated form of the amino acid from tea, without the caffeine and without the ten cups. By the way, the Japanese researcher Sakato isolated L-theanine back in 1949 from the leaves of gyokuro, one of the most expensive Japanese tea varieties. In Japan, it is even added as an ingredient to beverages and candy. These capsules are plant-based, and the L-theanine is produced in China, after which NOW tests and processes it in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NOW Foods","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54816733495634,"sku":"Now-066","price":33.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/9006\/2812\/files\/l-theanine-200mg-double-strength-now-foods.jpg?v=1790166968","url":"https:\/\/www.luto-supplements.nl\/en\/products\/l-theanine-200mg-double-strength-now-foods","provider":"LUTO Supplements","version":"1.0","type":"link"}