Posted by Larry Hoover on August 19, 2004, at 10:53:37
In reply to Green tea catechins and noradrenaline, posted by KaraS on August 17, 2004, at 20:43:17
> 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.htmYa, that's a nice overview of the chemistry. COMT inhibition increases noradrenaline.
> 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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> -KYa, 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.
Lar
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