I thought I was just addicted tot he caffeine, but decaf Yorkshire Tea also seems to keep me coming back for more. Is there another reason why tea is go great?
The routine. Anyone quitting smoking or caffeine etc will tell you the same, it’s not necessarily the drink you need.
Yeah a lot of weight gain after quiting is more so from snacking since most people will just substituting one habit with an other!
Tea contains L-theanine
L-theanine prevents glutamate from binding
Glutamate has lots of signaling meanings in the body, but mostly it means “prepare for fight or flight”.
Glutamate is one chemical transformation step from being GABA
GABA also has lots of different receptor contexts, but mostly means “chill”
Glutamate is the oldest intercellular signal molecule in evolution. Sponges have glutamate signaling. For sponges it means “swish the water around”, which is the closest thing a sponge had to “fight or flight”.
Anyway, yes. Tea has L-theanine, which is an amazing psychoactive chemical.
For example, scientific studies have found when people take a dose of L-theanine, it increases the amplitude and predominance of alpha waves in their brain.
Alpha waves are associated with “a calm and ready state of alertness”.
Meditation is also found to increase alpha wave activity.
“Decaffeinated” does not necessarily mean “caffeine free,” but the amount of caffeine should be significantly reduced to the point of being pointless… Unless you happen to drink a lot of it.
I think most of the answers are a lot more helpful, but somebody had to “well actually…” it.
It’s not really pointless. Decaf coffee has like 20% the caffeine.
I’m the same, I crave tea like crazy. My coworker just brought me some “energy” herbal tea back from Japan which is just delicious despite me not really being sure what it is.
Oh no! He didn’t give you that japanese meth tea that’s been going around??
Oh man I haven’t heard of that.
Drinking tea has a really calming effect. You can’t chug boiling water, now can you? You got to wait for the pot to boil, etc.
