GABA with Xylitol Orange Flavor - 90 Chewable Tablets NOW Foods

Your Brain’s Natural Calming Agent
NOW Foods GABA is a non-essential amino acid found mainly in your brain and eyes. It is considered an inhibitory neurotransmitter, which means it regulates your brain and nerve-cell activity by inhibiting the number of neurons firing in your brain. GABA is oft referred to as your brain’s “natural calming agent”. By inhibiting overstimulation of your brain, it can help promote relaxation and ease your nervous tensions.

How Does it Work?
Your brain relies on various neurotransmitters that send signals to systems throughout your body. GABA’s primary role is to inhibit the activity of excited neurons or nerve cells, which can help improve your mood, cognition, and response to stress. On the other side of the coin, a GABA deficiency can result in increased symptoms of depression, anxiety, panic, post-traumatic stress disorder, and insomnia. Research supporting these effects of GABA supplements is providing a growing body of evidence of its effectiveness in controlling your mood.

The Supporting Cast
Combined with the GABA in this NOW Foods formula, L-Theanine helps to relax your mind and body, but without drowsiness, like many anti-anxiety medications can. So, at the same time you can relax, you can also maintain mental alertness. L-Theanine has been shown to relax your mind and, in preclinical research, was shown to increase your brain’s levels of dopamine, which is a neurotransmitter in your central nervous system that acts within your brain to help regulate your movement and emotion. Taurine is an amino acid that has also been shown to have calming properties that can help promote a relaxed state of mind. Taurine also helps your heart pump blood throughout your body and improve blood flow to your heart.

More Potential
Research has identified additional possible benefits of retaining appropriate levels of GABA in your body. One study reported that GABA may reduce seizures in some epileptic patients, though the evidence is not yet decisive. Another 2006 study found that GABA supplements can increase alpha waves and reduce immunoglobulin-A in healthy patients, reducing symptoms of acrophobia, an irrational fear of heights. In addition, studies show that increasing your GABA intake may help with insomnia since activation of GABA receptors favor sleep. Finally, an increased level of this NOW supplement has been shown to elevate your growth hormone, which helps improve your body’s response to intense exercise.