Category Archives: Stress

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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Exercise to Reduce Stress Levels

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Robert Barrington

There is an old saying that the best thing for stress is a little strain. What this really means is that exercise (strain) is a good way of managing stress. Exercise is itself a form of stress, and over exercising, … Continue reading →

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Can Vitamin C Suppress Cortisol Levels?

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Robert Barrington

There is evidence that vitamin C is able to suppress blood levels of cortisol in humans. In one study a group of researchers administered synthetic corticotropin (a hormone that causes the release of cortisol) to a group of children as … Continue reading →

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