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> - Stop* with coffee, for some reason tea does not the same thing to my body, coffee is like gasoline on the anxiety fire, I cant stress this point enough.

Tea has the amino acid L-theanine [1] in it, which is supposed to reduce the "jittery" effects of coffee.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theanine



A very interesting amino acid that I have just started to experiment with [0]. On a side note, I highly recommend examine.com to anyone who struggles to find decent information on dietary supplementation. Not a member of the company, just a very impressed and grateful user.

[0] https://examine.com/supplements/theanine/




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