Miraculous mental health effects of a passionate youth drink

A delicious green drink can be a golden key to help treat anxiety disorders, a fairly common and complex mental health problem.

Scientists from Kumamoto University (Japan) have proved that their country's famous matcha tea powder not only creates good drinks but is also good for health. The experiment in mice showed that it directly affects two important neurological chemicals and is a powerful anti-anxiety agent.

Matcha is the material that makes many popular drinks over time - (artwork from the internet).

According to Dr. Yuki Kurauchi (Department of Pharmacological Sciences), the author of the study, in animal experiments, matcha has shown a direct effect on two dopaminergic and serotonergic systems in the brain, helping them to function stronger. These are the two systems that help produce dopamine and serotonin, two important neurotransmitters.

Dopamine, dubbed the "happy hormone", increased secretion of dopamine helps us feel happy, satisfied, motivated in all life activities, enhance the brain . Meanwhile, serotonin abundantly helps you increase ability to adjust mood and appetite, sleep better, increase awareness . Deficiency of these 2 hormones can lead to low mood, anxiety and even anxiety disorders, a rather complex syndrome. junk in psychiatry.

Matcha is a famous Japanese green tea powder , which is finely ground green tea leaves. Matcha green tea plants must be grown under 90% shade and care in a special way by indigenous people. Matcha is often used to make a variety of drinks and also as a coloring and flavoring ingredient for food.

Dr. Kurachi added that in order to make a more assertive statement, an epidemiological study on humans is necessary. However, the evidence they have gathered is enough to show that matcha offers certain benefits to human health.

The research has just been published in the Journal of Functional Foods.

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