Advanced Nutritional Innovation - CALMadvantage - 60 Capsules

Advanced Nutritional Innovation CALMadvantage is a synergistic "feel good" formula that brightens your mood and relieves stress. Advanced Nutritional Innovation CALMadvantage also reduces nervous irritability so you can calm down and concentrate. The fast-acting non-drowsy formula is ideal for use during the day, at work. Advanced Nutritional Innovation CALMadvantage contains 5-HTP, the natural mood-boosting precursor of brain serotonin, and theanine, the natural calming component of green tea. 

Synergistic "feel good" formula

• Brightens mood and reduces stress naturally
• Reduces nervous irritability

Daytime, "at work" formula

• Improves concentration
• Improves interactions with people
• Helps the user think and work effectively

Function
Millions of North Americans live in a virtually constant state of stress. One of the most elusive and yet prized words has become “relaxation”. Thousands of scientific articles clearly point to the fact that immune function, adrenal gland health, mental wellness and overall health are adversely affected by both acute and chronic stress. Many health experts believe that stress is one of the largest risk factors leading to chronic degenerative disease. When the stress response takes over, the body is unable to adequately relax. This leads to poorer quality sleep, insomnia, inability to optimally concentrate, irritability and ultimately negative shifts in your otherwise health promoting biochemical pathways. Indeed your health is dependent upon the proper functioning of your biochemical pathways, yet the proverbial “fight or flight” response that we experience in the modern world of hustle and bustle is not conducive to your long term surviving positively alter brain waves and has many stress relief and other benefits. Brain waves are classified into four types, namely Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Theta waves, based on mental conditions. Generation of Alpha waves is considered to be an index of relaxation. In human volunteers, Alpha waves were generated on the occipital and parietal regions of the brain surface within 40 minutes after the oral administration of theanine (50–200 mg), signifying relaxation without causing drowsiness.

L-theanine exhibits numerous benefits including:

• Relieves stress
• Promotes relaxation without drowsiness
• Reduces nervous irritability and restlessness
• Promotes a relaxed feeling
• Eases occasional simple nervous tension
• Eases nervousness due to common everyday overwork and fatigue
• Diminishes normal symptoms of premenstrual syndrome

Other applications suggested by research conducted at the Laboratory of Nutritional Biochemistry, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Shizuoka, in Shizuoka Japan include:

1. Improving Learning Performance
2. Heightening Mental Activity
3. Improving Concentration
4. Reducing Caffeine Effects
5. Supporting the Immune System