{"id":6410,"date":"2023-08-09T20:02:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T13:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6410"},"modified":"2023-08-09T20:02:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T13:02:10","slug":"research-finds-guarana-can-help-improve-focus-concentration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6410","title":{"rendered":"Research Finds Guarana Can Help Improve Focus &#038; Concentration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_1500,h_1000\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/3o4gv2v1zjzwtfnb0.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As Naidoo previously told mindbodygreen, guarana has been used for thousands of years by\u00a0<span data-citation-wrapper=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0378874113005771\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0378874113005771\" data-citation-link=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Indigenous communities in the Amazon<\/a><a href=\"#citations\" data-citation-number=\"2\">2<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/span>\u00a0for its naturally stimulating effects.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, the powder of guarana seeds, in particular, is consumed in tea or mixed into beverages, Naidoo says, adding, &#8220;But in the modern market, it&#8217;s largely available in energy [drinks] and soft drinks.<\/p>\n<p>So for this study, researchers wanted to review the existing research on guarana seeds, particularly looking at how consumption of guarana seeds impacted factors like cognition tests, performance time, accuracy, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The team identified eight placebo-controlled studies that met the inclusion criteria, providing data on 328 participants. This review and meta-analysis showed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/why-a-phd-took-guarana-before-every-exam-period\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/why-a-phd-took-guarana-before-every-exam-period\" rel=\"noopener\">guarana ingestion<\/a> resulted in faster performance during a variety of cognitive tasks\u2014without affecting the accuracy\u2014compared to those participants who took a placebo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whether the changes were linked to the caffeine content or other bioavailable substances in guarana is unknown,&#8221; the study authors note, adding that additional studies are needed to better understand the relationship between guarana, caffeine, and cognition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Naidoo previously told mindbodygreen, guarana has been used for thousands of years by\u00a0Indigenous communities in the Amazon2\u00a0for its naturally stimulating effects. Traditionally, the powder of guarana seeds, in particular, is consumed in tea or mixed into beverages, Naidoo says, adding, &#8220;But in the modern market, it&#8217;s largely available in energy [drinks] and soft drinks. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[128,79],"class_list":["post-6410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-focus","tag-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}