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GABA

GABA

8.2
A pill people take to help them relax or sleep
  • noun
  • /ˈɡæbə/
translation icon : suplemento de GABA
  • Many people take GABA supplements to help them relax before bed.

Do you ever prescribe the use of GABA supplements?

Examples

  • So there's some simple supplements like GABA or one of my favorites, magnesium that can be really helpful.

  • Do you ever prescribe the use of GABA supplements?

  • And so and so I went on and I did fine, but if I still anxious I would take GABA, magnesium, thiamine.

  • And so and so I went on and I did fine, but if I still anxious I would take GABA, magnesium, thiamine.

  • So I've looked at things like GABA before sleep sometimes Fennebutt, which is ventilated GABA.

  • So there's various things out there that you can take like Feni Bute or or GABA, you know that can that you can take before bed helps you sleep.

  • So there's some simple supplements like GABA or one of my favorites, magnesium, that can be really helpful.

  • Next, the team treated normal mice with valium, often used as an anti-anxiety drug and known to act like GABA by activating GABA receptors when it comes in contact with them.

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  • It has been previously reported that under high temperature conditions, a daily diet supplemented with GABA enhanced the digestive enzyme activities, anti-oxidation activity, and immune activity (Zhang et al., 2012).

    Academic text (2015)
  • The athlete started using GABA to reduce anxiety during competitions.

How Relaxing

sedative
  • Specialized
76 5.4
GABA
8.2
placebo
  • Specialized
61 6.0

Surface Forms

GABA singular
GABAs plural

Etymology

GABA as a supplement is named for the same chemical, gamma-aminobutyric acid, and is sold in pills or powders. People take GABA to feel more relaxed or to sleep, but doctors note that taken by mouth it may not reach the brain well, so its effects can be unclear.