L-Theanine for Sexual Stamina
Theanine may help by reducing performance anxiety rather than by affecting stamina physiology.
Overview
Verdict
How It Works
Dosing & Protocol
Typical dose
- Recommended dose
- 100-200mg as needed
- Expected timeframe
- 30-60 minutes
Protocol
- form
- Not applicable
- duration
- Not applicable
- co factor
- Evidence is insufficient. No randomised trial has examined L-theanine for sexual stamina, erectile function, libido or any sexual endpoint. The theanine literature concerns anxiety, stress responses, sleep and attention. A speculative case can be made - performance anxiety contributes to sexual difficulty, and theanine reduces anxiety - but this is inference layered on inference, with no supporting data and no mechanism specific to sexual physiology. Theanine has no known effect on nitric oxide signalling, testosterone or genital blood flow, which are the pathways relevant to sexual function. Its inclusion in products marketed for this purpose reflects marketing rather than evidence.
- titration
- Not applicable
- starting dose
- Not applicable as an established treatment
Evidence
What the studies say
No studies are yet linked to both L-Theanine and Sexual Stamina.
Safety
Caveats
Purely anxiolytic and indirect. Behavioural techniques have better evidence.
Less likely to help if
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