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Daily Calm
Label amount: 100 mg
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GABA
Also called: Gamma-aminobutyric acid, PharmaGABA
The brain's main calming messenger. As a supplement it's used for stress and sleep, though it's unclear how much reaches the brain.
Medical Disclaimer
Supplements can interact with medications and aren't right for everyone, especially during pregnancy or breastfeeding, or with a chronic condition. Ask your provider before you start.
Studied for
- Stress and feeling on edge (small studies)
- Falling asleep (small studies)
- Calm before a stressful event
Found naturally in
- Your body makes it
- Fermented foods like kimchi and tempeh
- Tomatoes
- Sprouted brown rice
- GABA tea (a specially processed green tea)
Label red flags
- Calming blends that combine many sedating herbs
- Promises that it works like anxiety medicine
Check with a provider
- Taking sedatives, sleep medicines, benzodiazepines, or seizure medicines, or drinking alcohol
- Taking blood pressure medicines, since GABA may lower blood pressure slightly
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding (not well studied)
- Tingling, flushing, or a short-of-breath feeling can happen at higher amounts
Supplements that contain it
3 products in the Lesher Wellness store list gaba on the label.
Medical Disclaimer
Check with your provider before taking any of these, especially if you're pregnant or take medications.
Parts of the body it affects
Explore what each area does and the conditions that can affect it.
Illustrations: Servier Medical Art, CC BY 4.0
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Dr. Lesher is a Naturopathic Doctor who focuses on autoimmune and chronic conditions in women. Since 2020, she's helped hundreds of patients stop managing symptoms and start healing.