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Superb quality as always. This helps me a lot with relieving sinus pressure and alleviating fatigue and tiredness throughout the day, I like it cold with lemon juice and apple cider vinegar with some clean water. Fantastic merchant(s) with great focus on quality.
James
Daily · 11 January 2025
Excellent seller. Product came quickly and securely. The guarana gave me a real boost during my work day and also helped me focus better on my meditation. Would recommend 😀
Barry
Daily · 18 January 2024
I've only have been trying this for three days and it has instantly boosted my memory & boosted my energy nothing like a high then a crash it's just perfect and lasts all day I can take four 800mg-1600mg at 6 a.m. and it will last all day even to the next day I will buy again.
Samonyai
Daily · 20 June 2021
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What are the traditional uses of guarana?
Guarana has been used for centuries by the peoples of Brazilian Amazonia, notably the Sateré-Mawé, as an awakening agent. She is a strongly caffeinated plant — the most caffeinated in the vegetal kingdom — whose caffeine, bound to the seed's tannins and saponins, releases slowly. Hunters and shamans drank her to hold long vigilance. This page documents a lineage and a traditional use, not a medical protocol.
Does guarana contain more caffeine than coffee?
Yes, by far. The guarana seed contains 2 to 8% caffeine by weight (4 to 5% on average), against 1 to 3% for the coffee bean — the highest known natural caffeine concentration in the vegetal kingdom. But the experience differs from coffee: guarana's caffeine, taken in a matrix of tannins, releases more slowly.
Is guarana really stronger than coffee caffeine?
This is a widespread myth. The often-cited "guaranine" is NOT a different molecule — it is chemically the same thing as caffeine. Guarana is therefore not a caffeine "4 to 7 times stronger". What changes is the release — slow, thanks to tannins — not the molecule's potency. At equal caffeine dose, the effect is more spread out in time, not more intense.
Why doesn't guarana give the coffee crash?
In the seed, caffeine is bound to tannins and saponins that slow her intestinal absorption. Where coffee's caffeine peak arrives in 30 to 60 minutes and falls quickly, guarana rises later (60 to 90 minutes) and the felt effect stretches over 4 to 6 hours, more regular. Gradual release is the plant's signature.
How do I consume guarana powder?
INFUSE offers guarana as seed powder. A teaspoon dilutes in a cup of warm plant milk or simmering water, in the morning; she can also be mixed cold in a smoothie, juice or yoghurt. The taste is frankly bitter and astringent — plant milk, a pinch of cacao or a little honey soften her. To take early in the day, never in the evening.
How much guarana per day?
Amazonian tradition dilutes a fragment of grated stick in water, without a fixed dose. As a common-use reference, a teaspoon of powder (about 2 to 4 g) in the first half of the day is enough; guarana's caffeine being slow, no need to load. Start with a small quantity, especially if you are sensitive to caffeine.
Does guarana prevent sleep?
It can. She is a strongly caffeinated plant and the stimulating effect, because it releases slowly, can last several hours. Better to reserve her for the morning and avoid her at the end of the day for people sensitive to caffeine, who can feel the effect until late.
Is guarana contraindicated during pregnancy?
As a precaution, yes. Caffeine crosses the placenta and passes into breast milk; guarana, very caffeinated, is therefore to avoid during pregnancy and breastfeeding. She is also contraindicated in children and requires caution in case of cardiovascular disorders, anxiety or insomnia. When in doubt, ask a doctor's advice.
What's the difference between warana and guarana?
Warana is the original name, in Sateré-Mawé language, of the traditional preparation of the plant. Guarana is the Portuguese corruption of the word, become the name of mass production — often roasted at high temperature, sometimes added with synthetic caffeine for sodas and energy drinks. The plant is the same; the manner of treating and respecting her is not.
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