An L-Tyrosine Deep Dive

Behind the curtain.

AndFocus is an expert-formulated supplement that supports focus while helping you feel present. The blend includes vegan L-Tyrosine, an amino acid that metabolizes dopamine and assists with stress and Bacopa Extract, a plant that has been used for centuries in traditional Ayurvedic medicine that helps you feel more present and in the moment. While both have immense benefits, today, let’s focus on L-Tyrosine.

So, what is L-Tyrosine?

L-Tyrosine is an amino acid and a precursor to important catecholamine neurotransmitters (hormones that the brain, nerve tissues, and adrenal glands produce) dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine. “There are studies that show L-tyrosine can be really helpful in creating focus,” said Dr. Hemalee Patel, DO, “so we know that it helps with retention, too. It does have a little bit of a calming effect. It quiets down the expanded frontal lobe enough to quiet down the amygdala. When you are feeling like you need to focus and you've got so much stuff going on, and you're multitasking, which is taking you further away from things that you need to do, your amygdala starts to get a little bit more responsive, and your frontal lobe unnecessarily shrinks. It's not able to do the thing that it needs to do, which is creatively expand. L-tyrosine helps on both those mechanisms without blunting the effects of either one.”