01 Theobromine and theophylline
Calmer energy that lasts longer.
Alongside caffeine, yerba mate contains two of its relatives: theobromine, which you know from cocoa, and theophylline. Your body breaks caffeine down by half in roughly 4 hours, theophylline in 6 and theobromine in 7. Theobromine gently widens the blood vessels and works more on the body than on the brain. In one study, caffeine combined with theobromine raised alertness, but not blood pressure.
Source: Lelo et al., 1986 · Mitchell et al., 2011











