Mood boosting & Stress relieving Rhodiola Rosea
Have you ever felt that you needed a boost to your mood? Or you felt stressed and overwhelmed? Well, nature has the answer and it’s very simple: Rhodiola Rosea.
This adaptogen (helps your body adapt to stress), which grows in the Asian and European mountain regions, has been used for centuries to fight stress and adapt to whatever life throws at you. Due to the very cold areas where it grows it is often called the arctic root.
It is also dubbed the golden root for the astonishing number of active ingredients, among which rosavin, which helps fight fatigue and depression, but also salidroside, which helps prevent diabetes and improves kidney function. So if you are feeling stressed or burned out, and your kidney activity has slowed down, you may want to look into it.
Let’s see what are the benefits of this powerful adaptogen:
It helps fight stress and depression. In fact, in studies where subjects were given 400mg daily for a period of 3 months, they all experienced relief and a better mood as it reestablished a balance between the neurotransmitters, with less to no side effects than commonly prescribed antidepressants.
It helps alleviate symptoms of fatigue. It is of great help if you feel stressed and unable to focus. In fact, it helps in getting more concentrated and able to accomplish important tasks that may normally cause you stress.
It may help with learning and memorizing. Not only it helps with concentration, but also with cognition and learning in general.
It may improve exercise performance. Along with increasing mental performance it has shown to decrease oxidation and improves endurance in healthy individuals.
It may help manage diabetes. In fact, salidroside, one of the two main active ingredients has shown to improve kidney function and diabetic nephropathy.
It may inhibit the growth of cancer cells. Based on the studies it has shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells in lungs, bladder and colon.
As you can see this is a wonder herb with so many great properties. If you just need a bit more energy or to lift up your mood, you should git it a try!
