Chronic and “adaptogenic” stress
Requirements for efficiency, productivity, profitability
The industrialized society in which we live is associated with a high level of daily stress among the majority of individuals. The inability to effectively adapt to this chronic stress increases the predisposition to the development of several health disorders. These imbalances include vulnerability to infections, type 2 diabetes, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, stomach ulcer and ulcerative colitis. Also note disorders of the nervous system, such as depression and anxiety.
Stress increases the risk of depression
The results of a survey carried out by Statistics Canada confirm these observations. The study reveals that men and women aged between 18 and 75 whose workdays are quite or extremely stressful are more than three times more likely to have experienced a major depressive episode compared to those who reported low levels of general stress.
Enjoy the calm of nature
Several medicinal plants and other natural substances can effectively reduce the clinical manifestations of stress. Due to their relaxing and calming effects, these compounds act positively on nervousness, tremors, palpitations, muscular tension and insomnia, without causing side effects.
Stress. Adaptogen.
When stress becomes chronic, it is imperative to use an “adaptogen”. What is it exactly? An adaptogenic plant increases our body's ability to adapt to different stresses whatever their origins. They act by exerting a non-specific normalizing action on numerous organs or physiological functions. More concretely, the adaptogen will balance the secretion of hormones produced by the adrenal glands. It will have an immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-hypertensive and mood stabilizing effect.
Ashwagandha
Ashwagandha ( Withania somnifera ) is an adaptogenic herb that has been widely used in Ayurvedic medicine for centuries. The therapeutic effects of ashwagandha have been demonstrated repeatedly by scientific research. For example, a study by Bhattacharya et al. made it possible to demonstrate the adaptogenic activity of this plant in rats subjected to high chronic stress over a period of 21 days. At the end of the study, the animals that received ashwagandha were much healthier and much less affected by stress than the control group.
To try it is to adopt it !
ViaZen Stress is a unique “anti-stress” formula that combines both calming and relaxing substances. Among other things, its list of ingredients includes valerian, magnesium, L-theanine extracted from green tea and the powerful adaptogen ashwaganda.
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Roseline Gagnon M. Sc Nutrition, ND. HAS.
