Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) has an extensive history of use in Indian Ayurvedic traditions, where it is used to promote healthy energy, emotional balance, and memory health.1
Many clinical trials show ashwagandha offers a wide range of benefits, and helps balance the body’s response to stresses of day-to-day living. In fact, ashwagandha has become one of the most sought-after botanicals for stress management, with human and animal research finding it promotes a healthy stress response, memory health and cognition, overall well-being and more.2-7
Ashwagandha extract also helped balance biological markers of stress and encouraged a healthy balance of the stress-related hormones cortisol and DHEA.
Stress can also affect memory, concentration and mood.8 Specifically, ashwagandha helped relieve feelings of worry and irritability, and encouraged healthy memory and concentration.
The participants taking ashwagandha also had improvements in physical parameters related to stress such as stress-related muscle tension.2
More research on Ashwagandha it became evident it covered both bases. At the feature level some of its functional benefits include: (1) supporting insulin, leptin, and thyroid hormone signaling (these support optimizing cellular energy and metabolism processes), (2) promoting cellular and mitochondrial antioxidant defenses, (3) stabilizing mitochondrial membrane structure and function, and (4) regulating important cell signaling pathways (e.g., Foxo, IGF-1, sirtuins).*
References:
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2. JANA. 2008;11(1)
3. Phytother Res. 2020;34(3):583-590.
4. Pharmacognosy research. 2014;6(1):12-18.
5. J Altern Complement Med. 2014;20(12):901-8.
6. J Ayurveda Integr Med. 2016;7(3):151-157.
7. Curr Neuropharmacol. 2021;19(9):1468-1495.
8. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2011;96(4):583-95.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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