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so what is an adaptogen okay let’s talk

about that so an adaptogen is usually

some plant or herb that increases the

ability to adapt and avoid damage from

harmful factors the Latin word for

adaptogen is adaptare which means to

adjust or fit and the Greek word for Gen

means produced by or generated by so an

adaptogen generates the ability to adapt

or adjust to stress and if we define

stress stress is something that

threatens homeostasis another word that

I want to define homeostasis is this

steady state of equilibrium for example

different fluids have different PHS in

your body you have you have a normal

temperature 98.6 you have normal pulse

rate that should be maybe you know 72

you have blood pressure 120 over 80 you

have blood sugars which is usually about

82 so you have all these different

normal values that are generated by

different mechanisms that control

homeostasis which is your internal

ability to adapt to the environment to

keep things normal but when you actually

have stressed and it pushes some of

these factors out of balance for example

when your stress and cortisol goes up an

adaptogen can bring that back to normal

same thing with your immune system if

your immune system is suppressed

adaptogens can help bring that to a

higher level and there are four

adaptogens that I like the best Siberian

ginseng panax ginseng rhodiola and my

favorite one ashwagandha which is also

good for inflammatory conditions like

arthritis anxiety ADHD decreasing stress

lowers cortisol by 20% in certain

studies and a lot of people are taking

this for adrenal stress so in summary an

adaptogen just basically brings you back

to the normal level alright thanks for

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