Ashwagandha is a plant grown in India where it is used in natural medicine. The medicinal forms of this plant help the body to maintain healthy balances, to boost energy production and they help the body to revitalize and rejuvenate via the body’s recovery and renewal systems.
Ashwagandha’s bioactive compounds, more commonly refered to as adaptogens, uniquely endow this plant’s medicinal variations with the ability to help the body adapt to stress and recover from stress induced environments, contributing to the stimulation of a general sense of balance and well being.
Essentra’s™ ashwagandha extract ingredient does this by naturally restoring the body’s stress hormone balance and enhances it’s return from a disrupted homeostasis to a state of normal equilibrium. This is change in the body is affected by the Essentra™ ashwagandha extract’s action of reducing levels of serum cortisol and raising levels of serum DHEA which is a precursor to testosterone.
Nutragenesis’ ashwagandha extract, Essentra™, is used in two of Amway’s XS™ Energy Drinks. The drinks in the Energy + Burn category in the flavor of Strawberry and the flavor of Blood Orange, both include Essentra™ as an ingredient.
If you are affected with stress related symptoms due to exposure to chronic stress, you may consider sampling the Energy + Burn XS Energy Drinks in your effort to consume products that have the potential to help reduce stress related symptoms and improve over all mood.
Many clinical studies have been carried out to study ashwagandha. One study is listed at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). You can read this study of Withania somnifera, also known as ashwagandha, a study that was a prospective, double-blind, multi-dose, placebo-controlled, crossover study. In the study of ashwagandha, it reveals the effect of ashwagandha on focus and concentration. Cognitive improvements were seen in tests of card sorting, reaction times and choice discrimination; showing benefits in coordination, responsiveness, concentration, memory and focus.
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