Ashwagandha for stress relief

Many clinical trials show ashwagandha offers a wide range of benefits and helps balance the body’s response to the 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 that it promotes a healthy stress response, memory health and cognition, overall well-being and more.^1-6

In a 60-day clinical trial, 130 adults took ashwagandha extract once or twice daily, or placebo. After 60 days, all stress-related parameters were significantly improved in the groups receiving ashwagandha.¹ Ashwagandha Plus Calm and Focus delivers 250 mg of ashwagandha extract per dose.

The ashwagandha extract also helped balance biological markers of stress and encouraged a healthy balance of stress-related hormones such as cortisol.

Ashwagandha, cognitive health and mood

Stress can also affect memory, concentration and mood.⁷ In the 60-day study, at each dosage ashwagandha improved self-rated scores of cognitive function and mood.⁵ Specifically, ashwagandha helped relieve feelings of everyday stress, occasional irritability, and encouraged healthy concentration. Clinical studies also suggest that ashwagandha helps support healthy cognitive function.⁶

Spearmint for memory and concentration

Spearmint contains special phenolic compounds in spearmint extract that have been shown to support working memory, as well as reaction time, concentration and short-term memory.^8-10 Ashwagandha Plus contains 900 mg of a spearmint extract standardized for these phenolic compounds.

Working memory

In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, participants taking a high-phenolic spearmint extract for 90 days, exhibited better and more accurate working memory than placebo groups did.

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