If you often feel tired, fatigued, stressed, with lack of vitality and motivation, keep reading because this article might help you!
Rhodiola rosea is not a miracle pill but it is a flowering plant whose root can be used for fighting stress and anxiety, enhancing athletic performance and energy, and much much more.
Rhodiola is and adaptogen, which means it can help us to easily adapt to stress, and it does that by modulating levels of stress hormones in the body.
When stress hormones go too high, we can easily get edgy and anxious.
Overtime this can turn into chronic stress response and it can lead to fatigue, exhaustion and development of different chronic diseases.
What Rhodiola does, is preventing our stress hormones from going up too high at inappropriate times, and in such way, it helps us to cope better with daily stress.
The proper balance of neurotransmitters in our body, is necessary for healthy emotional and neurological functioning, and according to some research such balance can be achieved with a recommended dosage for Rhodiola rosea which goes from 100 to 300 mg daily.
Adaptogenic herbs like Rhodiola are usually antioxidant-rich herbs which action adapts exactly to what your body needs, for example it can provide a bit of energy when you’re fatigued or it can calm a stressful situation by managing your cortisol levels.
Rhodiola is usually recommended for people who are severely stressed or anyone who is struggling with adrenal fatigue because it supports the sympathetic nervous system which is something like a stress control center of your body.
Rhodiola can protect us from physical, mental and environmental stressors, but at the same time it works at the cellular level to fight physical and mental fatigue too.
Rhodiola can increase energy metabolism and the capacity of mitochondria to produce energy in the brain, in the muscles, in the liver, and most likely all over the body.
Due to its fatigue-fighting abilities, Rhodiola rosea is often used by endurance athletes, but it can be really effective for all of us who are always on the go or even for those who feel extremely tired even when sitting much of the day.
Last but not least important, is to remember to never give up, adaptogens do not work in minutes, and because it takes time for them to show positive effects (from few weeks to few months) they should be taken regularly and consistently, try it and if it works for you, you will be glad you did!