What Even Is An Adaptogen!?!

Jordan Brandt

The simple answer to this question comes in its very definition from pharmacologist Nikolai Lazarev. Adaptogens are nontoxic herbs that protect the body from damaging physical and emotional stress while improving many of its systems and functions.

Historically & Scientifically Researched

Adaptogens have become quite the new buzzword in the world of supplements and for good reason. They are anything but new as the history of modern scientific research on adaptogens begins with World War II with the enhanced need to increase stamina, endurance, and performance of soldiers, pilots, sailors, and civilians engaged in production of weapons and war material. For example, the first scientific studies on the stimulating and tonic effects of schisandra were published in Soviet World War II-era military journals. 

Now fast-forward through the use of adaptogens in The Space Race, the winning of Olympic Gold Medals, one 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for the discovery of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), years of continued scientific research, and you get the creation of Nomadic Effects. 

In other words, adaptogens are plant medicine!

Along with targeting specific therapeutic effects on stress-related disorders, Adaptogens also have an impact on the quality of life of patients when implemented in the standard therapy of many chronic diseases and pathological conditions (e.g., post-surgery recovery, asthenia, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Adaptogens may also have potential use in age-related disorders, such as neurodegenerative diseases and cardiovascular diseases. Thus, elderly people may be able to maintain their health status on a normal level, improve their quality of life, and possibly increase longevity.

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Disclaimer: We have taken the liberty of summarizing much of the research done on adaptogens from the 59 articles referenced to write this snippet below. 

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