Ashwagandha Supplement - Scientific Evidence and Mechanisms*
Ashwagandha, an adaptogenic herb, helps the body manage stress by lowering cortisol, reducing anxiety, improving sleep, and fighting fatigue, while also supporting muscle strength, athletic performance (VO2 max), cognitive function, and hormone balance, with preliminary research pointing to benefits for blood sugar and inflammation.* It's used in Ayurvedic medicine for vitality, calm, and overall balance, often taken as capsules or powders for its calming and strengthening effects.*
Key Benefits
- Stress and Anxiety: Significantly lowers stress hormones (cortisol) and reduces feelings of stress, anxiety, and fatigue, notes studies.*
- Sleep Quality: Helps improve sleep by calming the body and restoring natural sleep cycles.*
- Physical Performance: Boosts muscle strength, size, recovery, and cardiorespiratory endurance (VO2 max) in athletes and active individuals, say Banner Health and National Institutes of Health.*
- Cognitive Function: May enhance focus, memory, and overall cognitive performance.*
- Hormone and Reproductive Health: Supports adrenal and thyroid function, helps balance reproductive hormones, and may improve libido and fertility in women, note Northwestern Medicine and Verywell Health.*
- Blood Sugar and Inflammation: Limited evidence suggests it can help lower blood sugar and reduce inflammation.*
How it Works (Adaptogen)
As an adaptogen, it helps your body adapt to stress by regulating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, bringing you back to balance rather than targeting a single symptom, explain Northwestern Medicine and Health Matters.* Safety
- Consumers who buy Ashwagandha supplements should ensure the product is lab-tested by a third party laboratory for purity and potency. When you buy Ashwagandha tincture offered by Vital Path Naturals, rest assured it is lab-tested for purity, quality and safety.
