What is Rhodiola?
It's also called Rhodiola roses, a flowering plant that grows in Europe, Asia, North America its roots are considered as an adaptogen, meaning, helpful in stress its root contains more than 140 active ingredients, of which two molecules are very unique, these are
Rosavin
Salidroside
In Russia and other Scandinavian countries, the Rhodiola is used for centuries for the treatment of, stress, anxiety, fatigue, and depression. Today it is very widely used in number of health supplements,(1),(2),(3)
Let's see
What are the health benefits of Rhodiola?
It's very rich in a lot number of bioactive molecules, and also long been known as adaptogen means a natural substance that helps the body to fight stress.
1,:- Reduces stress, anxiety, and depression
It works, it provides health benefits in this area
2,:- It can reduce fatigue
Fatigue is the major cause for the feeling of mental and physical tiredness, and fatigue comes from stress, anxiety, and sleep disorders, Rhodiola due to its adaptogenic properties provide help and reduce fatigue, and its symptoms it also increases
Mood
Concentration
Attention
Emotion
3,:- It can manage depression in a better way
Depression is a very common problem, but we can not call it a serious illness, and if it continues it leads to negative performance and actions.it occurs by unbalanced neurotransmitters in the brain, and in this situation doctors give drugs, they are also called anti-depression drugs. but Rhodiola does this job and does it better way, and by a lot of people, it is used for this purpose only.
4,:-It improve brain function
Exercise, proper nutrition, and good sleep this is what is needed for the brain, and here
Rhodiola works very well it
It reduces mental fatigue
Improve performance
Improve sleep quality
5,:-Can improve exercise performance
Everyone wants better results from exercise whatever he does, but all the time results may end up in frustration only, here Rhodiola can help.it has the potential to decrease perceived exertion, and by doing so it can allow you to exercise more harder way for achieving your goals,(4),(5)
6,:-Can help in diabetes
It lowers blood sugar, and thus provides help in diabetes
7,:-It has anti-cancer properties
It has some ingredients which have very potent anti-cancer activities, it inhibits the growth of cancer cells in more particularly breast, colon, liver, bladder cancers
How best we can take Rhodiola?
Rhodiola is available in extract form in tablet and capsule, it also available as a tea, The most popular is pill because in the pill you can plan your daily doses
How to make sure that it is good stuff?
Must check-in labels, it should have
Rosavins 3%
Salidrosides 1%
What can be doses?
For stress, anxiety, fatigue, depression. It can be 400 -to- 600 mg/day/single dose for performance-enhancing, it can be 200 -to- 300 mg/ day / single dose, an hour or two before exercise.
When to take?
Don't take it before going to bed, in the nighttime, as it has some stimulating effect it can disturb sleep patterns also better take an empty stomach
Does Rhodiola have any negative impact?
It's very safe and very well tolerated by most of the people,(6),
Does Rhodiola is good for Nootropics?
Rhodiola is most used natural in supplements meant for Nootropics
So where do we stand, from a nootropics facts point of view Rhodiola is just great works very effectively about nootropics function it also works great and it covers most of the brain functions, from all practical purpose as nootropics, this can be regarded as the first choice.