Description
Ashwagandha is an herb which has been used for centuries in Ayurveda (traditional Indian medicine).
It is classified as an adaptogen, which means that it can enhance the body’s resilience to stress.
Ashswagandha’s main benefits, which have been supported by numerous studies, are:
- Relieving stress & reducing anxiety [s]
- Reducing cortisol (a hormone elevated when you are stressed) [s]
These effects have a number of great side effects, namely that Ashwagandha has been shown to also
- Improve sleep
- Improve fertility & testosterone levels
- Increase muscle gain & performance
- Improve cognitive perfomance
The reason for this is that many people are suffering from chronic stress, which negatively effects all these aspects of health.
By relieving the root cause of the issue, stress, these other aspects also improve.
On the flipside therefore, if you are not stressed whatsoever, it is unlikely that Ashwagandha supplementation will still benefit your sleep, fertility, testosterone, and performance as much as it would if you are stressed.