Ashwagandha
Good Sexual Health for Women
There are certainly a lot of cultural issues to navigate when discussing women’s sexual health, desire, arousal and gratification. I was going to title this “Putting the Ooh Back Into the Ooh La La,” but then thought: why are we always making jokes when we talk about sex? Maybe we are a little uncomfortable on ...
U.S. Herbal Supplement Sales Increased by 9.7 Percent in 2021
Annual sales of herbal dietary supplements in the United States totaled $12.350 billion in 2021, according to the American Botanical Council’s (ABC’s) 2021 Herb Market Report. This represents the highest recorded annual spending on these products in the United States and a 9.7 percent increase from the previous year—the second-highest annual sales growth for herbal supplements since ...
Achieving a Healthy Balance With Ashwagandha
Ashwagandha is an ayurvedic herb that has been used for thousands of years for its various health benefits related to mental health, cognitive health and energy. The herb has been steadily gaining popularity today as more consumers look for a solution to their stress and anxiety issues—particularly since the pandemic began. As a result, according ...
Brain Boosters!
The Best Brain Booster of Them All The best brain booster of them all is the herb Ginkgo biloba. Ginkgo helps healthy people keep their cognitive powers, and it helps people with Alzheimer’s to fight for them. Several double-blind studies show that ginkgo helps cognition in seniors (Human Psychopharmacol Clin Exp 2002;17:267- 77), including significantly ...
Energy for Life
When we think about energy, we might envision running a marathon or dancing the tango. And yes, those activities certainly need energy. But we also need a consistent source of energy to do the humdrum tasks in our lives (hello, my old nemesis: laundry), and to care for ourselves. When we start to run out ...
The Anxiety Vampire
When I was a kid, and, I will admit, even now as an adult, I loved monster movies, and am sure I have watched dozens of vampire films. Some were corny (Count Yorga, Vampire) and some were terrifying (anyone see the original Nosferatu?). Some vampires were beautiful or handsome, some were bat-faced and ugly. One ...
High Potency Ashwagandha Withanolides for Improving Sleep, Stress, Mood, Testosterone and Vitality
In Africa, the Mediterranean and India, the indigenous, small, woody shrub known as ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) has been used in ayurvedic medicine1 for more than 3,000 years. In 78 AD book Kitab-ul-Hashaish, Dioscorides described ashwagandha as a “Rasayana”—meaning a rejuvenator “that promotes a youthful state of physical and mental health and expands happiness.”2 Likewise, ashwagandha ...
Gaia Herbs Supports Local Veterans with Donation of Hemp Full Spectrum Extract
Gaia Herbs has recently donated 2,100 bottles of its Full Spectrum Hemp Extract to Veterans Healing Farm to help support veterans in western North Carolina. The donation included 750 Hemp Full Spectrum 10mg/ml 2-oz. bottles, 1,250 Hemp Full Spectrum 20mg/ml 2-oz. bottles, 100 Hemp Full Spectrum 40 mg/ml 2-oz. bottles, as well as a variety ...
Gold and Diamonds, or Energy?
Let me start by saying I like the sparkly stuff as much as the next person. But I would trade every piece of jewelry I own in a heartbeat for limitless energy. Imagine getting up in the morning with energy and optimism and the physical endurance to do anything you want to do. Head for ...
Natural Interventions for Depression
Two of the major mood issues with which many people struggle are anxiety and depression. I have already done an in-depth column on stress called “Anxiety: Friend or Foe? Sometimes Both!” (http://vitaminretailer.com/anxiety-friend-foe-sometimes/). I’d like to switch gears in this article and cover depression, dysphoria and unhappiness. While we all like to believe that we (our ...
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