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LION’S MANE
(HERICIUM ERINACEUS)
IS A MUSHROOM THAT GROWS ON TRUNKS OF DEAD HARDWOOD TREES SUCH AS OAK. IT HAS A LONG HISTORY OF USE IN EAST ASIAN MEDICINE.
A STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY LISTS THE BENEFITS BY STATING LION’S MANE MUSHROOM INCLUDES “ANTIBIOTIC, ANTICARCINOGENIC, ANTIDIABETIC, ANTI-FATIGUE, ANTIHYPERTENSIVE, ANTI-HYPERLIPODEMIC, ANTI-SENESCENCE [ANTI-AGING], CARDIOPROTECTIVE, HEPATOPROTECTIVE, NEPHROPROTECTIVE, AND NEUROPROTECTIVE PROPERTIES” AND SUPPORTS “IMPROVEMENT OF ANXIETY, COGNITIVE FUNCTION, AND DEPRESSION”.
PUBMED.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV/26244378/
BAMBOO EXTRACT
(VEGAN COLLAGEN)
BAMBOO IS A FLOWERING PERENNIAL EVERGREEN PLANT.
AS BAMBOO EXTRACT CONTAINS HIGH LEVELS OF NATURAL SILICA, IT HELPS TO REPLENISH COLLAGEN STORES, IMPROVE SKIN’S FLEXIBILITY, AND PREVENT MOISTURE LOSS.
YOU CAN’T BUILD COLLAGEN BY EATING COLLAGEN. WHAT YOU CAN DO IS FEED YOUR BODY THE NECESSARY CO-NUTRIENTS NEEDED FOR BUILDING COLLAGEN. BAMBOO EXTRACT AND VITAMIN C HELP SUPPORT THE BODY’S OWN COLLAGEN AND CAN HELP RESTORE AND MAINTAIN YOUTHFUL LEVELS OF COLLAGEN, KERATIN AND ELASTIN. THE NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS CONTAINED IN BAMBOO CAN PROTECT THE SKIN AGAINST HARMFUL FREE RADICALS AND UV-INDUCED DAMAGE. BAMBOO EXTRACT IS ANTI-IRRITANT, I.E., SAFE FOR SENSITIVE SKINS, AND CAN EVEN HELP TO REDUCE THE SYMPTOMS OF DRY SKIN CONDITIONS LIKE ECZEMA AND PSORIASIS. MOREOVER, IT IS A GREAT ANTI-ACNE INGREDIENT REDUCING THE FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF BREAKOUTS.
WWW.SKINCITY.COM/EN/SKINGUIDE/EVERYTHING-YOU-NEED-TO-KNOW-ABOUT-BAMBOO-EXTRACT
ASHWAGANDHA
(WITHANIA SOMNIFERA)
ALSO KNOWN AS “INDIAN WINTER CHERRY” OR INDIAN GINSENG”, IS AN EVERGREEN SHRUB THAT IS FOUND IN INDIA, AFRICA AND PARTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
AYURVEDIC MEDICINE HAS LONG BEEN USING ASHWAGANDHA TO INCREASE ENERGY, IMPROVE OVERALL HEALTH AND REDUCE INFLAMMATION, PAIN AND ANXIETY. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT ASHWAGANDHA CAN HELP NORMALIZE CORTISOL LEVELS, THUS REDUCING THE STRESS RESPONSE.
IN ADDITION, ASHWAGANDHA HAS ALSO BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED CANCER RISKS, IMPROVED MEMORY, IMPROVED IMMUNE FUNCTION AND ANTI-AGING PROPERTIES.
HEALTH.CLEVELANDCLINIC.ORG/WHAT-IS-ASHWAGANDHA/
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