Vitality News Health Articles

Many advances have been made to increase our standard of living. These advances, such as climate control,preservatives, pesticides, have by-products that have negative effects on our stress levels,health, and well-being. Normally, we counter these effects with synthesized medicines, as in skin care products. These remedies are often unnecessary because our bodies’ possess the ability for healing and regeneration. Natural adaptogenic elements, which can support these inherent processes, are an alternative to commercial skin care products.

Adaptogens occur naturally and produce appropriate adjustments in our body at a cellular level. They work to protect the body from stress by stimulating its own self-regeneration process. They also boost the body’s energy level. They help to prevent stress from damaging our nervous, hormonal and immune systems. These agents support the body’s immune system and regulate body processes to help us achieve true and lasting health. Adaptogens normalize body functions and are absorbed harmlessly into the body, unlike allopathic drugs. Adaptogens are natural and bolster our innate resistance to disease.

Pesticides, preservatives, petroleum, polyester and plastics etc. contribute to our unnatural environment. However important these things may seem in the short-term, they produce unwanted, long-term results, like dry skin. The Earth is subject to smog, the thinning ozone layer, and the greenhouse effect. We endure heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides and other chemicals that find their way into our bloodstreams, that may cause itchy skin.

Our modern lifestyles debilitate our bodies’ natural ability to adapt by consistently forcing the environment to meet our desires instead of vice versa. Our best choice for survival is to enhance our adaptability to our environment. Instead of relying on pharmaceuticals and isolates to feel better or to fight rosacea or acne bacteria with chemicals, it may be best to empower our own immune systems. It is better to live harmoniously with nature, rather than control it. This is where adaptogens can be of great importance. These biological remedies can help the body conform better to its environment.

Research on adaptogens shows that they can minimize the systemic effects of chronic stressors;they can improve the adaptive response in people suffering from dermatitis due to stress. In the treatment of skin afflictions, adaptogenic elements work to increase the body’s nonspecific reactions to stress and reduce negative environmental effects.

As a society, we have become accustomed to running to the pharmacy in search for cures; perhaps it is time to look to nature in order to restore our natural condition. We are surrounded on every side by unnatural, man-made products which can give off harmful chemicals; therefore it is important to protect ourselves, mind and body, from these elements while still enjoying the fruits of modern living. Adaptogens really seem to offer us an opportunity to maintain our health and vitality, naturally and chemical-free.

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- Cynthia Alleyne