The sports industry is one of the leading markets for supplements to enhance performance. Many of these supplements, however, can have detrimental side effects, and can actually compromise the integrity of an athletic performance rather than improve it. Some such supplements—like velveteen—are either synthetically produced or harvested in unethical ways, while others—such as human growth … Read More
Adaptogens
Adaptogens: Retraining the Way Your Body Responds to Stress
What Is Stress? Stress is an incredibly pervasive, yet often vague, concept. Stress can be visual, cognitive, physical, or emotional – essentially anything an individual perceives as upsetting or disruptive to their unique homeostasis. During the stress response, we perceive something that initiates an alarm response—what many people know as fight or flight—and then exist … Read More