Excerpted
from a lecture by K. Steven Whiting Ph.D., Director, Institute
of Nutritional Science. Reproduced by permission.
If you consider the far reaching side effects from our hectic, stressful life-style it is no wonder that we have the number of illness and sick days from work that we do. The wide spread frequency of stress related conditions such as stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, mood swings, melancholy and others, are almost universal, making anti-anxiety and anti-depression drugs the number one prescribed medications in the world.
There is no doubt that stress is a factor in most lives at some time or another. Key nutrients, revolving around the B-Complex vitamins, are what the body uses to fight the ravages of excess stress upon the internal chemistry of our bodies. By combining key stress vitamins with natural tranquilizing herbs such as valerian and Kava root, we have been able to help many thousands of people cope with excess stress on both the long and short term levels, very effectively.
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