All we want is to be stress-free

WrongDiagnosis.com, one of the world’s leading providers of online medical health information, lists that there are 678 medical conditions potentially causing anxiety! When you are stressed, your body produces chemicals such as adrenaline which prepare your body for an emergency, and over time these chemicals can damage your physical and mental health*.

Whilst some types of stress are more serious, there simple ways to combat those common everyday worries.

With many grabbing the common kitchen herb Sage to flavour their cooking, few will know its benefit for calming their anxieties and dealing with stress. In a recent British clinical trial a group of young adults given Sage extract were shown to feel significantly more contented, calm and alert within a few hours**.

Sage has been found to inhibit an enzyme called acetyl cholinesterase (AChE) which breaks down acetylchonine, an important neurotransmitter in the brain. Acetycholine is vital to cognitive functions including learning and memory.

Nature’s Best insist on a standardised extract which is thujone free and which has a well established safety profile; (many sage tinctures will contain undesirable compounds including thujone).

Nature’s Best Sage 500mg is a one-a-day extract which matches the levels used in trials, and costs £11.95 for 90 tablets (3 month supply). For further information, log on to Naturesbest.co.uk.

* dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/303/Stress-factfile/
** http://content.herbalgram.org/iherb/herbalgram/articleview.asp?a=3035