The DARK SIDE of Ashwagandha

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Resumen

TLDRThis video explores both the positive and negative aspects of ashwagandha, a powerful herb known for its ability to reduce stress and anxiety, lower cortisol, and aid in sleep and recovery. While it offers numerous benefits like increased testosterone levels and improved V2 Max, caution is advised for people with hyperthyroidism, low blood pressure, or low cortisol. Excessive consumption may lead to emotional numbness. Recommended intake is 600 mg daily for no more than two months. The video also discusses how the plant's phytochemicals, intended as defense mechanisms, might influence its effects on humans.

Para llevar

  • 🌿 Ashwagandha helps reduce stress and anxiety, improving well-being.
  • 🛌 It aids in better sleep by lowering cortisol levels.
  • 💪 Athletes use it for boosting testosterone and V2 Max.
  • 🧐 Caution is advised for those with hyperthyroid, low blood pressure, or low cortisol.
  • ⚠️ Excessive use might lead to emotional numbness.
  • 🔄 Cycling use helps prevent body adaptation issues.
  • 📏 Keep the dosage to about 600 mg daily.
  • ⌛ Use for no more than two months followed by a break.
  • 🌱 Phytochemicals in ashwagandha are defense molecules causing adaptive stress.
  • 👶 Pregnant or breastfeeding women should avoid ashwagandha.

Cronología

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    The video discusses ashwagandha, a powerful herb known for its stress-reducing properties. It can help lower anxiety, cortisol, improve sleep, and assist with issues like insulin resistance and recovery. However, it should be avoided in cases of hyperthyroidism, low blood pressure, low cortisol, pregnancy, or sensitivity to its components, as it can exacerbate these conditions. Overuse can lead to emotional numbness, possibly due to its phytochemicals, which act as defense molecules in plants. To avoid this, it's recommended to use about 600 mg per day, divided into doses, and not exceed two months of continuous use to prevent receptor overstimulation. Despite the risks at high doses, the benefits are significant.

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Vídeo de preguntas y respuestas

  • What is ashwagandha good for?

    Ashwagandha is good for reducing stress, lowering cortisol, improving sleep, increasing testosterone, aiding recovery, lowering blood sugar, and managing insulin resistance.

  • Can everyone take ashwagandha?

    No, people with hyperthyroid conditions, low blood pressure, low cortisol, during pregnancy or breastfeeding, sensitivity to nightshades, or genetic issues with iron should avoid it.

  • What are the potential side effects of ashwagandha?

    Potential side effects include feeling emotionally flat or numb if taken in excessive doses or for too long.

  • What dosage of ashwagandha is recommended?

    A dosage of about 600 milligrams per day, divided into 300-milligram increments, is recommended.

  • How long should one take ashwagandha?

    It's recommended to take ashwagandha for no longer than two months at a time before taking a break.

  • What happens if you take too much ashwagandha?

    Taking too much can lead to a feeling of emotional numbness due to physiological adaptation.

  • Why might some people feel numb when taking ashwagandha?

    It could be due to the herb's phytochemicals acting as defense molecules, causing the body to adapt, potentially leading to emotional flatness.

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    today we're going to talk about the Dark
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    Side of ashwag gandha first let's talk
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    about the light side of ashwag gandha
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    it's a powerful herb I take it
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    periodically which I'm going to talk
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    about I don't take it all the time but
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    ashwa Ganda has been around for a very
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    long time and it has everything to do
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    with stress it helps to reduce stress it
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    helps to reduce anxiety especially if
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    you have nervousness it can actually
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    lower cortisol it can increase V2 Max
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    this is why a lot of athletes take it it
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    can increase testosterone and because it
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    lowers cortisol it can help you sleep
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    especially if you're getting up right
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    around 2:00 or 2:30 in the middle of the
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    night and it's good for Recovery it's
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    good to help lower your blood sugar and
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    help with insulin resistance so it's
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    going to help you lose weight you don't
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    want to take ashanda if you have a hyper
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    thyroid condition like Graves disease
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    for example why because ashwag gandha
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    speeds up the thyroid and so if you
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    already have a
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    hyperfast thyroid we don't want to speed
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    it up more also because it lowers blood
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    pressure if you have low blood pressure
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    you probably don't want to take it
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    because it's going to push your blood
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    pressure lower and also if you have low
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    cortisol you probably don't want to push
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    cortisol even lower than it is right now
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    and of course if you're pregnant or
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    breastfeeding I wouldn't recommend
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    taking it if you're sensitive to the
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    night shades I wouldn't recommend taking
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    it if you have a genetic problem where
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    you have too much iron then I probably
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    wouldn't take it too let's kind of roll
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    into kind of the big thing that people
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    are talking about online when you take
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    too much of it for too long you can end
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    up in a situation with the feeling that
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    your motions are flat okay you just kind
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    of feel kind of a little bit numb might
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    say it's too much serotonin but we don't
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    really know but I have a theory on it
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    the
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    phytochemicals in
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    ashwagandha are basically defense
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    molecules and so the plant has generated
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    and created those molecules to help
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    defend against other insects things like
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    that so it's really a pesticide so
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    you're probably wondering like then why
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    are we consuming it because a small dose
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    of this molecule apparently creates some
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    really positive effects on our body like
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    exercises of stress why would you want
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    to damage or create microinflammation in
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    your muscles right when you exercise
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    well because the body then adapts and
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    becomes stronger probably the same
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    thing's happening with Asanda it creates
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    a little bit of stress it causes our
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    body to adapt and become stronger thus
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    the term adaptogen most of the people
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    that you hear this from are people who
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    have taken it for a bit too long and
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    higher doses when you start getting into
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    doses like 1,000 milligrams a day 2,000
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    3500 milligrams a day that's when you
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    might start having some issues and this
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    is why I recommend keeping it at around
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    600 milligrams per day and breaking it
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    up into 300 milligram uh doses take that
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    for a bit and then now let's talk about
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    the duration I wouldn't recommend taking
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    it for more than two months at a time
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    and then start back up so that way the
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    body doesn't get used to it and you
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    don't create this chronic stimulation of
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    certain receptors that could be a
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    problem and then you can back off of it
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    for a while and then cycle back on it
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    but the overall benefits from mhag
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    gandha are so huge I don't want to throw
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    the baby out with the bath water now
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    since we're talking about stress if you
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    have not seen this video on the acur
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    pressure points that I teach people to
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    release stress accumulated stress you
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    should check it out I put that video up
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    right here
Etiquetas
  • ashwagandha
  • stress reduction
  • cortisol
  • thyroid
  • emotional flatness
  • phytochemicals
  • adaptogen
  • dosage
  • benefits
  • side effects