Power Adapt and Botanabol for stress: now you can benefit from the herbal formulas that give olympic athletes and cosmonauts their competitive edge

During the Cold War, in the USSRs quest to dominate
the world, its government had scientists secretly
researching natural herbal formulas that would give
them the edge in anything that could affect world
politics from the Olympic Games, to space travel,
to military operations.

The scientists found that beyond skill or training,
it is the bodys ability to handle and adapt to
stress that gives someone that extra boost needed to
pull ahead of the competition. This led to extensive
research on adaptogens. As the name implies,
adaptogens are combinations of herbs and other
plants that help the body adapt to high-stress
situations.

The use of natural adaptogen formulas catapulted the
Russians to success. Their athletes received record
numbers of medals at the Olympics and their
cosmonauts on the Mir Space Station experienced less
bone and muscle loss than anyone had expected they
even stayed in space longer than anyone else had up
to that point.

While most of us arent Olympic athletes or
astronauts, we still experience high levels of
stress that take a toll on our body systems. And
now, with the adaptogen products Power Adapt and
Botanabol, which are available here in the UK for
the first time, you can experience the same formulas
that brought so much success to the Soviets.

Stress relief: Its all about balance

In order to fully understand how and why these two
formulas are so important, you need to understand
the toll stress takes on your body.

Your ability to maintain a balance between anabolic
(building-up) and catabolic (breaking-down) activity
is critical to every aspect of human health. The
stress response throws off that balance and blocks
many of the bodys natural protection and repair
systems. Chronic stress causes the body to be in an
over-catabolic state. That has all sorts of negative
effects on human health, including muscle loss,
reduced cellular and systemic energy, poor physical
and mental performance, slow recovery from illness,
decreased immune responsiveness, hormone imbalances
and accelerated ageing.

Adaptogens improve your stress defence. They help
build up the energy reserves that are essential for
combating any type of stress and for recovering from
fatigue, illness, or trauma. They also reduce stress
reactions during extreme situations, which helps you
avoid that energy crash that comes after your
adrenaline stops pumping at high speed.1
General scientific studies have shown that
adaptogens do all of the following:2

*Make the stress response less damaging
*Reduce most signs of the alarm stage of the stress
response and delay the exhaustion stage or help
you avoid it altogether
*Help the body utilise fuel more efficiently, with
fewer toxic or waste by-products (such as lactic
acid) that can contribute to fatigue and reduced
energy output
* Use energy efficiently, making greater reserves
more readily available when you need them for
performing more difficult tasks

Alleviate stress: The Soviet stress-relieving duo

These two adaptogen products were formulated by
Donald Yance, M.H., AHG, C.N., and Ben Tabachnik,
Ph.D. In the former USSR, Dr. Tabachnik worked as a
coach for the Soviet Olympic Team and developed
alternatives to using anabolic steroids including
the use of herbal adaptogens. After he came to the
US, he began working with Yance, a practising
clinical master herbalist and certified
nutritionist, to develop Power Adapt and Botanabol.
The products were designed to work as a pair. Power
Adapt focuses on daily stress mitigation while
Botanabol focuses on anabolic function.

Power Adapt is a liquid tonic that contains extracts
from 12 different herbs. While we dont want to
overload you with too many details on the background
of each individual herb, we will highlight some of
the standouts.

Eleutherococcus senticosus (Eleuthero) is the most
widely researched herbal adaptogen and has been
shown to be highly effective in improving your
capability to respond to adverse conditions. Human
studies indicate that wild eleuthero extract
increases the ability of humans to withstand many
adverse physical conditions (i.e., heat, noise,
motion, workload increases, exercise and
decompression) and improves mental alertness and
work output, especially under stressful conditions.3

Rhaponticum (Leuzea carthamoides) actually prevents
the catabolic state brought on by stress. It
improves physical work capacity and coordination of
movement, increases athletic performance and builds
lean muscle mass.4

It also has a normalising effect on the central
nervous and cardiovascular systems. In human
studies, it has been shown to improve sleep,
appetite, mood and work performance under stressful
conditions.5

The other herbs in Power Adapt include schisandra
seed, panex ginseng, cordyceps, pantocrine,
Manchurian spikenard, ashwaganda, Arctic rose, wild
oat seed, liquorice and milky oat seed.

Stress relief: Russian mountain rock juice and other ingredients
that help rebuild what stress tears down

The second adaptogen product, Botanabol, offers
strong anabolic support, which is crucial in
recovering and rebuilding energy after youve been
exposed to stress. Our anabolic reserves tend to
decline as we age, so restoring them is actually a
key anti-ageing technique. Its also a useful tool
for helping to recover from any health challenge.
Botanabol, also formulated by Yance and Tabachnik,
is an herbal formula rich in ecdysterones which have
been extensively studied on professional and Olympic
athletes.

Those athletes who use ecdisterones display a more
rapid passing of fatigue, less apathy after physical
work and improved performance in sports like
weightlifting, track and field, swimming and ski
racing. Ecdysterones increase the synthesis of
muscle proteins and accelerate muscle recovery. They
also aid in recovery after exercise by increasing
the removal of lactic and uric acid waste products.

In addition to ecdysterones, the other extracts in
Botanabol have also been scientifically researched.
One of the most unique herbs in the formula is
mumie, also called Russian mountain rock juice,
which has been used for centuries in Russia, where
it is known for its anabolic activity.
Traditionally, it is used for immune, nervous system
and urinary tract disorders, chronic fatigue, memory
loss, diabetes, drug withdrawal and sexual
dysfunction and to promote wound healing and bone
growth.

Overall, the Botanabol formula improves energy,
insulin and glucose control and stress resistance.
It increases protein synthesis, fostering muscle
growth and tissue repair and promotes optimal
immunity, vital organ protection, healing and
longevity.

Power Adapt and Botanabol: What to take for best results

Power Adapts suggested dosage is 30 to 60 drops two
to three times daily. (You can add it to a small
amount of water or juice if you prefer.)

Botanabols suggested dosage is three capsules two
to three times daily, with plenty of water. This
formula should be taken in a three-weeks-on/one-
week-off cycle. For each product, optimum dosing
varies with age, physical activity, stress and
current health status.

You should not take either product if you are
pregnant or nursing except under supervision of a
qualified healthcare provider.

Sources:

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2. JAMA 1999;281(24):2268-70, Selye, Hans, M.D. The stress of life.Magraw-Hill Book Co., 1956;29-56
3. Econ of medical plant research 1985;156-215
4. Lupandin,A.V.Adaption and rehabilitation in sports. Khabarovsk: Institute of physical culture, 1991
5. Vladivostok:Far East Scientific Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR,1981;135