Stress can hurt you. Mental stress makes you worry and lose sleep. While physical stress can take a toll on your body… And when your body ages, your skin no longer produces enough new, healthy cells and begins to sag, wrinkle and look older.
But it wasn’t until the discovery of telomeres that we could prove stress causes you to age more quickly. Because of this discovery, I can show you ways to help slow down the aging process right now.
It’s never too early to take control and maintain your telomere length. A new study shows that people who suffer from depression, anxiety and stress have much shorter telomeres… and they’ve measured the effect in children as young as eleven.1
The effects of stress on telomeres also get worse with age if you don’t do anything about it. Studies show that women with high stress who are over 55 have significantly shorter telomeres.2
A study from the University of California looked at women under severe emotional stress and compared them to women with normal stress levels of the same age group. The high-stress women had aged up to 10 years faster than women with low stress levels.3
An Ohio State University study linked shorter telomeres to high-stress occupations such as long-term caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients. The Alzheimer’s caregivers showed a four to eight year shortening of life span.4
Today I’ll show you a simple but powerful way to avoid the damaging influence of stress on your telomeres. I’ll reveal the nutrients and herbs that we now know can help protect your telomeres from stress. And how you can repair the damage stress has already done.
It’s a secret weapon called “super adaptogens.”
Adaptogens are a group of natural herbs that have been used in ancient medicine for centuries.
The term adaptogens was coined by Russian scientists. They discovered these herbs help you “adapt” to stressors.
We’ve known about adaptogens for some time. But now we have new information that a choice few of them were probably having their effect because they were affecting the way your body keeps track of age…. The tiny countdown clocks called telomeres.
There are three that I call super adaptogens because they’re the most effective at protecting your telomere length from stress-related damage. They are:
- Asian ginseng. Ginseng is particularly effective against chronic stress – the kind of relentless pressure that’s so common in the modern world.5 And according to an article in Current Clinical Pharmacology, Siberian ginseng lowers levels of cortisol – the main stress hormone.7
- Ashwagandha. This Indian root has been used in ancient Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years to counter stress and aid in longevity. Research also shows Ashwagandha has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and immune-enhancing properties.
- Ginkgo. Gingko is one of the oldest medicinal plants. It’s been used in China for over 200 million years. But here in the West, we’ve only begun taking advantage of its powerful memory boosting and stress-reducing properties. European researchers show Ginkgo normalized the levels of stress hormones in rats exposed to stressful situations.8 And I believe the result would be similar in humans as well.
I recommend 200 mg of Asian ginseng and 30 mg each of Ashwagandha and Gingko daily. Not only will they help you stay calm, they can also help maintain your telomere length.