Rhodiola is a plant that is part of the crassulaceae family. It grows in cold areas around the world including in the Arctic, the Rocky Mountains, the Alps, Scandinavia, Iceland and in some Central Asian mountainous areas. Sometimes called “the golden root”, Rhodiola is known for many mood improving and mental performing benefits. It is an adaptogen which increases the body’s resistance to many of the stressors in your life whether physical, biological, or chemical. It is made up of six essential compounds from the root of the plant which makes this plant so powerful when put into supplement form.

In Siberian cultures, rhodiola has been used for hundreds of years to help deal with stressors brought on by the harsh climate and stressful life. Now being studied in places such as the United States and in Europe it has shown positive effects when alleviating depression and improving mood swings. It can improve both the mental and physical performance of the body as well as other benefits such as preventing high altitude sickness. Along with this it can reduce fatigue and improve overall concentration.

This is all attributed to the fact that it can optimize serotonin and dopamine levels as well as the ability to influence beta-endorphins which make you feel better, sleep better, concentrate better, and have a general better sense of wellbeing. In fact rhodiola affects multiple systems in the body which all work together to give you the emotional wellbeing that you deserve as well as mental clarity. It can stimulate the neurotransmitter in the central nervous system which affects the availability in the neuropathways that control the stress and anxiety that you feel. All together it can enhance the ability for the dopamine and serotonin to get to the brain and make you feel much better than you ever have.