Adapta Fuel 60ml

Stress is an inescapable part of being alive. How we manage it is a key factor in the quality of our life. Often stress is qualified as “good” or “bad.” To your body, there is little difference, and it is important to note that some stress is actually good for you, as long as it doesn’t overwhelm your energy resources.

The stress response has been well studied because all disease, injury or illness has the stress response as a component. The physiological effect of stress has been defined as the General Adaptation Syndrome or GAS. GAS is a three-stage process:

• Stage One – Alarm
• Stage Two – Resistance
• Stage Three – Exhaustion

Obviously, the distinction between “good” stress becoming “bad” stress lies in stage three – exhaustion. Adaptogens help us more often avoid stage three, by mobilizing resources to either increase our resistance or aid in proper adaptation.

More specifically, with the addition of adaptogens to the diet, the first two stages are handled very differently. Adaptogens modify the alarm phase and increase the resistance phase. This is critical, as these benefits provide unique protection by helping to enable the body to adapt and/or to maintain optimal cellular function longer before the onset of exhaustion.

When adaptogens are added to the diet, your body still mounts an appropriate response to a stressful event or condition, but the changes in cell function that result are more moderate and have less of an adverse effect on the entire body.

Each of us responds to stress individually; what might reduce one person to an unhealthy level of exhaustion and irritability would bounce off another with barely a noticeable effect. That’s where adaptogens display their most remarkable characteristics. Adaptogens play the role of “molecular chaperones.” As molecular chaperones, these remarkable plant compounds do not interfere, but merely assist in proper cell behavior; they only act when needed, helping to bring the disruption in cellular metabolism back into balance or homeostasis. What you need, when you need it.

The unique bio-active compounds found in adaptogens also appear able to guide the synthesis and even the repair of proteins within a cell, ensuring that the various amino acids are correctly ordered and the finished proteins are shaped and oriented for optimal function. This process is especially important during cell replication, when one cell divides into two.

Recent studies of adaptogens as molecular chaperones support the premise that these plant substances facilitate healthy cell functioning, improve resistance to the harmful cellular effects of stress (which include defective functions, abnormal signaling, and premature aging and death), and thus preserve longevity by preventing premature cell death.

These actions are probably how adaptogens are able to have the numerous beneficial effects on different organ systems, as every living cell manufactures proteins for its own use and as signaling molecules for communication with other cells and organ systems.

Adaptogens have been studied for decades, below are some key studies with adaptogens in both humans and animals.....

Ahumada, F., Hancke, J., et al., “Studies on the Effect of Schizandra chinensis on Horses Submitted to Exercise and Maximum Effort.” Phytotherapy Research, Vol. 3, No. 5, 1989.

Bohn, B., Nebe, C.T., and Birr, C., “Flow-cytometric Studies with Eleutherococcus senticosus Extract as an Immunomodulatory Agent.” Arnzmeimitterl-Forschung 35 (10), 1987, pp. 1193-1196.

Bol’shakova, I.V., Lozovskaia, E.L., Sapezhinskii, I.I., “Antioxidant Properties of a Series of Extracts from Medicinal Plants.” Biofizika. 1997 Mar-Apr;42(2):480-3.

Brekhman, I.I., Dardymov, I.V., “New Substances of Plant Origin which Increase Nonspecific Resistance,” Ann Rev Pharmacol, 1969;9:419-430.

Brekhman, I.I., “Eleutherococcus.” Leningrad, 1966.

Collisson, R.J., “Siberian Ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus Maxim.)” British Journal of Phytotherapy, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1991

Darbinyan, V., Kteyan, A., Panossian, A., et al, “Rhodiola rosea in stress induced fatigue – a double blind cross-over study of a standardized extract SHR-5 with a repeated low-dose regimen on the mental performance of healthy physicians during night duty.” Phytomedicine, 2000; 7:365-371.

Elkin, V.M., Zakharova, N.G., et al., “The Influence of Eleutherococcus on Factors of the Organism’s Resistance,” in: New Data on Eleutherococcus: Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Eleutherococcus (Moscow, 1984), Part 1,
Vladivostok: Far East Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1986, pp. 159.

Hancke, J., Bugois, R., et al., “Reduction of Serum Hepatic Transamines and CPK in Sport Horses with Poor Performance Treated with a Standardized Schizandra chinensis Fruit Extract.” Phytomedicine, Vol. 3 (3), pp. 237-240.

Kelly, G.S., “Rhodiola rosea: a possible plant adaptogen.” Altern Med Rev, 2001 Jun;6(3):293-302.

Malenkov, A.G., Kolotygina, I.M., “Cell Surface RNA – A Possible Molecular Receptor of Adaptogens.” Biofizika, 1984, Sep-Oct;29(5):814-5.

Ostrovskaya, S.A., Rodina, M.A., et al., “Adaptogens of Vegetable Origin and Immune Response of Human Body,” Clinical Picture, Pathogenesis and Treatment of Influenza and Other Respiratory Diseases. Scientific Research Institute of the Health Ministry of the USSR, Moscow, Medical Pediatrics Institute, Leningrad.

Panossian, A.G., Oganessian, A.S., Ambartsumian, M., Gabrielian, E.S., Wagner, H., Wikman,G., “Effects of Heavy Physical Exercise and Adaptogens on Nitric Oxide Content in Human Saliva.” Phytomedicine, 1999 Mar;6(1):17-26.

Panossian A, Wikman G, Wagner H., “Plant adaptogens. III. Earlier and more recent aspects and concepts on their mode of action.” Phytomedicine, 1999 Oct;6(4):287-300.

Saratikov, A.S., “Rhodiola rosea is a Valuable Medicinal Plant,” Tomsk, 1987, pp. 252.

Stull, C.L., Spier, S.J., et al, “Immunological response to long-term transport stress in mature horses and effects of adaptogenic dietary supplementation as an immunomodulator.” Equine Vet. J. (2004) 36(7)583-589.

Syrov, V.N., Nasyrova, S.S., Khushbaktova, Z.A., ” The results of experimental study of phytoecdysteroids as erythropoiesis stimulators in laboratory animals,” Eksp Klin Farmakol, 1997 May-Jun; 60(3): 41-4.

Szolomicki, J., Samochowiec, L., et al, “The influence of active components of Eleutherococcus senticosus on cellular defense and physical fitness in man.” Phytotherapy Res, 2000 May;14(3):225.

Winston, David, Maimes, Steven, “Adaptogens, Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress-Relief,” Healing Arts Press, 2007.

The makers of Adapta Fuel spent nearly 20 years developing testing standards that guarantee a consistency of quality and potency unmatched in the herbal industry. Their uncompromising quality controls allow us to provide our customers with an exceptional herbal product with repeatable and reliable health benefits.

They have identified several laboratories which specialize in quantitative analysis of botanical ingredients utilizing high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). By using state of the art laboratory analysis of key botanical markers, they are able to select the highest quality extracts to go into ADAPTA-FUEL to provide consistent and reliable health benefits.

In addition, they utilize specialized third party laboratory testing analysis for identity testing and to ensure that ADAPTA-FUEL is free of pesticides, heavy metals, or microbial contamination. Finally, to the extent possible, they employ additional laboratory screening for the presence of substances that might be banned in international competitions.