An adaptogen is usually a plant or herb that helps increase the ability to adapt and avoid damage from harmful factors. The Latin word for adaptogen is "adaptare," which means to adjust or fit. The Greek word for "GEN" means produced by or generated by. So, an adaptogen generates the ability to adjust to stress.

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0:00.0	So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or in a minute fasting,
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0:29.0	Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Kito and Interminute fasting podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. So what is an adaptogen? Okay, let's talk about that. So an adaptogen is usually
0:50.0	some plant or herb that increases the ability to adapt and avoid damage from harmful factors.
0:58.0	The Latin word for adaptogen is adapt heir, which means to adjust or fit.
1:03.7	And the Greek word for gen means produced by or generated by.
1:08.6	So an adapt to gen generates the ability
1:11.8	to adapt or adjust to stress.
1:16.9	And if we define stress, stress is something
1:19.6	that threatens homeostasis,
1:21.8	another word that I want to define.
1:23.2	Homiostasis is this steady state of equilibrium. For example,
1:28.8	different fluids have different pHs in your body, You have a normal temperature 98.6, you have normal pulse rate that should be maybe, you know, 72, you have blood pressure 120 over 80 you have blood sugars which is usually about 82
1:47.1	so you have all these different normal values that are generated by
1:52.0	different mechanisms that control homeostasis, which is your internal
1:56.4	ability to adapt to the environment, to keep things normal.
2:01.3	But when you actually have stressed and it pushes some of these factors out of balance, for example, when your stress and cortisol goes up, an adaptogen can bring that back to normal. Same thing with your immune system. If your immune system is
2:16.2	suppressed, adaptogens can help bring that to a higher level. And there are four adaptogens that I like the best.
2:24.8	Siberian ginsing, panox ginsing, rodeo, and my favorite one, Ashw Gonda, which is also good for inflammatory conditions like arthritis, anxiety, ADHD, decreasing stress, lowers cores by 28% in certain studies, and a lot of people are taking
2:47.1	this for adrenal stress.
2:49.5	So in summary, an adaptogen just basically brings you back to the normal level.
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