Ancient Knowledge to Reduce Weight and Stress

I was watching an episode of ‘The Simpsons’ recently. I love The Simpsons, and Bart was being threatened and bullied by the school bully ‘Nelson’, as usual. Bart grows in his hatred of the bully because Nelson takes his lunch money and lunch each day.

But, Bart, being the resourceful rebel that he is, happens upon a plan to fatten Nelson up, by giving him vouchers for Krusty Burgers, the fatty fast food franchise of Springfield that symbolizes a well-known fast-food global franchise.

Bart watched a movie at school. A documentary that showed that a diet of fatty fast food leads to obesity and depression. Bart figured if he could entice the school bully (who is not the brightest bulb in the pack), to become morbidly obese, then he would be too tired to bully kids.

The scene of a bloated rotund Nelson wanting to drink the fat in which they made the burgers got me thinking about what Nelson symbolised. He symbolized the western fatty fast food diet that has conquered western society and is making big inroads into eastern societies too.

As I continued to watch the Simpsons, a scene stuck in my mind, a scene of a morbidly obese cartoon character being drip fed fatty chicken nuggets. The fatty lumps of processed poultry entering his arm via a drip tube.

That scene was a perfect depiction of the junk we eat, and the inflammation and disease it causes, from cancers, to heart disease, diabetes and others.

Convenience, taste and gut-fill reign supreme in our fast-paced but nutritionally lazy lives. Stress exacerbates the eating, which then fuels the inflammation resulting in disease and ultimately an inferior quality of life and premature death.

Getting to the root of the problem

There is a food that is rich in specific phytochemicals, withanolides and alkaloids, as well as flavonoids. This is like an elixir of the ages that regenerates and rejuvenates and acts as an adaptogen to reduce stress.

With stress reduction comes the reduction in cortisol levels, which are a key trigger of weight accumulation.

Surely the stress and obesity relationship was conceived in the very pits of hell, couple that with junk food, and we have the perfect cocktail of death.

We can sum up the consequential physical outworking of the diet of the average city dweller in western society as ‘fat and diseased’.

They have shown in scientific studies that this perfectly nutritious food reduces inflammation and has positive health effects on diseases like autoimmune diseases, arthritis, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

They have shown that this food source has a positive effect on Alzheimer's too.

They showed that supplementing with 300mg a day twice a day reduced stress and anxiety and food cravings and therefore assist with weight loss.

This food is a root. Do not use the leaves of this plant. The root is where the nutrition lies. This food taken as a supplement has antioxidant and stimulates the immune function.

This food comes to us from the ancient knowledge of the Asian continent and is a legendary food. Make sure that you purchase a high-quality supplement made from the roots of the herb Ashwagandha.

They have used this root has for thousands of years in Ayurvedic medicine, and as they say, when we lose our way, it is always best to go back to the beginning. We have lost our way in nutrition and lifestyle in the west, it’s time to go back to seek that ancient knowledge we have lost.

They often refer to this herb to as the ‘prince of herbs’ and for good reason. Thank you for reading and I hope this supplement assists you in your 2022 healthier you goals.