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Sarah and The Shrub take a deep dive into the world of adaptogens.
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-“Adaptogen” (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptogen
-What are adaptogens and should you be taking them? UCLA Health, Feb 16 2022
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/what-are-adaptogens-and-should-you-be-taking-them#:~:text=Adaptogens%20are%20herbs%2C%20roots%20and,soups%2C%20smoothies%20and%20other%20foods.
-”Adaptogens” (Cleveland Clinic)
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/drugs/22361-adaptogens
-”Hypothalamus” (Cleveland Clinic)
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/22566-hypothalamus
-”Endocrine System” (Cleveland Clinic)
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/21201-endocrine-system
-Velislava Todorova, Kalin Ivanov, Cédric Delattre, Vanya Nalbantova, Diana Karcheva-Bahchevanska, Stanislava Ivanova “Plant Adaptogens—History and Future Perspectives” Nutrients 2021 Aug; 13(8): 2861. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8398443/
-Catherine J. Dunlavey “Introduction to the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis: Healthy and Dysregulated Stress Responses, Developmental Stress and Neurodegeneration” J Undergrad Neurosci Educ. 2018 Spring; 16(2): R59–R60. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6057754/#:~:text=The%20hypothalamic%2Dpituitary%2Dadrenal%20axis%20(HPA)%20is%20the,Breedlove%20and%20Watson%2C%202013).

YouTube:
-Eleutherococcus senticosus (Siberian Ginseng) from Mountain Gardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn5vCF1j3Wc&t=21s
-Hypothalamic Pituitary Axis | Endocrine System from Dr. Matt & Dr. Mike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqz4WOwfz4Q
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