Antistress Effects of Ashwagandha | drbeen

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Continuing with the series about the effects of Ashwagandha. Today we will discuss the anti-stress and adaptogenic effects of this herb. Ashwagandha helps improve neuronal plasticity, regeneration, and reduces damage and death of these cells. Ashwagandha triggers the upregulation of HSP70 proteins to accomplish this effect. Let's review.


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Dr. Mobeen Syed

Mobeen Syed is the CEO of DrBeen Corp, a modern online medical education marketplace. Mobeen is a medical doctor and a software engineer. He graduated from the prestigious King Edward Medical University Lahore. He has been teaching medicine since 1994. Mobeen is also a software engineer and engineering leader. In this role, Mobeen has run teams consisting of hundreds of engineers and millions of dollars of budgets. Mobeen loves music, teaching, and doing business. He lives in Cupertino CA.