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| Combat stress & fatigue |
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| Always a high standard of performance: new study shows ways to fight against stress and fatigue successfully |
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| What is it that makes us humans human? We have feelings, reveal strength and weakness -
we are no machines. Concerning creativity, flexibility, sympathy, human beings do very well. But it is a completely different
story when negative stress demands too much of body and mind. With increasing tiredness performance and memory decrease -
lack of concentration and mood changes take hold of us. That way the power of concentration of a 30-year-old who suffers
from stress and fatigue can drop to the level of a 55-year-old. |
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| Study shows positive results |
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| In a recently executed clinical double blind study about ways to fight the negative
consequences of stress and fatigue a scientist's team under the direction of professor Keith A. Wesnes of the university
of Newcastle had astonishing results. The scientists succeeded in showing how to fight against the process of decline
in physical and mental performance and tiredness even under extreme stress. 32 healthy, approx. 30-year-old male and
female nurses were examined over a period of 12 weeks. For the study the test subjects were randomly divided into groups:
one group daily got tablets with a combination of special active substances with standardized ginseng extract G115®,
vitamins, minerals and trace elements (Pharmaton®), the other group was administered a placebo. Before and after a
three nights lasting shift the participants were submitted to intense examinations in order to check powers of concentration,
attention and memory performance. |
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| A noticeably better performance: ginseng combined with vitamins, minerals and trace elements |
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| The results of the study were significant. All
the test subjects were generally healthy, but the vitality of the subjects
taking the nutritional product combination plus the standardized G115® ginseng
extract increased enormously. The vitality and attentiveness of the group
taking Pharmaton® had clearly increased. The subjects in this group
felt less under time pressure, more relaxed, and derived greater joy from
life. |
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| Ginseng in combination with vitamins, minerals and
trace elements: a winning team |
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The evaluation of the data after the 12-week survey showed unambiguous results: Pharmaton®,
the combination of vital nutrients like vitamins, minerals and trace elements of plus exclusive G115® ginseng extract,
showed a noticable reduction of physical and mental fatigue symptoms as well as a higher efficiency in improving concentration
under stress situations in patients.
The results suggest that this specific combination of ginseng, vitamins and minerals is useful in counteracting not only
self-reported increases in fatigue and decreases in calmness but also deficits on objective test of the ability to store
and retrieve information in memory. |
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| Source |
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K.A. Wesnes et al.: The effects of a combination of Panax ginseng, vitamins and minerals on mental performance, mood and physical fatigue in nurses working night shifts:
a double-blind, placebo controllled trial. Curr Top Nutraceut Res 1(3), 169-174 (2003) |
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