Lack of natural light and cold winter weather impact your mood and energy levels? Here are 10 products to discover to naturally alleviate seasonal affective disorder.
1. St. John's Wort Extract - Gamma Force
St. John's wort is a plant known for its antidepressant effect. These St. John's wort extract capsules have sedative properties that help calm agitation and nervousness, as well as balance the mood.
2. Passionflower Liquid Herb - Botanica
Passionflower is a plant known to reduce nervousness, anxiety and insomnia. This liquid passionflower extract acts as a nutritive tonic for the nervous system, produces a calming effect on the body during periods of stress and promotes peaceful sleep.
3. RHODIOLA Alive - Living Alchemy
Thanks to its anti-stress and anti-fatigue properties, Rhodiola is a plant renowned for supporting physical and mental endurance. Living Alchemy's organic Rhodiola has the particularity of being derived from a long fermentation process of 35 strains of kefir-kombucha, which allows for superior bioavailability.
4. Korean Red Ginseng Liquid Extract - Botanica
This liquid extract of Korean Red Ginseng - a plant known to combat physical and mental fatigue, as well as for its general tonic effect - protects the body from stressors by supporting energy levels and promoting balance.
5. omega 3+ JOY - Genuine Health
This capsule supplement contains 2000 mg of EPA and 100 mg of DHA per daily dose. This amount has been clinically proven to help improve mood, support cognitive health and brain function, and reduce inflammation in the body.
6. Vitamin D3 Tablets or Liquid - Trophic
Called the "sunshine vitamin", vitamin D is metabolized by the skin upon exposure to UVB rays. Since sunlight hours are lower from October to April and food alone can’t supply the recommended daily dose, it is recommended to supplement vitamin D during this period. Vitamin D is essential to the proper functioning of the body: it stimulates the immune system and promotes the absorption of calcium and phosphorus (two minerals that are essential for healthy teeth, bones and muscles). The preferred form of vitamin D is D3 (cholecalciferol).
7. Chill Pills - New Roots Herbal
This blend of natural herbs and vitamins in capsule form works synergistically to help reduce nervous irritability, resulting in relaxation, improved mood and optimal concentration.
8. Ner-Med - Alterra Herbasanté
In oral spray form, this homeopathic medicine calms irritability, promotes mood balance, soothes mental fatigue and increases concentration.
This oral spray is a combination of passionflower, lemon balm and zinc. It helps to reduce restlessness and nervousness, to find sleep in times of mental stress and to support the immune system.
10. Stress-Relax Magnesium Citrate - Natural Factors
This berry-flavored powdered magnesium supplement is effective in calming symptoms of anxiety and stress, relaxing muscle tension and the gastrointestinal tract, and improving sleep when taken in the evening.
