Rhodiola Rosea

[jbball92]

I have read it improves physical and mental perfromance, and also reduce fatigue.

I know it is an adaptogen, could someone elaborate on the role of adaptogens such as RR?

[jbball92]

someone answer plzzzz :P

[spiderman997]

They improve the body's response to stress. Adaptogens basically reduce the detrimental effects of adaptation, aka overtraining, things like mental fog, fatigue, cortisol levels, etc.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15256690
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11081987

[jbball92]

awesome thats what i was looking for.

might grab some since its so cheap