The Vikings already took this adaptogen, and tonic, of the rose family, before they went into battle. Rhodiola is known to support*:

• Cognitive functions: improved long and short term memory; increased work productivity; improved concentration:
• Mood elevation and less anxious states;
• Overall less fatigue and an invigorated sense of well being;
• Improved work and athletic stamina (in one study exercise endurance was increased after one single dose);
• Better hand- eye coordination;
• Resistance to various physiologic stresses like cold, etc;
• A healthy cell division level in the prostate and other major organs;
• A quicker adaptation to high altitude by reducing fatigue, drowsiness, chest tightness, palpitations, vertigo, lack of attention and/or memory loss;
• May reduce the suffering of nicotine withdrawal;
• Abolished binge eating-in animal studies, by the rhodiola extract salidrosides;
• The promotion of erythropoiesis;
• Reduction of the inflammatory markers COX-2 and PLA2.