The scoop on kava. If you find yourself consumed with wondering how to deal with anxiety – generalized anxiety disorder, panic, stress, etc Kava’s active ingredients are kavalactones. And there are 15 of them, all believed to be psychoactive.

Kava was at its public image and sales peak in the late 1990s. And not only was there a ton of anxiety relief to be had (the term “the natural Xanax” floated about), Pacific cultures flourished economically.

2001 was a pivotal year for kava. Enter two Duke University Medical Centers studies, one showing kava was safe for the liver – the other submitting kava was as effective as the benzodiazepines for the treatment of anxiety. ‘Course, sans side-effects.

Original article: https://chipur.com/kava-the-anxiety-slayer-new-research-says-yes

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