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When you are under stress, your cave-person brain starts releasing hormones thinking that you are in a fight for your life with a saber-tooth tiger. Stress makes your heart pump faster and wears down your immune system. Stress hormones cause your liver to release extra sugar into your bloodstream and tighten your blood vessels. Stress can mess up your sleep and cause headaches. When you are battling a wooly mammoth, the adrenaline is awesome, but when you are sitting at your desk, in traffic or in drama - stress seriously wears your body down without you knowing it.

Drink Destress Tea to squash the stress hormone nasties, fight mental fatigue and come out on the other side of whatever is well, stressing you out, like a champ.

• Workplace drama - no problem.

• Intense, micro-managing, saber-tooth tiger boss - pussy cat.

• Feisty family - peace it out.

• Homework and heartache - easy-peasy.

AOX Destress Tea is your secret superfood shield to regain your awesomeness.

Curious about the number 39 on the package? That’s the percent reduction in stress-related symptoms compared to a control group in a study of participants taking Tulsi for six weeks.

Lavender. A meta-analysis of over 100 studies and >1000 people found that lavender significantly reduces anxiety levels. Lavender is known to reduce stress, anxiety, and possibly even mild pain. One 6-week study of adults with generalized anxiety disorder found that lavender oil performed as well as a common anti-anxiety drug. In addition, a significant effect was found for lavender compared to controls for degree of contentedness, indicating that lavender is capable of elevating mood, or at least maintaining good mood during the completion of a challenging battery of tests. It has been shown that the smell of lavender can significantly affect the rate of errors made in the mathematical and letter counting tests. In the presence of the odor of lavender, 108 subjects made fewer errors than in the presence of no odor.

Rooibos. This caffeine-free herbal tea is known for its high levels of health-promoting antioxidants, which include aspalathin and quercetin. One study found that the increased levels antioxidants after drinking red rooibos lasted five hours. In addition, drinking rooibos tea may have beneficial effects on blood pressure by inhibiting angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE). ACE indirectly increases blood pressure by causing your blood vessels to contract. In a study of 17 people, drinking rooibos tea inhibited ACE activity 30–60 minutes after ingestion.

Tulsi (Holy Basil). Holy Basil acts as an adaptogen. An adaptogen is a natural substance that helps your body adapt to stress and promotes mental balance. Tulsi has been the subject of more than one hundred publications during the last decade alone including favorable clinical effects to address the psychological, physiological, immunological, and metabolic stresses of modern living. One study found tulsi to have with anti-stress effects comparable to antidepressant drugs. It is interesting to note that tulsi has important clinical effects across diverse issues which have inflammation as an underlying factor - including stress. The positive effect of tulsi on mood was demonstrated in three studies, with two studies reporting reductions of 31.6%–39% in overall stress-related symptoms in patients compared to a control group.