How vivaBALANCE
can help with stress

Looking at stress via the gut brings a new approach. 

Below you can discover: 

  1. How probiotics may influence gut-brain axis to modulate neurotransmitters to reduce stress and anxiety
  2. What type of probiotic, vitamin and supplement mix you may receive based on your data
  3. How these may boost neurotransmitters to promote relaxation, reduce anxiety to enhance relaxation

How stress affects your health

Brain Fog

Sharpen your focus with the personalised supplements that helps with memory troubles, inability to concentrate, difficulty processing information, fatigue, and scattered thoughts.

Brain Fog

Stress & Anxiety

Personalised vitamins and supplements may complement exercising regularly, getting enough sleep, and eating a nutritious diet to equip your body to handle stress and anxiety.

Stress & Anxiety

Battling the sniffles

Supplements to help your respiratory health, such as having a running nose, which may stop you training or you are taking longer to recover.

Battling the sniffles

Not sleeping well

Supplements to help end the tossing and turning, night after night by assisting you to relax and fall asleep.

Not Sleeping Well

The connection between the gut and effectively managing stress

Managing stress effectively involves addressing the gut-brain axis, where the gut microbiome directly impacts mood and stress levels. vivaBALANCE includes probiotics like Bifidobacterium longum and Lactobacillus helveticus, which help reduce stress and anxiety by modulating neurotransmitter levels and lowering cortisol 1, 2, 3. These bacteria enhance GABA production, a neurotransmitter that promotes relaxation and reduces anxiety. 

By supporting a healthy gut microbiome, vivaBALANCE aids in managing stress, improving mood, and enhancing overall mental well-being.

How could vivaBALANCE help?

Dealing with anxiety

Anxiety

Generalised anxiety involves persistent and excessive worry that interferes with daily activities. This ongoing worry and tension may be accompanied by physical symptoms, such as restlessness, feeling on edge or easily fatigued, difficulty concentrating, muscle tension or problems sleeping. 

Changes to your diet may make some difference to your general mood or sense of well-being, but should be complemented with amendments to lifestyle.

Sleeplessness

Sleeplessness

Sleep issues significantly affects the life quality of a large number of people. Dietary nutrition is believed to play a significant impact on sleeping wellness. Diets low in fibre, high in saturated fat, or high in sugar have been linked to sleep that isn't as restorative7

Many nutritional supplements have been used and may benefit sleep wellness such as the use of Vitamin D, B-Group and C, complemented by Omega-3 may all help sleeplessness.

Fatigue

Fatigue

Fatigue is an often-neglected symptom but frequently complained about (particularly as we age), leading to the inability to continue functioning at a normal level of activity. Nutritional status plays an important role, with fatigue potentially mimicking the exhaustion of your metabolic reserves8

B group vitamins, vitamin C, iron, magnesium and zinc have recognized roles in the biochemical bases for symptoms of fatigue and cognitive issues such as brain fog.

What might my vivaBALANCE precision health program include?

Testing your biology

When it comes to stress, vivaLAB tests may help identify:

  • Activities that increase inflammation
  • Indicators of high oxidative stress
  • Nutritional markers that correlate with neurotransmitters and metabolic
  • Markers associated with fatigue and tiredness

Probiotics

Taking probiotics can be an important step in supporting our daily energy and reducing fatigue. Dysbiosis of the gut microbiota has been proposed as a contributing factor, as the gut–brain axis plays an important role in regulating physical and mental health. 

vivaLAB has formulated probiotics that may help improve gut microbiota and the production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which modulate brain health and behaviour via the immune system.

Essential nutrients

Magnesium
May be involved in stress management, particularly for people who don’t get enough magnesium in their diet. Some studies have linked low Heart Rate Variability to depression, sleep disturbances, and stress.

L-Theanine
Has an ability to promote relaxation and reduce stress without having sedative effects5, 6.

B-complex vitamins
Containing major B-Vitamins. May improve symptoms of stress, such as mood and energy levels, by lowering blood levels of the amino acid homocysteine.

References

  1. Ma, T., et al. (2021). Probiotic consumption relieved human stress and anxiety symptoms. Neurobiology of Stress, 14. 
  2. Wang, H., et al. (2019). Bifidobacterium longum 1714™ strain modulates brain activity during social stress. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 114(7). 
  3. Messaoudi, M., et al. (2011). Psychotropic-like properties of a probiotic formulation in rats and humans. British Journal of Nutrition, 105(5).
  4. Lopresti AL, Smith SJ, Malvi H, Kodgule R. An investigation into the stress-relieving and pharmacological actions of an ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) extract: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Sep;98(37):e17186. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000017186. PMID: 31517876; PMCID: PMC6750292.
  5. Baba Y, Inagaki S, Nakagawa S, Kaneko T, Kobayashi M, Takihara T. Effects of l-Theanine on Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged and Older Subjects: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study. J Med Food. 2021 Apr;24(4):333-341. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2020.4803. Epub 2021 Mar 22. PMID: 33751906; PMCID: PMC8080935.
  6. Lopes Sakamoto F, Metzker Pereira Ribeiro R, Amador Bueno A, Oliveira Santos H. Psychotropic effects of L-theanine and its clinical properties: From the management of anxiety and stress to a potential use in schizophrenia. Pharmacol Res. 2019 Sep;147:104395. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2019.104395. Epub 2019 Aug 11. PMID: 31412272.
  7. Frank, S., Gonzalez, K., Lee-Ang, L., Young, M. C., Tamez, M., & Mattei, J. (2017). Diet and Sleep Physiology: Public Health and Clinical Implications. Frontiers in neurology, 8, 393. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28848491/
  8. Azzolino D, Arosio B, Marzetti E, Calvani R, Cesari M. Nutritional Status as a Mediator of Fatigue and Its Underlying Mechanisms in Older People. Nutrients. 2020 Feb 10;12(2):444. doi: 10.3390/nu12020444. PMID: 32050677; PMCID: PMC7071235.

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