How can adaptogenic supplements support your skin?
Adaptogens are a class of natural substances that help the body adapt to stress, better regulate itself, and maintain healthy balance. Due to their unique, responsive properties, they can benefit your skin in several ways. Here's how they work to support healthy skin:
1. Reduce stress-induced skin issues
Stress can trigger skin problems such as acne, eczema, and psoriasis due to the production of cortisol (the stress hormone). Adaptogens such as chaga and rhodiola can help lower cortisol levels, reducing the inflammatory response that contributes to these skin issues.
2. Fight Inflammation
Chronic inflammation is a key factor in many skin conditions, including acne, rosacea, and premature aging. Adaptogens such as bilberry and rhodiola have potent anti-inflammatory properties that can help calm skin inflammation, reducing redness and irritation.
3. Promote Skin Healing
Adaptogens such as Pine Bark and Bilberry have been traditionally used to improve wound healing and support skin regeneration. At the cellular level, pine bark extract can selectively bind to elastin and collagen to protect these proteins from damage, while bilberries are an especially good source of anthocyanins. Studies show that Anthocyanins found in bilberry’s strengthen collagen, a critical component of the structure of skin, tendon, bone, cartilage, and other connective tissues. They are also shown to brighten the appearance of skin.
5. Anti-Aging Benefits
Adaptogens help fight the effects of oxidative stress (damage caused by free radicals) that contributes to aging. Pine bark, Bilberry and Chaga are rich in antioxidants that protect skin cells from damage, potentially reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
6. Support Hormonal Balance
Hormonal imbalances can contribute to skin issues like acne, especially around menstruation or menopause. Adaptogens such as maca root and chaste tree berry can support the endocrine system and help balance hormones, leading to clearer, more stable skin.
7. Boost Skin Radiance
Adaptogens such as Bilberry and Pine Bark help improve circulation and promote skin cell regeneration, leading to a more vibrant, glowing complexion.
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Forest Spa Finland also sat down with top nutritionist, podcaster and wellness coach Brittany Ford (@biohackingbrittany) to ask her about how stress affects our skin, and her advice on how to defend against it. Watch the interview here.
What results can I expect from the Nordic Adaptogen Supplement?
With our Nordic Adaptogen Supplement, you can expect a noticeable, healthier look and feel to your skin, including increased radiant, and skin that is more resilient, balanced, clear and calm. As our supplement works from the inside-out, with increased inner resilience, immunity and vitality, comes increased skin vitality and resilience, too. This inside-out benefit means that skin will be less prone to further stress-related impacts over time. Our supplement also works to regulate oil production and reduce breakouts, redness and irritation, while boosting skin’s clarity and brightness. The support to your overall immunity will also result in skin that is better able to protect itself day after day, and to respond less reactively to the aggressors of modern life.
What is Nordic lifestyle and how can it benefit my skin?
Having spent years travelling to Finland with his Finnish husband, our founder Daniel fell in love with their unique way of life. The Finns live in a way that embraces simplicity, balance and connection with nature, and there is an innate, natural focus on wellbeing – it’s no wonder that Finland has been voted the ‘World’s Happiest Country’, seven years running.
In a world of health fads and misinformation, the Nordic approach to wellbeing, which promotes vitality and longevity, is also refreshingly common-sense and simple, and includes natural movement, spending time in the forest, rejuvenating in the sauna and a deep-rooted appreciation for the natural environment.
The Nordic region is also home to many of mother nature’s most amazing, antioxidant-rich plants and foods, and by combining Nordic wellbeing wisdom, self-care rituals, and adaptogenic plant power, Forest Spa Finland has created a holistic approach to skin-wellbeing, that begins on the inside, by mitigating the impacts of stressful, busy modern life on our 360 wellbeing, which radiates out into resilient, happy skin that is clearer, calmer and brighter.
Is this product sustainably sourced?
Every ingredient in our Nordic Adaptogen Supplement is sustainably sourced. Some of our ingredients only grow in wild and natural environments and cannot be cultivated, so these are handpicked or foraged under supervised regeneration best practices.
Our jar is fully biodegradable and leaves no trace of microplastics behind. Made from waste wood chips from industrial side streams and natural biomaterials, our jars are also a great size for handy re-use, and brilliant for organising smaller items in drawers or cupboards. Please check locally on how to best dispose of your empty jars. Find out more about our packaging.
