Ancient Medicinal Compounds Fueling Modern Dreams

A Dynamic Daily Blend for:

-Optimal Energy

-Peak Performance

-Sustained  Endurance

-Efficient Recovery

-Vitality

 Perform + Grow + Repair

Benefits:

-Maximum Performance

-Endurance

-Recovery

-Immunity*

-Cellular Repair 

-Metabolism

Contains:

-Pine Pollen

-Cordyceps 

-Ashwagandha

-Nettle Root

-Rainforest Honey

-Cinnamon

-Ginger

Summary

The Vital Source blend is a powerful combination of the world's best energy boosting adaptogens that support fatigue resistance and peak performance. Vital Source includes Phyto Androgen Pine Pollen, performance enhancing mushroom Cordyceps, + Ayurvedic healers Ashwagandha and Nettle Root.  

Ancient Medicinal Compounds Fueling Modern Dreams

What Inside!

Pine Pollen

Latin Name Pinus Massoniana

Source: Northern China

Blends: Vital Source, Varietals

• Key Bioactive Compounds

Benefits:

Anti-agingImmune supportReduce fatigue
Anti-inflammatory

Summary

Pine pollen is a foundational superfood for over 2000 years, and contains phytoandrogens.

Story:

Pine Pollen has been used as a superfood and medicine for over 2000 years. It is a popular superfood supplement in Korea and China due to its very unique dense nutrient profile. The pollen or male spore is a fine yellow powder that is released in the spring to pollinate female pine cones on the forest floor. This is the yearly rebirth of the forest ecosystem in the spring. As such pine pollen is food for the entire forest and integral reproduction and growth energy to that ecosystem. When made into a potent tincture it becomes a powerful nutraceutical medicine with a potent mix of beneficial properties mostly focused on age-related and hormonal health issues in men. The pollen itself is a fine yellow powder full of phytochemicals, [plant steroids] including DHEA and other compounds. When supplemented provides an effective boost for multiple anti-aging benefits.  In the West, it is mostly known for its phytoandrogen properties. It can increase athletic endurance, performance, muscle mass, vitality, and longevity. When taken as a tincture and absorbed slowly under the tongue the boost is noticeable and rapid. It contains anti-aging properties boosting the enzyme  superoxide dismutase levels [SOD}  which is a potent antioxidant for the heart, liver, and brain, not to mention all living cells.  Pine Pollen is also rich in many kinds of body-demanding amino acids, minerals, vitamins, enzymes, and flavonoids essential to life and natural energy production. In combination with other adaptogens or on its own as a varietal tincture, it is an effective medicine for attenuating multiple age-related health challenges, combined with performance enhancement characteristics. The TCM use pine pollen to balance out all five meridians of the body. 

We add Pine Pollen to our Vital Source energy blend and have also crafted a potent highly bioavailable varietal tincture.

Clinical Studies

Proteomics analysis of chicken peripheral blood lymphocyte in Taishan (Pinus massoniana) pollen polysaccharide regulation

Yang S, Zhao Z, Zhang A, et al.  PLoS One. 2018;13(11):e0208314. Published 2018 Nov 29. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0208314

Effect of Pine Pollen Extract on Experimental Chronic Arthritis

Lee KH, Choi EM.  Phytother Res. 2009;23(5):651-657. doi:10.1002/ptr.2526

Antinociceptive and Antiinflammatory Activities of Pine (Pinus densiflora) Pollen Extract

Choi EM.  Phytother Res. 2007;21(5):471-475. doi:10.1002/ptr.2103

Pollen of Scotch Pine P. siivestris L.

Saden-Krehula M, Tajić M, Kolbah D.  L. Experientia. 1971;27(1):108-109. doi:10.1007/BF02137770

Cordyceps Sinensis-

Cordyceps (Cordyceps Sinensis) 

Source: Certified Organic Farms USA

Blends: Vital Source, Protect Source, Varietal

Key Bioactive Compound 

Cordycepin

Benefits:

• Physical performance
• Energy
• Endurance
• Recovery
• Lung/heart health
• Liver & kidney
• Cholesterol LDL

Summary: Contains active ingredients for boosting athletic performance and vitality,

treating respiratory ailments, preventing and reducing the growth of damaged cells.

The Story

Cordyceps are a unique parasitic mushroom that consumes death to create life by attacking and growing in caterpillar larvae. Wild-harvested cordyceps are rare and extremely expensive but our USDA organic-grown Cordyceps Sinensis are painstakingly cultivated from the highest quality Tibetan strains, reproducing the same light, temperature, and oxygen levels as its native environment. Our strand has the same genetics of the original, found where it was originally located. The result is a cordyceps with maximum potency and has more active compounds than wild harvested.

 Strong evidence exists that Cordyceps can immediately boost production and efficiency of ATP production in our bodies. ATP or Adenosine triphosphate is an organic compound and hydrotrope that's crucial to providing energy to our cellular processes. The result is an immediate boost to general athletic performance in humans regarding efficient energy metabolism resulting in increased endurance, reduced fatigue and quicker recovery. Asian Olympic athletes and world record performances are associated with the use of Cordyceps. This fungi medicine contains active ingredients cordycepin, cordycepic acid, sterols (ergosterol) and has been reported to exert immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and effects in specific immune challenges.

A potent functional mushroom for use as a medicinal treatment or to enhance performance and also a potent adaptogen to add to blends. 

Our Cordyceps contains:

mycelium, primordia, fruiting bodies, and extracellular compounds

Clinical Studies

Cordyceps militaris improves tolerance to high-intensity exercise after acute and chronic supplementation

 Hirsch KR, Smith-Ryan AE, Roelofs EJ, Trexler ET, Mock MG.  J Diet Suppl. 2017;14(1):42-53. doi:10.1080/19390211.2016.1203386

 Cordyceps inhibits ceramide biosynthesis and improves insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis

 Li Y, Talbot CL, Chandravanshi B, et al. Sci Rep. 2022;12(1):7273. Published 2022 May 4. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-11219-3

Cordyceps fungi: natural products, pharmacological functions and developmental products

 Zhou X, Gong Z, Su Y, Lin J, Tang K. J Pharm Pharmacol. 2009;61(3):279-291. doi:10.1211/jpp/61.03.0002

Cordyceps as an Herbal Drug

 Lin BQ, Li SP. In: Benzie IFF, Wachtel-Galor S, eds. Herbal Medicine: Biomolecular and Clinical Aspects. 2nd ed. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press/Taylor & Francis; 2011.

Ashwagandha

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) 

Source: Pacific botanicals (oregon) organic

Benefits:

• Energy
• Blood sugar
• Cortisol regulation
• Lower back pain

Summary

 Ashwagandha is a potent adaptogen with multiple benefits but is most well known for a wide spectrum of restorative properties. It creates a foundation of wellness in the body by balancing the physical and emotional states. 

The Story

  Ashwagandha Also known as Indian ginseng, is a powerful and revered herb in Ayurvedic Medicine with a well-documented history dating back over 3000 years. It is a potent adaptogen with multiple benefits but is most well known for its wide spectrum of restorative properties. It creates a foundation of wellness in the body by balancing the physical and emotional states. 

Many of the benefits are attributed to an abundance of withanolide A and withaferin A which impacts our bodies in many ways, particularly in balancing blood sugar levels in people with or without diabetes and as a calming agent in our nervous system. Ashwagandha is also a potential adaptogen exhibiting multiple pathways to protect and treat against a variety of immune challenges alone or in combination with medicinal drugs.

Ashwagandha is a superior adaptogen known to improve the body’s overall reaction to chronic stress. In particular in the reduction of cortisol associated with stress that results in fat accumulation in the body, poor reproductive health in men, etc. It helps reduce anxiety and nervous exhaustion, aids memory and mental functions, and helps provide a good night’s sleep. It helps bring oxygen to red blood cells, strengthens the immune system, and provides strong support for the kidneys and adrenals. A recognized nerve tonic, it promotes healthy brain functions.

Clinical Studies

 An Alternative Treatment for Mood support: A Systematic Review of Human Trial Results Reported for the Ayurvedic Herb Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)

 J Altern Complement Med. 2014;20(12):901-908. doi:10.1089/acm.2014.0177

A Prospective, Randomized Double-Blind, PlaceboControlled Study of Safety and Efficacy of a HighConcentration Full-Spectrum Extract of Ashwagandha Root in Reducing Stress and Anxiety in Adults

 Indian J Psychol Med. 2012;34(3):255-262. doi:10.4103/0253-7176.106022

Nettle Root 

(Urtica Dioca)

Nettles Wildcrafted (Oregon/California) 

Blend: Vital Source, Essential Source 

Benefits:

-Antiinflammation

-Modulates Hormones

-Blood Sugar Support

Summary:

Nettle root has been used for centuries as a good source of minerals, and anti-allergy/asthma benefits. In addition to helps with blood pressure and balancing blood sugar. In addition, it helps to chelate the free estrogens of the body. When combined with Pine pollen balances out hormones of the body.

The Story

Stinging Nettle root (Urtica dioica) has been a foundational medicine for centuries and was also used as a topical treatment for skin ailments However, the real benefits of this plant are in its roots. The roots contain a compound called; Beta Sitosterol. This compound has many benefits for humans. It has strong anti-allergy, asthma relief, and properties to help men with inflamed prostates. It is loaded with micronutrients and good source of vital minerals. This compound may also help lower blood pressure and aid in balancing blood sugar. We add this to our Vital Source blend

Clinical Studies

 Phytochemical, phylogenetic, and anti-inflammatory evaluation of 43 Urtica accessions (stinging nettle) based on UPLC–Q-TOF-MS metabolomic profiles

Chemical Composition and Immuno-Modulatory Effects of Urtica dioica L. (Stinging Nettle) Extracts

The effect of nettle (Urtica dioica) supplementation on the glycemic control of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis

 Efficacy of Supportive Therapy of Allergic Rhinitis by Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) root extract: a Randomized, Double-Blind, PlaceboControlled, Clinical Trial

*These Statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to treat cure or prevent any disease.