Jennifer Schrack, who directs the Center for Aging and Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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A 2019 review in the Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine found ashwagandha reduced cortisol levels by an average of 27% in chronically stressed adults, and some users reported modest weight loss as a secondary benefit, likely linked to reduced stress-driven eating