Marketed under the trade name Vitango® and now available from pharmacies, the product is a special extract of a highly resilient plant called Golden Root (Rhodiola rosea) that grows in the freezing conditions of Northern Europe and Asia's mountain peaks.
The introduction of Vitango® with its potent dual action on both the mental and physical symptoms of stress and significantly greater safety and tolerability compared to synthetic medicines, comes at a time when stress levels are escalating and are considerably higher than they were five years age.
Work-related stress: a serious health problem
Pan-European studies have shown that, in the workplace, stress affects nearly one in four (22%) employees in the European Union's 27 member states, with many citing high workload and lack of support as the main causes. “Work-related stress is one of the biggest health and safety challenges that we face in Europe.” says Jukka Takala, Director, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, and “Studies suggest that stress is a factor in between 50% and 60% of all lost working days.” Long-term work stress exerts a substantial health toll, accounting for an estimated 16% of male and 22% of female cardiovascular disease in the EU. It has even been shown that long-term job strain is worse for your heart than gaining 40lbs in weight or aging 30 years.
“Stress significantly interferes with health” comments Dr Mark Cropley, stress expert and Reader in Health Psychology at the University of Surrey. “We found in our research that people with high job strain suffer more often from symptoms such as anxiety, worry and fatigue than low job strain individuals.”
Women more concerned