Chronic stress can be detrimental to fat loss potential, muscle growth, sleep quality, recovery, quality of life, emotional stability, and just about an endless list of things. Gorilla Mind's ‘Calm' helps shift the body into a parasympathetic state, supporting relaxation, nutrient partitioning, recovery, and rejuvenation. In a world where many people are in a chronic state of stress, a concerted effort to achieve equilibrium between sympathetic (fight-or-flight) and parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) nervous system activity can be quite impactful on vitality, body composition, and even biomarkers. If all the low hanging fruit like sleep, diet, and exercise are already covered and you are still stressed (from work, school, family, anything), over-trained, or in a steep calorie deficit, this is where something like ‘Calm' could be utilized as a supplement to regulate stress response. Calm vs. Emodin – We now carry two separate cortisol modulating formulas. Calm, and Emodin. In general, ‘Calm' will be more than satisfactory for those seeking predictable and reliable stress response attenuation. Emodin on the other hand, works by inhibiting the production of cortisol at the enzymatic level, so treating Emodin like a “break glass in case” type product is our suggestion. Stack ‘Emodin' with ‘Calm' for maximum effect when more extreme situations may call for it (e.g. aggressive cutting phases, very stressful life situations, etc.).