Nutrition History (from Parts Unknown)

Every society gets the remedy it deserves. This is the story of how Soviet Russia birthed the modern adaptogen, a class of herbal tonics unrivalled in their ability to confer protection against all manners of stress. Discover the beginnings of eleuthero, rhodiola and schisandra, and other herbal adaptogens, and how they fuelled the economic, athletic, and interstellar endeavours of the USSR.