Who is cared for - figures at a glance

While modern medicine often focuses on mental illness, it's time to focus on improving mental wellbeing. Low mood, declining cognitive abilities, stress and anxiety are the areas that cause us the most concern. The relationship between these areas is closely linked in the following ways:

  • Stress/anxiety impairs cognitive functions, learning and memory
  • A person may have problems with cognitive function and not realize that it is worry (stress and anxiety) that is affecting their mental performance
  • When we have difficulty focusing or concentrating, we often feel stressed or anxious

Who is affected - figures at a glance

In short, we are all affected by stress and other mental wellbeing issues. Just one look at the figures relating to stress and anxiety is enough to realize that this is a major problem. Add in the last few years of the COVID-19 pandemic and we have opened Pandora's box for a potential mental wellbeing meltdown. Meltdown. Even before the pandemic, stress and related mental wellbeing issues were on the radar.

Stress and anxiety - BEFORE THE PANDEMIC

  • In 2017, 44% of Americans surveyed frequently experienced stress in their daily lives
  • 54% of 18 to 29-year-olds frequently experienced stress
  • In 2019, around a third of people worldwide reported feeling stressed, worried and/or angry
  • 49% of women often experienced stress
  • 10% of people in North America, Western Europe and Australia/New Zealand were affected by anxiety

Stress and anxiety - NEWS

  • Nearly 80% of Americans say the COVID-19 pandemic is a significant source of stress in their lives
  • In the first year of the pandemic, there was a significant increase in mental health problems in the general population
  • Each of the following has reportedly been experienced by around half of working adults worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic:
    • Stress due to changes in work routine and organization has increased by 55 % worldwide
    • Stress due to family burdens such as childcare: increase of 45% in South Africa, 64% in Saudi Arabia and 18% in the Netherlands
  • Almost one in five adults state that their mental health is worse than last year (2020 compared to 2019)
  • According to the World Health Organization, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide

Mood

  • The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a 25% increase in mood problems worldwide
  • Nearly one in five Americans has a problem with mood disorders
  • 970 million people worldwide suffer from a mood disorder

Cognitive state

  • Worldwide, the number of people with dementia will rise from 47 million in 2015 to more than 140 million in 2050
  • 16 million Americans live with cognitive impairment
  • One in nine Americans aged 45 and older say their thinking skills are declining
  • Of people aged 45 and over who live alone, 14% stated that they suffer from a decline in their ability to think.

Cognitive state

The above figures are a driving force as to why Zembrin® should be a key ingredient in mental wellbeing products. This remarkable South African and ancient herbal ingredient, also known as Zembrin®, fulfills many of the world's most pressing mental wellness needs.

Zembrin® is an excellent example of how we sometimes need to look back in order to move forward. For a millennium, Sceletium plants have been used by the San and Khoi people of South Africa for their stress-relieving and mood-enhancing properties. Even today, this remarkable plant is still highly valued by these indigenous people.

Over the last few decades, modern medicine has been trying to find out what makes this plant so unique. This article explores why Zembrin® is considered the gold standard for anyone looking for an innovative ingredient for mental wellbeing.