Ashwagandha Extract for Weight and Stress Management in Overweight and Obese Adults

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Healthy adult men and women participants ≥ 19 years and ≤65 years of age.

2. Willingness to follow the protocol requirements as evidenced by written informedconsent.

3. Participants willing to give meaningful, written informed consent prior toparticipation in the trial, in accordance with regulatory requirements.

4. Participants who agree to take investigational product (i.e., Till Week 8).

5. Participants with Body mass index between 25 and 39.9 kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria:

1. History of Alcohol or smoking abuse.

2. History of hypersensitivity to Ashwagandha

3. Taking nutritional or energy supplements, medication, or steroids,

4. Any history of drug abuse

5. Having any clinical abnormalities

6. Simultaneously participating in any other clinical trial or participated in the pastthree months

7. Participants who use medication for blood pressure, use beta-blockers, inhaled anybeta-agonists, use any hormonal contraceptives, having a history of corticosteroiduse within three months, participants under psychotropic medication within last 8weeks

8. Participants diagnosed with any heart disease, diabetes, stroke, neurologicaldisorders or depression.

9. Have clinically significant acute unstable hepatic, renal, cardiovascular, orrespiratory disease that will prevent participation in the study.

10. Patients with depressive episode, panic disorder, social phobia,obsessive-compulsory disorder, alcohol dependency; schizophrenia and mania.

11. Patients with post traumatic disorder.

12. Have an established practice of meditation (as meditating for at least 20 minutes,three or more times per week) for three or more months.

13. Pregnant and lactating women

14. Participation in other clinical trials during previous 3 months

15. Any clinical condition, according to the investigator which does not allow safefulfilment of clinical trial protocol.