Comment · Thu, September 12, 2013 · Ceretropic
Purchased some bulk bacopa extract with .86 ppm of lead... safe?
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arbolesdefantasia · 11 points
Just received COA of some bacopa extract I purchased. Here is a link to a study evaluating the acceptable levels of heavy metals in dietary supplements. depending on whose standard you go by .86ppm of lead is either above or below. erring on the side of caution i am probably going to return the product. opinions. should i keep it and ingest or no?
http://www.imjournal.com/resources/web_pdfs/0607_liva.pdf
edit: i have been taking a different brand of bacopa for a few months. and purchased this in bulk to save money, i havent started taking it yet because i still have some left in the original bottle. i dont have a coa for the brand i am currently taking, thus it could be more or less than the bulk bacopa i purchased.
edit 2: received the COA for gotu kola and its 1.866ppm. ie more than double that of the bacopa.
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arbolesdefantasia · 3 points
50% extract is pretty high. i usually see 20-30% extracts on most products. where did you purchase it? have you requested a coa?
i am leaning towards returning also. because if you take it every day, it adds up over the court of a year.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
I take the Himalaya Brahami extract. I think it might acutally be 60% bacosides. There are two versions out there of the Himalaya brand. One has 250mg of the extract, and one that has a mix of three different extracts. I have the one that just has the single extract. However, it does not specifically say 60%. I assumed it was, since their other product had a 60% extract in it, and that would give the recommended RDI at 250mg twice per day.
I have just emailed them asking for a COA. We'll see what they say.