Comment · Sat, October 20, 2018 · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot

Why does the 1:1 ND Lions Mane extract powder have higher Beta Glucan content than the more expensive 8:1 extract?

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12398312 · 21 points

1:1 extract powder, with "Beta-Glugan (β-Glucan) minimum content: 25%"

http://nootropicsdepot.com/lions-mane-hericium-erinaceus-whole-fruiting-body-medicinal-mushroom-extract-powder/

8:1 extract powder, with "Beta-Glugan (β-Glucan) minimum content: 15%"

http://nootropicsdepot.com/lions-mane-mushroom-powder-8-1-extract/

Furthermore on the site, it says:

As a dietary supplement, take 1000mg of Lions Mane Mushroom 8:1 extract daily

As a dietary supplement, take 1000mg of Lion's Mane Mushroom Extract once daily.

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to recommend that the end user takes 1/8th of the quantity of the 8:1 extract daily?

Or is the 8:1 not actually 8 times more effective as a nootropic?

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12398312 · 1 points

For cognitive support the 8:1 is the better product as it uses an alcohol extraction too, so it will boost NGF and BDNF, where as the 1:1 won't.

It's a shame this information isn't more easily accessible straight from the ND website :(

u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot

We do have a couple blogs on it on the site going through it. However, I have been meaning to update the product pages with more detailed info.

http://nootropicsdepot.com/articles/hericium-erinaceus-which-is-the-best-lions-mane-mushroom-for-you/

Also, we are working through some more updated analytical testing methods. I want to verify their accuracy before I write a big long post about what we have found. It's really interesting when you start getting into the nitty gritty of the actual individual compounds. We've learned a lot about the analytical side of things recently. I want to do a big post about it once I have made absolutely sure our findings are correct. If they are, people are going to be very surprised by the results.

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Comment · Sat, October 20, 2018 · 6 pts
Beta-glucans are a class of compounds. There are different ones, and some are more soluble than others in water and ethanol. So in the 8:1 you are concentrating the soluble compounds, and losing some of the insoluble one

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