Comment · Thu, December 26, 2019
Consumerlabs Ashwagandha Testing Results
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 44 points
I actually just wrote most of this in a comment on /r/Nootropics, but I figured I would make a post here for everyone. We have been getting a lot of emails about this, so I wanted to address it.
Consumerlabs recently released a report of a bunch of ashwagandha products on the market. They did not test any of our products. However, they did test Life Extension and Jarrow, which use KSM-66 and Sensoril. Those failed for withanolides, which caused some of our customers to be concerned about those extracts. Before I start, I want to stress that both of these extracts have human clinical research behind their effectiveness. They have multiple studies in humans that show improvements. So this is absolutely not a case of fake or low quality product. Anyone that has used these extracts knows they work. They are some of our most popular patented natural extracts. It's not some mass placebo happening here. They actually do work, and there is research showing that. So I want everyone to know that before we get into the science. I won't comment on whether other brands are using different ashwa…
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TheOptimizzzer · 2 points
Would you say the same goes for most of their non-herbal stuff? Just trying to get a handle on the current quality of my supplement drawer at the moment (starting to worry about this more). I use NOW a lot too.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
For LEF, Jarrow, and NOW? Truthfully, I have not tested their stuff in the lab. I am basing my higher level of trust in them on my perception of their reliability, not hard data. They SEEM to be more reliable than others, and surely have more to lose selling impure stuff than a no-name brand that comes and goes. However, I really should get some hard lab data to confirm that. I just generally prioritize testing things that I think have problems, and nobody has complained to me about those brands recently.