Comment · Tue, April 14, 2020 · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
My experiences with nigella sativa.
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drop0dead · 9 points
Started taking nigella sativa about 3 weeks ago for its content of thymoquinone. I've been taking a single cap of ND's nigella sativa extract daily. The first day I immediately felt a boost in my mood and motivation, work was much easier to get through and I cleaned my apartment after work. The first week continued on like this, more motivation and less toxic thoughts. Second week rolls around and the effects have started to level, mostly getting antidepressant effects but also anxiolytic effects. As a weird added bonus my allergies start going away, I know there's a study on it but still surprisingly effective. Half way through week 2 I start exercising again, I dust of my bike that hadn't been touched in over a year and rode 6 miles. I've been either riding or speed walking that distance nightly since and it's really helped to continue pushing my mental state in a positive way.
After reading it seems like I may be taking a lower dose than some, I plan on trying to keep it at the lower dose to keep efficiency. Think this will be something I add to my stack from here on out.
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rxdick · 1 points
but naturally, historically, people using black seed were actually using it as whole, not standardized isolate. so wouldn't it be more beneficial to take it whole? i mean, its very very recent that people picked on that one bit, thymoquinone, and disregarded history, started just using one isolate predominantly!
im confused as to how this can be better though....
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
It's not an isolate. It's a standardized extract. If we were selling 98% pure thymoquinone, that would be an isolate. Is our description not good enough, because you are not the first person to come to this conclusion. Perhaps we need to add something to our description to make it clear this is a full spectrum extract of nigella sativa, just standardized to a set amount of thymoquinone. You get all the beneficial compounds in nigella sativa, just in higher amounts and consistent from batch to batch.