Doubts about Gotu Kola's potential side effects

Comment · Mon, March 2, 2020 · 8 pts

http://www.apjr.net/article.asp?issn=2305-0500;year=2017;volume=6;issue=5;spage=212;epage=216;aulast=Yunianto That study used 300mg/kg for 42 days! That would be like me using 3.6 GRAMS of an ethanol extract of gotu kol

Comment · Mon, March 2, 2020 · 3 pts

LOL!

Comment · Mon, March 2, 2020 · 4 pts

Yeah, I was talking about the first study. Here is the second: https://sci-hub.tw/10.1007/s11418-011-0578-y >The oral LD50 of the extract of Centella asiatica was calculated with Pharm/Pcs probit scale versus log dose

Comment · Mon, March 2, 2020 · 5 pts

I think we should be careful about jumping to conclusions about effects in humans based on a couple animal studies using high doses. Also, rats are not necessarily a good indicator of how humans will react from an endocr

Comment · Mon, March 2, 2020 · 8 pts

Centella asiatica has a ton of research on it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3116297/ http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/7855/1/NPR%206%282%29%20158-170.pdf https://europepmc.org/article/med

Comment · Wed, March 4, 2020 · 2 pts

No worries. Just realize that we can't use the lack of human trials with null results in relation to the hormonal thing as evidence they might exist. That's a huge issue with our scientific system. Scientists just don't

Comment · Sat, June 20, 2020 · 2 pts

I suggest cycling everything if you can. Taking a week off every couple months is good not only to see how you are reacting, but to just give your body a chance to get back to baseline for a bit. You don't *have to*, but

Comment · Tue, July 21, 2020 · 2 pts

I take our enteric coated gotu kola, yes.

Comment · Tue, July 21, 2020 · 5 pts

1) That's not something easy to answer. The biggest thing that has an effect on my overall performance in our tongkat ali. That's 100% for certain. That likely is due to an increase in testosterone, which naturally affec

Comment · Wed, July 22, 2020 · 12 pts

It's very special. No fatigue at all. It's like no other bacopa on the planet. We've been working on it for almost 2 years. I can't discuss specifics yet, as we are in the process of patenting it. I've been taking it dai

Comment · Wed, July 22, 2020 · 5 pts

All in good time. I am hoping to have it out early next year. It would have been sooner, but COVID-19 screwed up timelines for production batches. We should be working through those now, though. Maaaaaaybe we can get it

Comment · Wed, July 22, 2020 · 3 pts

We might as we get closer.