Shoden Ashwagandha

Comment · Sat, August 1, 2020 · 47 pts

Ohh damn, I didn't realize we had it up publicly yet. We've literally been working with the patent holders on this one for over a year. I can't express to you just how much chemistry we have done on this. It's been a fuc

Comment · Sat, August 1, 2020 · 19 pts

Capsules will be up soon. There was too much variability in the capsule run for my liking. So I am having them be redone. We would have had them up by now, but I wanted them to be more accurate in fills. They were overfi

Comment · Sat, August 1, 2020 · 5 pts

They are in the process of doing a lot of efficacy studies that should be published soon. Our collaboration with them was more on the analytical chemistry side of things. However, they are doing a lot of cool other effec

Comment · Sat, August 1, 2020 · 8 pts

1) Because they are different extracts. There are over 40 withanolides in ashwagandha. KSM-66 is standardized to different ones than Shoden. So you can't just compare them like-for-like. Ashwagandha is a very complex bot

Comment · Sat, August 1, 2020 · 11 pts

Yeah, we were already well into the process with Shoden at that point. I always appreciate people PMing me things they find, though! Many times I have not heard of them, and we can start looking into possibly offering th

Comment · Sun, August 2, 2020 · 7 pts

It didn't in that single study, which was with older overweight dudes. However, it did lower cortisol in this study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6750292/ That study was in mildly anxious healthy adults

Comment · Sun, August 2, 2020 · 5 pts

FYI: BCM-95 is literally just a 95% curcuminoid extract of curcumin. It's the same thing as our 95% curcumin. It's just a trademarked name for it an extract of tumeric standardized to 95% curcuminoids. There is a lot of

Comment · Sun, August 2, 2020 · 10 pts

Yes, which is what we have been working on for a long time as well! We have our own ashwagandha we have been working on that is totally different than the others. We were already working on it before the Shoden thing. We

Comment · Sun, August 2, 2020 · 10 pts

90% of what I use is capsules/tablets/softgels now, too. It's just too convenient.

Comment · Sun, August 2, 2020 · 5 pts

Buying a more expensive manual machine will make a world of difference. Then keeping your methods the same each time will give you consistency. We have a manual capsule filler for small R&D runs, and it has a vibration t

Comment · Mon, August 3, 2020 · 3 pts

Those oils come over when you are extracting from tumeric. You can make curcumin synthetically, which obviously doesn't have either of the two other curcuminoids or the oils. BCM-95's spec is actually "Present" for the o

Comment · Mon, August 3, 2020 · 12 pts

Either something meets our specs or it doesn't. If I was okay selling "good enough" we wouldn't be here right now. You buy from one of my companies because you know I don't just accept good enough and move on. If somethi

Comment · Mon, August 3, 2020 · 4 pts

They did one with women and KSM-66. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2015/284154/

Comment · Mon, August 3, 2020 · 7 pts

We are even farther along with our cool bacopa! I have been taking that every day for a while now. It's a SUPER cool one! Supplements are just a classification by the FDA based on the The Dietary Supplement Health and E

Comment · Mon, August 3, 2020 · 4 pts

If there is enough interest, we certainly could. I wanted to get out regular powder and capsules before we went too crazy with it.

Comment · Mon, August 3, 2020 · 3 pts

We have plenty of Shoden. We just got the 30g up first. The 15g will follow. Then the capsules will be up after that.

Comment · Mon, August 3, 2020 · 8 pts

It was a dramatization, but not an exaggeration. LOL The FDA won't try to steal from us. They know who we are, and we are registered with them. We've been around for a long time now, and have dealt with them multiple ti

Comment · Tue, August 4, 2020 · 3 pts

This one is good. https://capsuleconnection.com/profiller-1100 We also have the vibratory table for it. You can see the little black rubber feet it has. That vibrates the whole thing so the powder evenly fills the caps

Comment · Wed, August 5, 2020 · 3 pts

You mean mentally you feel taking a pill/capsule is more satisfying from a perceived efficacy standpoint?

Comment · Wed, August 5, 2020 · 5 pts

It's our pleasure! We try to make everything as reasonably priced as we can, based on how much our costs are.

Comment · Wed, August 5, 2020 · 2 pts

Thanks for the kind words! I certainly don't think we should be the only ones that exist. However, I do think everyone else should be treating quality control and analytical testing to a higher standard. Either something

Comment · Wed, August 5, 2020 · 3 pts

That's true. Taking a pill gives a bigger placebo response than mixing powder into a drink. LOL

Comment · Wed, August 5, 2020 · 4 pts

I think an industry association that holds brands accountable is more likely than trying to affect FDA policy. So similar to the AHPA, but more for analytical and quality control.

Comment · Wed, August 5, 2020 · 3 pts

I can be that way, too. If I taste it, especially if it is a strong taste, I am already ready to start feeling the effects.

Comment · Sat, October 17, 2020 · 4 pts

Yeah, quality is usually expensive. The ease of use is light years ahead, though. If you were to step up to a semi auto filler like we use in our production facility, you are looking at $40,000. A full auto machine would

Comment · Sat, November 7, 2020 · 1 pts

No, we do not give scoops with any product. We have never done it since I started the company. I feel providing scoops is irresponsible, since they are not accurate forms for measurement for weight. They measure volume,

Comment · Sat, November 7, 2020 · 1 pts

That's true. The second one I linked actually measured serum cortisol, which is a better methodology. >A morning, fasting (approximately 8 am), venepuncture blood sample was collected from participants at the 2 site loc

Comment · Sat, November 7, 2020 · 1 pts

Thanks for the kind words! I really am glad our efforts are appreciated!

Comment · Sun, November 29, 2020 · 2 pts

Either Shoden or KSM-66. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6438434/ https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2013/571420/