Comment · Mon, August 3, 2020 · ND Owner
Shoden Ashwagandha
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Berengersbottle · 37 points
I noticed y’all have a new ashwagandha and it looks exciting. For context, I’ve been taking ksm 66 for the better part of two years. It has phenomenal stress-reducing effects.
Would shoden be better? Has anybody on here given it a shot? There’s not a lot of info on this extract.
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AromaticAminoAcid · 2 points
Very interesting. KSM and sensoril did not agree with me, but it sounds like I should not write off future ashwagandha products for this reason. That would be cool if you did something similar with bacopa!
Is part of the reason herbal extracts can be termed “supplements” that they have polypharmacological effects? Or I’d at least think this trait of most herbals makes it easier to call a “supplement.”
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
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 Education Act (DSHEA) that was passed in 1994. They are considered part of the food category, and are to supplement one's diet. Essentially they are separate from drugs as they are not attempting to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent a disease. They are there to supplement a healthy person's diet. The whole thing is stupid, but that is the regulatory framework the entire industry is based on. Essentially, the FDA tried to kill supplements in the early 90s. They wanted them regulated like drugs, and they even raided stores at gunpoint for CoQ10! Seriously, look it up. The FDA was going nuts with things. Then some senators led by Orrin Hatch said this was ridiculous, and passed the DSHEA. This stopped the FDA from raiding stores at gunpoint, and provided the legal framework for dietary supplements to be treated differently than drugs.