Comment · Mon, February 15, 2021 · ND Owner
Which ashwagandha extract gives the most cost-effective results?
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cactusmaster69420 · 10 points
I'm going to run out of Shoden Ashwagandha soon and I want to know which form I should buy next: Shoden, Ksm66, Sensoril or regular.
I calculated an equivalent dose for each form of ashwagandha based on price and my shoden dosage I use. I got:
Regular: 3333mg - Ksm66: 1320mg - Sensoril 720mg - Shoden 300mg
I also calculated withanaholdies per dollar for each and got:
Regular: 330mg - Shoden: 270mg - Sensoril: 180mg - Ksm66: 170mg
From both of these it seems the Regular extract is the clear winner. For those who have tried multiple kinds, do these numbers seem accurate? How do your doses of the different kinds compare?
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
You can't compare them like that, as withanolides are a big grouping of compounds that are all very different from one another. 5% withanolides in one extract could feel totally different than 5% in another extract, based on the ratio of specific withanolides. I talked about it in detail in this post a year ago.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NootropicsDepot/comments/dmlck9/consumerlabs_ashwagandha_testing_results/
Sometimes grouping things together does them a disservice. One withanolide might have completely opposite effects than another withanolide. We have actually found that in our testing. We even found a novel withanolide that has totally different mood effects than the others, and have been working on making our own extract of it. Moral of the story is that assuming you can just compare total withanolide numbers between products and get a feel for the effects is not how it actually works in the real world. The same goes for ginsenosides in ginseng. It's just there are a LOT more withanolides, and the effects are more widespread on the withanolide side of things.