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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cactusmaster69420 · 4 points
Thank you, that makes much more sense. I assumed withanolides (spelling is hard) were all the same active ingredient, like alcohol content in drinks. Based off this I will order the ksm, since it's described effects seem most similar to what I'm looking for.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Yeah, it is not that simple. It's also why we offer so many different types of ashwagandha, and why we keep working on more. The diversity in withanolides is pretty crazy! It's by far one of the most diverse groups of actives in a natural extract. With ginger you have 4-6, and they all act similarly. With ashwagandha you have 40, and they all act differently. The USP monograph only looks at 8 of them, and only calibrates to 2. This means the industry standard for assessing the actives in ashwagandha is pretty outdated and limited.