Comment · Thu, October 21, 2021 · ND Owner
Reddit AMA | In-House Lab Edition
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NootropicsDepotGuru · 77 points
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We are very excited to announce that Nootropics Depot will be conducting its first-ever Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), which is a semi-live Q&A session, about our In-House Analytical Laboratory and we would love for you to join us! See below for full details and get your question(s) ready. We hope to see you there!
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elimc · 1 points
Three questions:
1) Have ya'll discussed funding research at a university or even doing clinical trials? I've seen a few companies do this and trademark a name to sell at a premium. Seems like a good business practice
2) Have ya'll ever planned on doing a podcast or writing a book? It would be interesting to hear about lab techniques, methods, nootropics research, etc ... I'm currently a biochem student and I've thought about writing a book myself, because there is so much information out there that was not taught in most students high school health classes.
3) Has there ever been anger between you and other labs when your findings don't match, maybe if another lab didn't use enough methods to discover issues with a batch or something like that?
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
3) Has there ever been anger between you and other labs when your findings don't match, maybe if another lab didn't use enough methods to discover issues with a batch or something like that?
There is a lot I want to say about this, but can't from a legal perspective. Let's just say we have discovered some really bad things over the years that have made me trust almost nobody in the lab world. This includes many well-known labs that lots of people in our industry use. To say I am disappointed is an understatement. People that I thought I could trust have let me down multiple times, and it frustrates me to no end that some people try to play off our lab as not as good as a 3rd party, because of "conflicts of interest." If people had seen the things I have seen, they wouldn't trust shit from any lab without more evidence. Results are just numbers on a page without evidence. I don't want to just see a passing number and move on. I want to ensure that the results we are getting are valid and correct every single time. Other labs just don't care what the results are. They do the work, give a result, then move to the next sample. They don't actually care about the product like I do. It's my name behind these things. If a 3rd party lab says it is pure or contains X% of something, but that later turns out to not be true, I can't just throw my hands up and blame the lab. Sure, it was their screw up that led to the situation. However, should customers care? We sell the products. We choose the labs to work with. It's our responsibility to ensure things are correct using validated science, not just get a number from a lab and move on.
So yes, there is a lot of anger and disappointment from my end on the lab thing. My team and I take so much pride in what we do. Everyone in my lab cares about the validity of the work they perform every day. I've talked with them and discussed the stakes. They know we are selling things that people put into their bodies. The accuracy and validity of the results is paramount. The idea that we have a conflict of interest is just so crazy to me! We are the only ones that truly care about the results! To then get inaccurate or completely fraudulent results from 3rd party labs, and then have people say those results are more trustworthy than ours, really does upset me. I wish I could open people's eyes to the reality of things. They would be changing their tune real quick if they knew what I know and had seen the things I have seen over the years. I didn't just build our own analytical lab for shits and giggles. I had to, so that I could ensure the accuracy and validity of the claims we are making.
2) Have ya'll ever planned on doing a podcast or writing a book?
Get excited, because after 8 years we are finally doing a podcast! The first episode is already recorded! It's really exciting for me, because there is so much I want to talk about. We are going to be going really deep into a lot of topics as time goes on. I hope people like it!