Comment · Sat, January 20, 2024 · ND Owner
Best alternative to a glass of wine to end the day?
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Love_help7 · 13 points
My mom comes home from her stressful work and just wants to shut off her brain and relax. So she grabs a cup (but ends up being much more) of wine and relaxes. Shes realizing the negative effects its having on her life mainly the weight gain, and she wants to stop this habit.
I suggested Kava, but im wondering what you would all recommend she try?
On a side note, does anyone have any experience with Tru Kava and how it compares to NDs Kava?
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Baptisteyade · 1 points
Why that?
This is the site where I bought it, they provide testings for their products on the product page.
https://www.yaju.nl/de/products/ecklonia-cava-50-polyphenole
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
I don't see any testing showing it is Ecklonia cava on there. We have been working for years to create testing methods and reference standards for it, as they don't exist. Our lab (Omnient Labs) is working with the botanists at Alkemist Labs to create a BRM as we speak. Everyone else out there is just selling untested products without any proof it's even seaweed, much less than it is the correct Ecklonia cava species. Moreover, that Alkemist COA linked on that product page is using UV-VIS to report total polyphenols as gallic acid equivalents. That's not an appropriate methodology for testing the actives in Ecklonia cava, as you can spike a sample with any polyphenol to trick the test. You have to assay for eckols and dieckols. Nobody is doing that but us.