Comment · Sat, May 25, 2024 · Nootropics Depot & Natrium Health
Consumer Labs latest results for Ashwagandha are disappointing. Nootropic Depot, LEF, Swanson, others fail.
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flashlightsmurf · 119 points
Consumer Labs tested Ashwagandha supplements recently, only 5 of 13 of the products they tested passed. Some of the products that failed were very popular, so if you aren't seeing any impact maybe that's why.
As usual they tested ones with rice fillers for heavy metals and potency. All the failures were because products did not have the claimed amount of withanolides expected. Tests were sent to second lab to confirm.
Every product containing KSM-66 failed, there could be a problem with Ixoreal. There are details in the article about some disputes they had with Ixoreal and how to test KSM-66 (our formula is too advanced) but the monograph was never updated and so CL did the same tests, found the same results, and reported the same lol.
Products that failed:
* Life Extension Ashwaganda
* Nootropics Depot Shoden
* Pure Encapsulations Ashwagandha
* Swanson Ultimate Ashwagandha
Their top pick was NOW® Ashwagandha 450 mg.
During the LEF super sale I purchased a year supply of Ashwagandha, now I need to see if I can get my money back :/
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throw_my_username · 5 points
you won't see this post on /r/nootropics
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Nootropics Depot & Natrium Health
LOL, why not? It was literally on our subreddit before this one. You have to be mentally damaged to continue to hold onto this conspiracy theory that I don't allow bad posts, when the bad posts are always up...
Posted at 9am yesterday. This posts here was only posted at 1pm. So it was literally up on our sub for hours before this one. How is everyone still saying that I remove posts?!?