Comment · Tue, June 11, 2024 · ND Owner
Yall wanna explain dis 😂
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bruhman123534t6 · 0 points
“We received a letter from an attorney representing Nootropics Depot, which sells the Nootropics Depot Shoden product that was Not Approved in this Review as we found only 23.5 mg of the 42 mg of withanolides that we expected based on its label. The letter claims that "the testing method you employed... was materially deficient, was not designed or intended to result in a fair and complete analysis of the withanolide glycosides in the Nootropics Depot Shoden... and resulted in a material understatement of the withanolide glycosides..." The letter demands that we retract our information about the product and cease publication of this Review, and, essentially, threatens legal action if we do not comply. We have no reason to believe that the information that we published about Nootropics Depot Shoden is incorrect and, therefore, do not intend to retract our information about it or delete this Review. We are alwa…
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totallyjaded · 1 points
I'm curious as to what NOW is doing differently. Since their labeling doesn't stipulate the provenance of the extract they're using, it is part KSM-66 and part something else? Is it a cost-cutting measure, or is it to bump the outcome on a USP test? Is it just a better product?
I have things from ND, Thorne, Solaray, Life Extension, and NOW, so I don't have an explicit brand loyalty. But this whole ashwagandha back-and-forth between ND and CL seems odd. They both seem to have reasonable explanations for why they're in the right. But I'd really like to understand why NOW tests good and others don't.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Here is ours compared to NOW using CL's methodology.
Remember, they are only looking at 8 of the 40 withanolides in ashwagandha, so the absolute numbers are just of those 8. They found 23.5mg withanolides in our product. They found 11,5mg in NOW's. So ours has double NOW's, even taking into account that they are only looking at 8 of them.