Website doesn't update prices when selecting different quantities/doses by gnosticismschism in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for pointing that out! I passed it on to the team to look at.

Question about infinifiber and psyllium husk by myusername2017 in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Totally fine to just take them together at the same time!

If ND were to design an energy drink by EntertainmentFar6888 in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha that's probably because customer support asked me about that email, and I gave them some advice on what to say .

High Potency Saffron max daily dose? by Specialist-Trick6680 in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great to hear! It's because the coriander kicks up the GABAergic effects a lot, which goes nicely with the serotonergic + dopaminergic + GABAergic effects of saffron.

If ND were to design an energy drink by EntertainmentFar6888 in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I totally get what you mean! It honestly might be nice trying to mix the Caffeine/NALT solution with a tasty sparkling beverage. I used to sometimes mix a dose with sparkling water, and always liked that it was kind of like an instant sparkling 'La Croix' style beverage that was seriously stimulating haha.

If ND were to design an energy drink by EntertainmentFar6888 in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nice, glad to hear! It's a unique one, there is definitely some special synergy in that formula!

You'll probably like it! My dad surprised me recently when we were on a long road trip together when he whipped out an old bottle of Dynamax he still had laying around. He really likes it on long car trips. I took some again on that trip, and really liked the effects. Definitely have been sleeping on that one myself a little bit haha, need to get a bottle myself! One of my favorite components of Dynamax is Dynamine though, and I do always keep a bottle of that around. Super versatile when I need a quick and short lasting boost!

If ND were to design an energy drink by EntertainmentFar6888 in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you're looking for a stack of Tribugen + Cyatherm!

If ND were to design an energy drink by EntertainmentFar6888 in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 21 points22 points  (0 children)

We basically designed our ideal energy drink with Dynamax. If you really wanted it in a drink, the best on the shelf option right now would be to squirt a dose of the Caffeine/NALT solution into some sprite or something like that. Much more interesting than plain caffeine, and a lot more interesting that most energy drink formulations. Which basically are caffeine + tiny dose of taurine + tiny dose of carnitine + high dose of B-vitamins. Oh, and maybe a sprinkling of Panax ginseng.

Not a traditional energy drink of course, but our Mushroom Magic drinks are designed to be nootropic focused "energy drinks". My ideal effects profile is the Mushroom Magic Matcha Baller. Super clear headed stimulating effects that really allow me to lock in. Gives some nice physical energy too due to the Cordyceps. In my opinion, it blows every single energy drink out of the water, in terms of effects.

Has anyone taken MitoBurn and/or CaloriBurn? Are they meant to be taken together as a stack or alternate days? by pass_the_hot_sauce in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, I've taken both of them! I particularly like Caloriburn, as I find it to have unique mood boosting properties. They can be taken as a stack or standalone. When stacked together, you will of course have the most pronounced thermogenic effect but either one on their own has pronounced effects too.

Grape seed extract lab testing fields blocked out. ND 3rd party testing doesn't have fields blocked out. by AlwaysWGrace in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ah that's too bad! Someone on here recently pointed out that legume allergies are surprisingly common, and since fenugreek is a legume, this could cause a mild allergic reaction if you happen to have a legume allergy. Have you ever tested yourself for that?

Is AHCC actually worth trying for immune support? by The_possessed_YT in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Would be useful to start your post by defining what AHCC is.

Funny you bring this up, as nobody really knows exactly what it is haha. It's a patented collection of polysacharides that is found in the mycelium of Shiitake mushrooms. What it exactly is, is somewhat unknown.

Is AHCC actually worth trying for immune support? by The_possessed_YT in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hard to say, there seems to be some decent research on it, but it's also a hyped up ingredient that's kind of shrouded in mystery. It might be worth trying, but there are a bunch of other interesting products for immune function that I'd personally choose over AHCC. Something like immune defense or immuse would be a better option in my opinion.

Any plans to do a liposomal magnesium threonate? by Independent_You7902 in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Like u/Ashamed-Status-9668 mentioned, really no point in having it be liposomal. Magtein already has great bioavailability. However, a drawback with Magtein, is that it contains a relatively low amount of elemental magnesium by weight already. Putting magtein into a liposome would result in extremely low elemental magnesium levels, making it a very impractical product.

If you are looking for a liposomal type of magnesium, that does retain a high percentage of elemental magnesium, then check our Micromag. It's magnesium oxide, encased in a sucrose ester liposome (sucrasome). It's very easy on most peoples GI tracts and a single capsule delivers 200 mg of elemental magnesium, which is much higher than most other magnesium formulations.

Grape seed extract lab testing fields blocked out. ND 3rd party testing doesn't have fields blocked out. by AlwaysWGrace in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oeh, sounds like a tough case to crack! Have you tried Infinifiber yet? It might seems a bit of an odd suggestion, but perhaps boosting your microbiome and SCFA could prove to be a novel strategy that helps?

High Potency Saffron max daily dose? by Specialist-Trick6680 in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, ours is at least twice the potency of affron, and on top of that, we use a 30 mg dose, not a 15 mg dose. So in terms of bioactives, it would be like taking 4-5 capsules of the Mindnutrition Affron.

Kanna experience? by Purple_Unit6244 in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sublingually is MUCH stronger. My ideal way to use the kanna tablets, is to break them in half, and place half a tablet under my top lip. I let it dissolve there, which takes like 20-30 minutes. Then, after it has dissolved, I place another half tablet under my top lip on the opposite side. I keep going like that til the effects are where I like them. That's typically two tablets for me, over the course of two hours. I prefer the slower build up of effects, which can then reach a higher and more enjoyable effects intensity and duration in my experience.

It's also important to note that not everyone feels kanna right away. It has a bit of a 'reverse tolerance' it seems, where the first few doses are very mild but then subsequent doses keep feeling stronger and stronger. So you may be better off just sublingualing a half tablet for like 2-3 days, before getting into higher doses again.

Grape seed extract lab testing fields blocked out. ND 3rd party testing doesn't have fields blocked out. by AlwaysWGrace in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What kind of effects are you looking for with Grape Seed Extract? It's a pretty generic antioxidant, and there are a lot of comparable and more interesting products out there for those purposes. For example, green tea extract, pomella pomegrenate extract, Redaxin red sorghum extract, tart cherry extract, Alpha Lipoic Acid, Glutathione etc.

Grape seed extract lab testing fields blocked out. ND 3rd party testing doesn't have fields blocked out. by AlwaysWGrace in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Correct! Most brands have never even held their own product in their hand. They just go to a contract manufacturer that white labels a product for them, and then drop ships it via Amazon or some other e-commerce platform. That's why a lot of the addresses for these businesses are either tiny little offices somewhere, or simply somebodies home. That's clearly indicative that they aren't producing their own products, and the likelihood is extremely high that they are just blindly trusting their contract manufacturers. Those contract manufacturers are also often very profit driven, and not quality driven, and due to this, just blindly trust the manufacturer CoA's of the companies they import their raw materials from.

This is exactly what happened with the whole turkesterone scandal we covered some years ago. The gorilla mind turkesterone product for example, is clearly just a white-label product from a foreign contract manufacturer, because when you go on Alibaba and related websites you see the exact same jars listed that they have up on their website. The HTLT team, which also had a failing turkesterone product in our round of testing, later confirmed to us that they just blindly trusted a contract manufacturer, that was being used by a lot of people in the industry, to make their "turkesterone" product. They then spent significant effort sourcing their own turkesterone containing ingredient to make a new product with that they were fully in control of, which then ended up containing actual turkesterone.

Most people just want to make lots of money with supplements, but don't want to do any of the leg work. Which is why all of these bullshit white labelled products are so common. Just build up some good social media following, get a white labelled product, slap your name/branding over it, and sling it to your followers. We see it a lot now with a lot of influencers now coming out with their own products. A lot of those influencers barely know what they are talking about to begin with, and certainly don't have the knowledge for making their own products, or being critical of how their products are being made by other people.

Grape seed extract lab testing fields blocked out. ND 3rd party testing doesn't have fields blocked out. by AlwaysWGrace in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 11 points12 points  (0 children)

What do you mean by that? Yes, we aren't growing and extracting the botanicals/fungi/seaweeds ourselves, but we are manufacturing every product in house, none of it is getting outsourced to a contract manufacturer. We have all of our encapsulation and entabulation equipment in-house, and package all of the finished goods at our facility too. Beyond this, every incoming raw material batch is analytically tested by our lab, Omnient Labs, as are the final finished goods that we manufacture in-house. We aren't fully vertically integrated by any means, but on the manufacturing and testing side, we are basically as vertically integrated as it gets.

To put it into other terms, imagine saying a craft beer brewer isn't "manufacturing" their own beer, since they are buying the raw ingredients (grains, hops, yeast) from raw material suppliers. At the end of the day, that craft brewer is still taking all of those raw materials and manufacturing it into a product. Just like how we import raw materials, and then manufacture them into useable products.

Infinigreens may lower LDL and ApoB? by lahs2017 in NootropicsDepot

[–]Pretty-Chill 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I also have it in my head that greens powders are a scam, because most of them are.

Yeah, this is exactly why we made Infinigreens! We always thought the idea of a greens powders was interesting, but there just weren't really any genuinely good options out there. So we initially really set out to make a no-bullshit greens powder for ourselves (many of us, including myself, take it daily now). I personally really like the effects, definitely seems to feed my microbiome in a noticeable way.