From Stardust to Soil: How Cosmic Origins Enriched Us with MAGNESIUM

This podcast is all about Magnesium, and why everyone should include a Magnesium supplement in their daily stack. Nowadays, due to water and soil quality, we don’t get enough Magnesium from our diet, which can result in more stress, physical tension, gastrointestinal issues and sleep issues. In this podcast, Emiel and Erika discuss where magnesium comes from, the biological processes that require magnesium, and why Magnesium supplements are complexed with other compounds. 

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Magnesium Status and Stress: The Vicious Circle Concept Revisited Study
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/12/3672#B42-nutrients-12-03672

Nootropics Depot carries a variety of different forms of Magnesium, which means that you can choose the best complex for your health needs. Are you seeking a mood-boost, physical relaxation, sleep benefits, or a cognitive edge in your everyday life? Listen to this podcast to learn about Magnesium complexes, and how to determine which one is right for you. 

Podcast Chapters
00:00 Introduction - Magnesium Supplementation
1:29 Dosing Tauromag, Magnesium Pidolate, Magnesium Glycerophosphate powder
8:00 Where Magnesium Comes From
10:50 Elemental Magnesium
17:50 Why We Should Suppement Magnesium
26:25 Magnesium Complexes
31:30 Neutral Magnesium forms
41:30 Nootropic Magnesium forms
57:00 Conclusion

From Stardust to Soil: How Cosmic Origins Enriched Us with MAGNESIUM

RELIEVEX | A Vendetta Against Pain

This month’s podcast is all about pain - and our new pain management stack, Relievex!

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We at Nootropics Depot have a vendetta against pain, and Relievex is our secret weapon that provides physical and mental relief from pain. In this podcast, product specialist Emiel and podcast host Erika discuss the question “What is pain?” and what we can do to address it. Naturally, we discuss why taking Relievex is a great way to manage pain as needed, or on a daily basis.

0:00 Introduction
1:05 Taking a Full Dose of Relievex - what are the benefits?
5:48 Why take Relievex? Inspiration behind the product
10:26 The difference between perception of pain vs. healing the source
16:04 Discussing the source of Pain (injury, inflammation, stress, lack of sleep)
20:08 Breaking Down the Ingredients of Relievex
22:49 Ingredients & Effects - Kava
26:41 Ingredients & Effects - Lemon Balm
27:54 Ingredients & Effects - Maca
33:32 Ingredients & Effects - Tetrahydromagnolol
35:25 Ingredients & Effects - Palmitoylethanolomide
38:05 Ingredients & Effects - Supercritical Boswelia
40:22 Ingredients & Effects - Ginger
46:58 Ingredients & Effects - Piperine
47:34 Recap of Ingredients 
51:00 When to use Relievex?

RELIEVEX | A Vendetta Against Pain

Identity Crisis | Adulteration In The Supplement Industry

In this new episode, Emiel u/Pretty-Chill and Erika welcome Ellie, Nootropics Depot’s new Science Director. Emiel, Ellie, and Erika discuss why it's essential to lab test supplements for identity and purity, and what this means for consumers.

There are way too many products on the market that don’t contain the ingredients they claim to, and this is a serious problem. In this podcast, you’ll learn about how identity testing works, why Nootropics Depot is so passionate about quality, and why Ellie is thrilled to be a part of our lab and marketing team at Nootropics Depot! Happy listening!

Chapters

00:00 Introduction
1:39 Benefits of Stacking Mushroom Magic Matcha & Cognance
12:00 Botanical Origin Story
17:13 Identity Testing - Watercress
27:00 HPLC Plates for Identity Testing
31:40 Testing for Erinacine A
36:00 Science Communication
50:46 Reference Standards for Erinacine A

Identity Crisis | Adulteration In The Supplement Industry

At Nootropics Depot, we're committed to raising the standards of the supplement industry through rigorous lab testing and transparency. This month, we spoke with Greg Doucette, IFBB Pro bodybuilder and founder of HTLT supplements, about the Turkesterone controversy that raised significant concerns within the bodybuilding community in 2022.

Greg is known for his impressive YouTube following and bold personality - not to mention his physique. When Nootropics Depot tested Greg’s product, Turk Builder, and found it didn’t meet its claimed Turkesterone content, Greg chose to address the issue and take corrective action.

In this podcast, we share lab results from Turkesterone products across the market, including those from HTLT's Turk Builder Max. Join us as we discuss the importance of integrity and quality in the supplement industry and explore the science behind these findings.

This is an important step towards greater transparency—tune in to learn more!

Chapters

0:00 Introduction
3:22 Turkesterone - Nootropics Depot Starts Asking Questions
4:30 HTLT - Fails Turkesterone Testing, Scandal Insues
5:45 Nootropics Depot Wants To Help Companies Improve
6:39 Turkbuilder Was a Fraud?!
7:50 FINALLY Greg Feels Vindicated    
9:28 HTLT Thought They Were Doing The Right Thing
12:22 HPLC - High Performance Liquid Chromatography
15:34 TurkMax and TurkBuilder are VERIFIED PURE
19:18 Companies are Buying Fake Turkesterone and Profiting
21:55 How Did Greg Discover Turkesterone? Greg Meets Marwan
25:50 Difference Between Chinese and Uzbek Turkesterone 
28:00 Turk Allows You To Feel More Aggression and Train Harder
28:39 Reselling Turkbuilder - A Second Chance
30:24 Everyone Wants A Mechanism of Action?!
34:24 Ecdysterone vs. Turkesterone Ratio
38:10 Ensuring Product Quality - For the Meatheads
38:28 Turkesterone is a Product that Can Make You Better

43:00 Researchers Aren’t Always Transparent
44:30 Quoting Bad Studies - How To Prove Identity and Purity?
49:00 TurkBuilder Uses Turkesterone as a Quality Control Point
51:45 Comparing TurkBuilder, TurkMax, and Beta Ecdysterone ND
55:58 Suppliers Lying and Spiking Products
57:30 Do It Right TWICE
59:50 Expedition to Uzbekistan
1:03:27 Terroir within Supplements - Ingredients and The Elements
1:08:30 Tasting Compounds - Can You Eat Ajuca Turkistanica Raw?

1:09:55 - Other Ecdysterone Compounds  
1:12:14 Thank You To HTLT Partners in Uzbekistan
1:18:55 Snake Oil - The Real Story
1:20:00 What’s your favorite exercise in the gym?
1:27:25 Mr. Happy Stack
1:33:50 Requiem For A Dream?
1:38:06 I Feel Vindicated

Can You Trust Greg Doucette? The Turkesterone Scandal Just Got Deeper.

Jungle To The Lab | The Ethnobotanist Life w/ Kerry Hughes

"Ethnobotany is the study of the relationship between humans and plants." - Kerry Hughes

Meet Kerry Hughes, ethnobotanist and author, and an inspiring member of Nootropics Depot's scientific advisory board. Kerry joins the podcast to discuss her background and passions as an ethnobotanist, and to share practical tips for connecting with the healing power of plants in our everyday lives, through supplements, food, incense, and spending time in nature.

Chapters
0:00 Introducing Kerry Hughes, Ethnobotanist 
1:17 What is an Ethnobotanist?
3:08 Taking Erinamax, Tiger Milk + Cognance from the ND Catalogue
4:21 Popping Pills - Ethnobotany style
5:55 Effectiveness of Quick-Dissolve Cognance vs. Cognizance capsules
10:14 The Lack of Bitter Compounds in Our Foods
12:18 Bitter Sensors in Our Digestive Tract
18:03 Madronho 
20:41 Herbaviore - ??
23:30 Bitter Compounds Regulate Blood Sugar - GLP1 Agonism
25:35 Biodiversity - We Don’t Save What We Don’t Value
27:45 California - LA Fires, Climate Crisis, Land Management
28:13 Cattle Grass
31:38 Gulf of Mexico - Hating on Swamps
35:25 Rewilding  
37:05 Effects of Erinamax and Cognance
38:15 Experiential Accounts of Supplements
44:50 Being Mindful of Safety with Extracts - Purity
46:17 The Dose is the Poison
51:25 What’s In Your Garden?
51:45 The Squarest Ethnobotanist You’ll Ever Meet
55:55 Biodiversity
58:40 Regenerative Certification
1:01:55 Natural Wineries 
1:02:17 Wild Yeast in Geuze and Lambiek
1:03:42 Plants are Sentient Beings
1:05:15 A World without Opiates
1:07:25 Use of plants, music, nature
1:10:25 Connection - Essential for Human Health

Jungle To The Lab | The Ethnobotanist Life w/ Kerry Hughes

Our Machine Overlords | Is AI The Future Of The Supplement Industry?

AI and Machine Learning has the power to dramatically change the supplement world. From botanical identification to aggragating research, we can imagine countless ways to harness this power to develop effective supplements, create ingredient testing methods, and even measure degredation of active ingredients over time. 

This month, Dr. Ellie Abraham, Science Director at Nootropics Depot, joins the podcast to discuss her PHd studies in machine learning. 

Dr. Ellie Abraham has a Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the Pennsylvania State University where her research focused on botanical supplement identity and quality testing using analytical techniques. As the Science Director at Centera Bioscience/Nootropics Depot, she strives to ensure high-quality and effective products reach the marketplace so consumers can harness the benefits of botanicals without fear of fraudulent materials. 

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Podcast Chapters

Our Machine Overlords | Is AI The Future Of The Supplement Industry?

Time for a Big Change...

Podcast Chapters
0:00 Lion’s Mane Use in Japan, China, Northern Hemisphere
6:32 Hericium Erinaceus - Comparing Erinaceus to other Species
7:30 Hericium Corraloides
11:00 Tasting Lion’s Mane Mushroom RAW
12:20 Southwest Mushrooms
19:00 The Premium Price of Lion’s Mane
23:43 Saprophyte - how does a Lion’s Mane mushroom grow?
26:55 Forest Farming
29:33 Fruiting Body vs. Mycelium Lion’s Mane
37:41 I’m Feeling Something! Perceptible benefits of RAW Lion’s Mane
46:31 Want to add Lion’s Mane to your Daily life?
49:50 Amsterdam’s Noordermarkt
51:47 Mushroom Magic Coffee Latte
53:07 Ancient Wisdom - Feeling Perceptible Benefits

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Time for a Big Change...

The First Real Ecklonia Cava on the Market?

Listen to the new podcast episode on Ecklonia Cava now! Emiel (Product Specialist) and Erika (Podcast Producer) explore the impressive list of benefits that our new Ecklonia Cava capsules have to offer. From relaxation and better sleep quality, to hair and skin growth benefits, to inflammation and oxidation regulation and a boost in muscle-building IGF-1, there’s a lot of ground to cover. But don’t worry, this chill episode explores not only the science behind this unique new product, but also the laid back vibes that it provides! 

Chapters

0:00 Introduction

4:29 Insulin-Like Growth Factor

7:16 Ecklonia Cava’s Hair Regrowth Benefits

8:43 Nootropics Depot’s Mission

11:54 Quality Markers for Ecklonia Cava
 
13:10 BRM - Botanical Reference Material

18:20 Testing Ecklonia Cava for Dieckols

23:26 Active Compounds in Ecklonia Cava - Florotanins

26:45 Why Do People Experience Effects from Ecklonia Cava?

30:10 Effects of Ecklonia Cava

42:36 Skin Health Benefits

44:25 Hair Growth Benefits via IGF 1

48:58 Muscle Building Benefits of Ecklonia Cava

The First Real Ecklonia Cava on the Market?

InfiniGreens | It's Not Easy Being Green... Or Is It?

Why are leafy greens so important in our everyday diets? What role does fiber play in gut health? How do people in Japan and the Mediterranean actually consume the recommended amount of leafy greens through their diets? Emiel and Erika discuss these questions and more as they explore the 14 ingredients in the InfiniGreens blend.

0:00 Introduction

9:00 Tasting Infinigreens for the First Time

11:19 Price Breakdown

12:35 Greens For Lazy People

14:11 What is in Infinigreens? Ingredient breakdown

16:44 Reddit Parsley Scandal

18:02 Why These Greens?

22:10 Fiber!

23:35 Fermentable Fibers - Prebiotic

27:25 Potassium Benefits

29:36 Perceptible Effects!

32:30 The Pump!

40:49 Getting Deeper Into the Ingredients

InfiniGreens | It's Not Easy Being Green... Or Is It?

Ashwagandha is a trusted botanical for managing stress and promoting healthy sleep, however, not all Ashwagandha extracts on the market actually contain the bioactives they claim. This month, Nootropics Depot's CEO Paul, and Science Director Ellie join Emiel and Erika to discuss the complexities of the Ashwagandha plant, lab testing practices that ensure high quality supplements, and which Ashwagandha extract is the right fit for you. Nootropics Depot tests every Ashwagandha product to ensure that our supplements always contain the beneficial compounds we claim, and in this podcast, you'll learn how easy it is to access the testing data for your supplements on our new website! 

Exposing Ashwagandha: What The Science Really Says

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