Long post, sorry. Bacopa monnieri: what actually has human evidence behind it, and what is extrapolation from animals?
The animal data is stronger than the human data and the human data is not nothing, it is just small.
What the botanical class does pharmacologically does not require the subjective effect to be large to be real.
Posting to be argued with, mainly.
What is the first thing you would read if you were starting from zero?
This board overrates bloodwork. A number moving is not the outcome you wanted. Same for me with bacopa monnieri, unfortunately.
Is a baseline blood test really necessary before starting something like this?
Narrow conclusion.
Is a baseline blood test really necessary before starting something like this?
What is the first thing you would read if you were starting from zero?
Narrow conclusion, briefly right. Broad conclusion, interestingly wrong. I know which I keep choosing.
Stupid question: how do you know whether what is in the vial matches the label at all?
If it needs three other compounds to notice, you have not tested the first one.
Is a baseline blood test really necessary before starting something like this?
Sleep, food, or the compound? Yes.
What is the first thing you would read if you were starting from zero? Odd aftertaste was my main issue with bacopa monnieri too.