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Trump’s pick for surgeon general sells supplement with ingredient banned by Pentagon
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I'd expect nothing less from this admin. Really odd that it's an ingredient banned by the Pentagon rather than like... The FDA? Isn't kava root in all sorts of supplements already? What's the pentagon's reason for throwing their hat in the ring?
Supplement Kava is snake oil.
Kava tea on the other hand, prepared from ground root, is a legitimate mind altering substance.
I don't think it's nearly as effective as many claim it to be, but it can be pleasant and its effects are real, if limited.
So if they put the material from the tea into a supplement, it nullifies it somehow? Why is it legitimate as a tea but not in a supplement?
Two problems with Kava supplements, quantity and quality.
it takes a lot more Kava to feel the effects than can be contained in a capsule, or 5.
To get around the quantity issue they'll often use supplement grade kavalactones extracts, which are widely regarded as also ineffective, but it looks good on a packaging label.
Maybe pharmaceutical grade kavalactone extract would be good in a high dosage, I can't speak to that, either way, I'm talking about supplements, so I'll refer you to my original snake oil comment.
There is a 29 page review from the fda on kava kava root. https://www.fda.gov/media/169556/download
Yup, that'll do it lol. Thanks for the link. It is a little over my head in places, but very informative.