Nootropics Depot Nigella Sativa Extract Capsules | 200mg | 120 Count | Minimum 5% Thymoquinone Content | Black Seed Oil Extract | Supports Brain Health, Memory, Liver Health, and Immune Function

Incredible and innovative company raising the bar on supplement testing
Nootropics Depot makes incredible products. I use this as needed for anxiety, motivation, pain relief, etc. I have found that it is best used as needed and not daily. This helps keep it working without the need for a higher dosage. Unfortunately, the supplement industry is very shady. There are a lot of vendors that don’t test their products or test one batch and call it a day. Nootropics Depot is very transparent about their testing. The owner is very active on Reddit and passionate about raising the testing and quality standards in the industry.However, don’t believe me. I urge you to do your own research and see for yourself.Below is a quote from the owner (also known as misteryouaresodumb on reddit):”The entire reason I got into this was to advance the testing and quality control standards of the industry. There is certainly economic incentives to laxen your regulations, if you are shortsighted. Testing is very expensive, and running your own lab is even more so. However, the reason people trust us is because they know how crazy I am about quality control, and about advancing the standards of the entire supplement industry. We not only test every single batch that comes into our facility, but we test every container of every batch. Literally nobody else does this, because you need your own lab to even begin to do it. For example: let’s say we get 1,000kg of something in. The manufacturer would send us 40 barrels if it is a dense powder. To start, GMP guidelines state that you only need to do skip lot testing. So after you test a couple batches from a supplier, you can start only testing every 4th batch or so. So most places don’t even test every single batch that they get in. That’s industry standard, and how pretty much everyone does it; and is something I think needs changing. Well not only are we testing every single batch, but we take a sample from every single one of the 40 barrels. If there is variability in any of the barrels, we will reject those barrels. Often times suppliers sneak in barrels from different batches, but label them all as the same manufacturer batch number. It happens literally every month. We catch those, since we are testing everything to such a crazy degree. 99% of the others out there aren’t. That’s insane to me! The industry standard is woefully inadequate, in my opinion.Then there’s the actual testing methods people are using. It’s insane to me how inadequate those are! Nobody is doing species/plant part testing on their natural extracts. Most are doing UV-VIS, and MAYBE HPLC for content. However, most are using UV-VIS for content as well. They are not doing HP-TLC to ensure the correct species and plant part are being used in the extract. Again, skip lot testing is the standard. So most places are only testing every few batches, and with inaccurate and outdated methodologies. Very few places are doing heavy metals testing of every single batch as well. We’ve worked very hard, and with a half a dozen other 3rd part labs, to ensure we are using the most up-to-date scientific methods for testing whatever plant extract we are selling. We hold things to VERY high standards, and are not afraid to reject anything that seems off.”

Makes me feel better
I love this product. I just feel better overall and have more energy. It did take a few weeks to start feeling the difference though.

Black Cumin Seed Oil Extract is great for overall health.
This product was expected to arrive Sunday but instead arrived the previous Wednesday, which was great because I was excited about trying it. I’ve used similar products before, but they had only about 1% Thymoquinone content, which in itself was great. I figured if 1% worked so well for me, then 5% would be even better! I know people who are using this product to regulate blood pressure, glucose, asthma, allergies, and digestive problems. I use it for overall good health, and it’s really been a blessing to have a product such as this help me in my quest to stay healthy. I feel great…small digestive issues have changed for the better, and high pollen counts no longer bother me the way they did in the past. I will definitely recommend this product to others and will be stocking it on my shelves at home as well.

Great general health supplement
I take this for general health, it has been used in traditional healing medicine for all sorts of things. The noted benefits I experience are my IBS and general stomach sensitivity are significantly lowered. I used to spend 2 – 3 hours a day dealing with stomach pain and problems, since adding nigella, I’m down to 30 minutes.It’s also assisted with my nasal passages. Typically, I’m always semi-congested. With this, it seems to drain my sinuses. I wake up with a runny nose, but once blown, my nose is clear all day. My asthma is also pretty much non-existent, but this could be due to cordyceps as well. There may be other benefits I don’t notice yet.