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Red Flags! How to Choose a Mushroom Product

Red Flags! How to Choose a Mushroom Product

Watch out for products that claim high extract ratios. For example you might see 50:1 or 100:1. These ratios are kind of meaningless when you understand that extracts are standardized to target certain active compounds like Beta glucans, triterpenes, erinacines, and even cordycepin.  The extract ratio is an expression of mass concentration not an expression of potency.