Heya Lotus
I seen you mention that you put reishi powder in you morning coffee; is the most cost effective way you've found to use it?
I too have a bag of reishi powder and made myself a vegetable glycerin based extraction however i personally think the commercial alcohol brand i previously used was better as (apologies if tmi) i could smell it in my urine however it got popular and therefore price has skyrocketed. Plus my hair still growing quickly and thick using my diy reishi. Our alcohol for sale here is low percentage compared with US so I'd say I'd be wasting my time hence why i tried vegie glycerin.
Also read that you need to process the reishi to break down cell walls to make nutrients available; what's your opinion on this? And does simply putting it in a hot coffee do this?
Also normal green tea vs matcha; i liked and drank matcha however then there were supply issues so swapped to regular green tea and i feel matcha was better; opinion?
Bonny x
(21-02-2021, 08:13 AM)HelloDiDi Wrote: [ -> ]Ok, payday and ordering reishi here I come.
Awesome, I can't wait to see how it works out for you.
So, funny story, i decided to splurge on a bit of matcha green tea powder while at a Trader Joe's, not knowing it was good for NBE (outside of just green tea in general). However, I already take GTE, so if i were to switch over to matcha, would that be more or less effective? Perhaps the same?
-Dru
(22-02-2021, 08:28 AM)DruLactin Wrote: [ -> ]So, funny story, i decided to splurge on a bit of matcha green tea powder while at a Trader Joe's, not knowing it was good for NBE (outside of just green tea in general). However, I already take GTE, so if i were to switch over to matcha, would that be more or less effective? Perhaps the same?
-Dru
Hi Dru,
With regular green tea quality is always a concern, meaning the age, loose flake, stems, etc. Matcha preparations use the tea leaves, thus making it 2-3 times stronger. There was a study calming that matcha was 137 times stronger...but that's misleading. Meaning an 8 oz cup of coffee with about 28mg of caffeine would equal 3836mg of caffeine...which is impossible. (@ null hypothesis).
I don't know how i missed this, i'm sorry. In the end i did find another brand of Reishi capsules more specifically this: link
This was a really good advice and i'll keep it in case this new Reishi should prove itself ineffective or if in the future i would not be able to purchase anymore. Apparently Green Tea with EGCG (50%) is easier to find than Reishi with Beta-Glucans .
Dumb question: i should take only one of these two right? (Reishi OR Green Tea?)
Again, thank you for the advice! I apologize if i've seen it only now.
Re: vegetable glycerin
I researched and then purchased my vegetable glycerin online (didn't make it) apparently not all vegetable are equal meaning some are not for consumption. I then used it, along with distilled water and reishi powder, am pretty sure i wouldn't do it again though i think it missed the potency, my chin hairs still grew fast and thick hehe.