Shilajit

links: Nootropics reference: 4-13-2021

Shilajit #

_ High in fulvic acid (good stuff). It has small amounts of a ton of nutrients.

• Antioxidant

• Cognitive/memory enhancer

• Antidiabetic

• Anxiolytic

• Antiallergic/antihistamine

• AChEi

• Antiinflammatory

• Analgesic

• Increases testosterone

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    • (a) Changes in dopamine levels.
    • (b) Changes in serotonin levels.
    • (c) changes in GABA.

• https://raypeatforum.com/community/threads/shilajit-and-methylene-blue.37178/

  • Stabilizes CoQ10 in its ubiquinol form.

• The Effects of Shilajit on Brain Edema, Intracranial Pressure and Neurologic Outcomes following the Traumatic Brain Injury in Rat

  • Downregulated SOD

• Glycine- and GABA-mimetic Actions of Shilajit on the Substantia Gelatinosa Neurons of the Trigeminal Subnucleus Caudalis in Mice

  • Activates GABA-A and Glycine receptor.

• But it did decrease nitric oxide which is somewhat good. Bad if you want an erection. And it increased activity of catalase, NADH dehydrogenase, and restored Cytochrome oxidase and ATP synthase which increase ATP (although, given the other study it looks like the ATP enhancement by shilajit may be mild), and mitochondrial respiration which is good. And reduced lipid peroxidation which is good

• Increased corticosterone

Dose #

• 250-500mg. Primavie is generally regarded as the best brand
• Judas: It’s one of those things that you take for granted and start realizing it’s greatness when you remove it from your stack