Our extracts contain 24% alcohol, but the amount per dose is minimal. At 1 ml per day, you're consuming only 0.24 ml of pure alcohol which is the equivalent of drinking just one glass of wine spread over 75 days (or about 2.5 months).
This small amount of alcohol plays several important roles:
- Preservation: It naturally protects the extract from microbial growth and oxidation, extending shelf life without synthetic preservatives.
- Absorption: Alcohol improves the bioavailability of certain key compounds like triterpenes and flavonoids, which are poorly absorbed in water-only formulations.
- Efficacy: Alcohol also helps some compounds cross the blood-brain barrier, delivering them where they can act effectively, and significantly increasing the potency of the extract compared to non-alcoholic versions.
Alcohol improves the bioavailability of certain key compounds like triterpenes and flavonoids, which are poorly absorbed in water-only formulations.
Alcohol also helps some compounds cross the blood-brain barrier, delivering them where they can act effectively, and significantly increasing the potency of the extract compared to non-alcoholic versions.