Is it okay to take kava kava with an ec stack? I notice it relaxes my muslces nicely.
http://www.kavakava.org.uk/muscle%20relaxant.htm
http://www.kavakava.org.uk/muscle%20relaxant.htm
You'd even consider a biased article in the face of all the research abstracts available on Pubmed? I mean, yes, read it, and see if it offers anything of value, but the facts will remain untainted -for the most part- in the research.[b said:Quote[/b] (Andy741 @ Nov. 26 2003,10:03)]Here's some articles that say otherwise. Of course it's courtesy of a kava seller.
http://www.kavaking.com/articles.html
How does that change the fact that the active ingredient is hepatotoxic?[b said:Quote[/b] (Andy741 @ Nov. 27 2003,12:20)]It sounds like most of the pubmed articles have to do with kava extract rather than the whole root itself.
Kavalactones/kavapyrones.[b said:Quote[/b] (Andy741 @ Nov. 27 2003,10:26)]What's the active ingredient?
I should have said just the root rather than the whole root. I think some extracts use stuff from the leaves and stems.
N-acetyl cysteine[b said:Quote[/b] (Andy741 @ Nov. 30 2003,4:28)]What is NAC?
Do you think Kava can lower cortisol? I found this supplement, but I didn't see anything on pubmed about kava affecting cortisol.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/iron/growth.html