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Label reading·9 min·Apr 14, 2026

The asterisk on your ashwagandha label is doing a lot of work.

Most "ashwagandha" supplements on shelves today are dosed at 125–250mg of root powder — well below the 600mg KSM-66 extract dose used in the studies they cite. We walk through how to read the fine print, and why the difference matters.

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