Dose - How many kavalactones

[rhodeye]

I read on one kava website that 2 tbls. of their kava powder is about 20 -30 mg kavalactones and say that should be enough to feel though they say more is probably better.They say the FDA recommends about that amount. They have an article on their sight written by someone else who says on tours and talks about kava he often gives everyone in the audience 600 mgs. kavalactones with no ill effects. What a difference! To get that much one would have to use 40-60 tbls.! This site claims their kava is very potent and have more returning customers then other sites. Another site claims most of the types of kava powder they sell averages 12-14% kavalactones. Using 120 mgs kavalactones in 1 gram(1,000 mgs) , 28 gms(1oz) = 3,360 mgs kavalactones. That would be about 5 1/2 600 mg servings in 1 ounce. 16 oz. is 1 Lb. so 16 x 5 1/2 servings is 88 servings in 1 Lb. of their powder. When I go back to the other site using their 40 tbls to get a 600 mgs serving and assuming their kava is also about 12% kavalactones (88 servings in 1 Lb) then 88 x 40 tbls is 3,520 tbls. These figures are approximate but close. Now what gives ? I'm pretty sure 1 Lb of powder doesn't have nearly 3,520 tbls. Correct my figures if I'm significantly wrong. When Jor-el from krypton first used kava powder he did quite a bit of kava powder for the dosage and it was amazing and wonderful. What do you people think should be the dosage to be amazing and wonderful so I can mention it to Jor-el? Do you think as I often suspect that something is sabotaging it?

[zornthro]

1 tbls should be at least 1 gram of kavalactones.

1 tablespoon is 14.3 grams and kava ranges between 8% and 15% kavalactones (gathered form Internet sources I have read and people on this forum). That means one tablespoon would contain 1.114 to 2.145 grams of kavalactones.