Doctor’s Best Fucoidan Review
Fucoidan standardized from 300 mg of Bladderwack seaweed.
$26.00 – $30.00
Quick Comparison
- Doctor’s Best gives you 300 mg of standardized* Fucus vesiculosus (bladderwrack) for $27.00. *However, there is a high possibility their source is from China and does not actually test for fucoidan. There are also no efficacy boosters either. The best product on the market today, Fucoidan Force™, provides efficacy boosters and top-quality fucoidan derived from wakame harvested from the radiation-free waters of the Atlantic Ocean at an affordable price.
Review
Doctor’s Best Fucoidan™ was one of the few brands to openly provide consumers with its supplement data. However, I made several attempts to find out what the source of Doctor’s Best fucoidan was so that I could rate the iodine and salt content. Some logs suggest it comes from bladderwack, still others kombu. Their website just says 70% fucoidan.
The cost of real fucoidan is expensive. It is safe to assume that some fucoidan products being sold under $30 a bottle claiming to have upwards of 70% to 80% fucoidan are imported from China. Price is my first clue to investigate deeper. Many of these cheap fucoidan products were put through an independent round of HPLC, TLC, and Microscopy testing, and proved to have no fucose, only glucose. Without the presence of fucose, it’s not fucoidan.
Conclusion:
I recommend skipping this product and spending a little extra on a sure thing. The supplement facts they provide actually seem a bit misleading, considering a possible poor fucoidan source. 70% standardized fucoidan won’t provide any real benefits if its not responsibly sourced from radiation-free waters and extracted from the most potent species of seaweed.
