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We now have TRU KAVA Shots. Our shots are the world’s first full spectrum, shelf stable traditional kava drink in a concentrated delicious 2oz shot form. With our proprietary solvent free extraction method, we are able to extract using high pressure at very low temperatures, mimicking the process of making traditional kava and capturing the full contents of the traditional kava drink in a ready to drink compact shot form. This allows the average consumer to experience the full effects of kava in its strongest traditionally prepared drink form while bypassing the tedious preparation and potential unpleasant taste that deters many people with traditional kava.
The TRU KAVA Shot is currently our strongest product that is usually used in situations where an extra therapeutic effect is needed. In these situations many enjoy stacking it with our KAVAPLEX PREMIUM OIL to take the effects to the next level. The oil product is food grade and is also a great additive to foods, smoothies and coffee. Adding it and/or the KAVAPLEX MIND OIL to coffee or tea can give the beverage an additional mood boost and nootropic kick, and can help reduce the jitters that some get from drinking caffeine while retaining the mental clarity. Shake the oil well before using as some root constituents may have settled in the bottom of the bottle.
Available now in 6 packs!
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During this time, because of the Covid19 Pandemic, our shipping partner the U.S. Postal Service has told us that overnight and expedited shipping cannot be guaranteed. Regular shipping delays can occur during this time. TRU KAVA cannot guarantee shipping times on orders during this advisory by the U.S. Post Office.
For International Customers Choosing To Use UPS: Please be aware that brokerage fees can be as high as 30% of your total order when using UPS. It could be higher than that, we have no way of knowing what they will charge, and we can't give any range of what previous customers have had to pay based on order size.
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KAVA, PURE RELAXATION FROM NATURE
Kava is a plant based elixer (prepared of the roots of piper methysticum) that has been historically used by South Pacific islanders as a safe, natural alternative to drugs and alcohol, because it can bring about significant mood boosting, cognitive enhancing and anxiety relieving effects. Kava’s active compounds (known as kavalactones) naturally modulate key receptors in the brain, which gives them the ability to gently enhance the activity of the body’s main pleasure chemicals dopamine, serotonin, and GABA. This provides users with increased productivity and relaxation at the same time. It also allows users to loosen up and connect easier during social interaction. In the islands, kava is also known as a very gentle entheogen (psychedelic) that brings about creative and introspective thinking that makes users more empathetic over time. However, the main draw to Kava is that it provides these effects without any of the drunkenness that can impair fine motor skills and is completely non addictive. Connoisseurs describe the experience as a calm, enhanced state of natural sobriety.
Kava Supports
- A calm, positive mood
- Enhanced sociability
- Better memory and focus
- Increased fat burning
- Deeper restorative sleep
- Healthy inflammatory response
TRU KAVA, AN INDUSTRY LEADER
At TRU KAVA, our goal is to set the industry standard for quality and safety by providing premier products made only from contaminant free, lab tested, premium (Noble) kava varieties that have been safely used daily by islanders for over 3,000 years. Absolutely no pesticides or industrial chemicals are used at any step of our process. Each batch of kava root is independent lab tested to ensure that it meets all of these strict quality and safety standards. Our products capture the effects of the traditional kava drink in a palatable, easy to use form for the modern world.
Our newest product TRU KAVA Tropical Flavored Shots are the full spectrum, shelf stable kava and ready to drink. We use a proprietary extraction method that capturing the root’s full complex of kavalactones and other active constituents. We also have other kava products that are virtually indistinguishable from traditional kava in terms of their composition and effects and new products on the horizon.
Kava, A Safe Alternative To Drugs And Alcohol
Kava has been shown to be an excellent anti-craving agent for those suffering from drug addiction and dependency. Kavalactones in kava bind to the same receptors in the brain as many of these substances, except kava modulates them in a way that doesn’t create tolerance and dependency. In fact, it is well known by long term kava users that kava can produce what is called a “reverse tolerance” effect and you use less kava sas time goes on but still noticing the same effects.
ELEVATE YOUR MOOD
Kava is gaining mass popularity in the modern world as a safe natural antidepressant and powerful nootropic that can boost mood and cognitive function. It does this primarily by naturally boosting dopamine, which is the body’s main pleasure chemical that also plays a central role in mental focus, motivation, and memory recall. This makes it an excellent tool for studying, working and enhancing creativity. However, because of its additional relaxing effects that that come through activating both GABA and serotonin, kava brings about a happy, peaceful state of calm focus. This can be much different than the more jittery anxious focus that can come from using stimulants and many other nootropics. This calm focus is generally referred to as an Alpha state, which is known to be the optimal state of mind for accessing maximum creativity and one’s ability learn new information.
ELEVATE YOUR MIND
One of the most valuable and amazing aspects of kava is that it is able to provide amazing effects on the mind without being physiologically addictive at all. This has always been well known in the islands, but has also been shown consistently in published studies. Unlike other substances that affect the dopamine and serotonin pathways, kava is not habit forming and you will not build up a tolerance to the effects of kava, which would cause you to need to drink more each time. In fact, the exact opposite has been shown. Kava naturally props up dopamine levels without depleting or down regulating its function. This is due to kava’s natural chemical composition that makes it fully compatible with the human body.
A Keto Friendly Tool To Increase Fat Burning
Kava is a powerful keto friendly tool for biohackers that reduces carbohydrate cravings, increases fat burning and provides stable energy levels throughout the day. One kavalactone in particular called Yangonin has been shown to significantly activate a pathway called AMPK (Adenosine monophosphate activated protein kinase) that increases cellular autophagy, a bodily process that involves converting stored body fat and old damaged cells (including cancerous cells) into usable energy as fuel. This can not only help to drastically reduce inflammation in the body, but it also assists in weight loss and mental clarity as well.
By activating this AMPK pathway, it appears that kava is able to help mimic the effects of fasting and calorie restriction, thus stimulating the body to burn fat as fuel (to boost energy) and helps to clear out unwanted tissues. This is one reason why kava is now gaining popularity as a profound keto adaptive agent that can help individuals get into ketosis while attempting a ketogenic diet and further enhance the diet once they are adapted.
The use of both coffee and MCT oil have both become extremely popular in recent years for their ability to jump start fat burning as well. However, the team at TRU KAVA has discovered that there is an incredibly synergistic effect between coffee, kava oil, and MCT oil that when combined drastically amplifies the effects of all three and seems to take fat burning, mental clarity and energy production to a whole new level.
TRU KAVA Tropical Flavored Kava Shots
The active ingredients in our shots significantly increase GABA activity in the brain, which is the body's main chemical for inducing relaxation. Kavalactones have also been shown to interact with many systems in the body that regulate mood, cognitive function, inflammation and metabolism.* TRU KAVA now brings those kavalactones to you in a shot drink ready to use anytime, anywhere! Enjoy life, every day, with a TRU KAVA Tropical Flavored Shot! Available now in 3 packs!
Kava Safety - Myths And Misconceptions
Anyone researching kava for the first time will most certainly find websites, blogs and articles that claim kava drinking is bad for the liver and your health. The origin of these claims is research that was done over 15 years ago in Switzerland and Germany that led to kava drinking being banned in those countries. And that ban was reversed in 2015 after a growing body of new research has invalidated these incomplete early research findings. This new research has shown that cases of liver toxicity attributed to kava actually occurred only in extremely rare instances when individuals consumed contaminated kava products (toxic above ground aerial parts of the plant), non-noble varieties or kava extracts that were denatured through solvent extraction. Also, most of these few cases of Liver toxicity occurred when these poor quality inedible kava parts were consumed in conjunction with other drugs and medications known to negatively affect liver function.
A recent World Health Organization risk assessment of kava products has stated that ”Kava has had at least a 1500-year history of safe use, with liver side effects never having arisen in the Ethnopharmacological data. Clinical trials of kava have not revealed hepatotoxicty as a problem. This has been confirmed by further studies evaluating the toxicology of the kava drink. Based on available scientific information it can be inferred that kava as a traditional beverage is safe for human consumption.” The indigenous peoples of most islands in the South Pacific have always seen traditional preparations of noble kava varieties as safe for daily consumption. In fact, the majority of people of Vanuatu, a South Pacific island, have been consuming them daily for over 3000 years.
The TRU KAVA Difference
Dave Asprey
Father of Biohacking
“KAVAPLEX is one of my 2 best hacks for sleep. I notice a quantifiable difference on my sleep score every single night when I take it!”
Luke Storey
Motivaltional Speaker and Biohacker
“I love finding effective alternatives to alcohol and drugs, and Cameron has perfected the use of kava products of which I’m a BIG fan!”
Dan Pompa
Health Speaker and Teacher
“I think KAVAPLEX can be more powerful than CBD for anxiety and pain relief. It’s also a great ketogenic tool for reducing sugar cravings and to increase fat burning!”
TRU KAVA ELEVATE Kava Shots
With our proprietary extraction methods we are able to extract our kava capturing the root’s full complex of active ingredients. This gives us a final product that is virtually indistinguishable from traditional kava in a palatable ready to use 2 oz. shot form ready to use anywhere, anytime.
TRU KAVA International Shipping Information
Due to the COVID-19 Virus Pandemic currently effecting most of the world, the U.S. Postal Service has temporarily discontinued shipments to some countries and is experiencing extremely slow service to many other countries outside the U.S. Currently we are using the US Post Office for shipping orders within the United States and Canada. All international orders are shipped via UPS. Please be advised all shipments can take longer than normal due to the pandemic crisis. Due to import restrictions in the UK and Australia we cannot ship to the UK, Australia or Sweden.
IMPORT FEES
Also please be aware that when we ship outside the U.S. any and all import fees assessed by those individual countries are the sole responsibility of the purchaser. Those fees are not charged or covered with the shipping charges at the time of the order. Import fees will be charged to the purchaser at the time of delivery. We apologize for this inconvenience.
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