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There is no single EU legal status for smartshop products. Five questions to check any product, plus dated Dutch and EU notes on truffles, kratom and more.

Cannabinoids

Oct 12, 202614 min read

CBD: the ingredient, the labels and the questions

What CBD is, which of its reputations have trial evidence, how to read an oil label, and where it stands in the EU and Netherlands on 8 October 2026.

Cannabinoids

Oct 12, 2026

12 min read

CBN and CBG: how do they differ from CBD?

CBN forms as THC ages; CBG is the plant's chemical starting point. What small human trials show, what marketing claims, and the EU/NL position on 8 Oct 2026.

Cannabinoids

Oct 12, 202616 min read

CBD Oil, Capsules and Gummies: What the Label and the Evidence Actually Tell You

Oil, capsules or gummies? What each format changes, the label arithmetic in mg per drop, what absorption studies show and how to read a batch report.

Cannabinoids

Oct 12, 202614 min read

CBD Safety and Drug Interactions: Liver, Medicines, Pregnancy and Driving

What trials show about CBD's liver effects, sleepiness and medicine interactions, how strong each source is, and who should ask a pharmacist first.

Sleep

Oct 12, 202619 min read

Sleep supplements: ingredients before the promise

Sleep supplements decoded: what the label lists, what studies say each ingredient does for sleep, and what NL/EU rules allow, with dated brand labels.

Functional mushrooms and adaptogens

Oct 12, 202611 min read

Shilajit: resin, labels and the research

A tub of tar with a pedigree: what shilajit is, what small trials measured, what labs found in samples and which label questions help (8 October 2026).

Functional mushrooms and adaptogens

Oct 12, 202611 min read

Reishi and sleep: what the research shows

Reishi's calming reputation versus the evidence: the only human sleep outcome is a company-funded five-mushroom blend. Labels and safety cautions.

Functional mushrooms and adaptogens

Oct 12, 20269 min read

Chaga: what is in the extract?

Chaga looks like charcoal on a birch. What's inside it, how little has been tested in people, and the oxalate kidney case reports worth knowing first.

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