What do the Clean, Low, Watch and Swap levels mean?

They are cut from a continuous concern level the app computes from the sourced claims that the chosen evidence lens shows: each claim counts its concern class, tier weight, confidence and dose relevance, combined worst-first with a decay so one serious finding outweighs many small ones, then scaled by how much of the substance reaches you in this use. Clean is below 0.35, Low below 1.1, Watch below 2.0 and Swap above that, on a 0 to 3 scale.

Is Astragin safe in food and drink?

Q: Is astragin safe in food and drink?

Under the app's default Cautious lens, astragin in food and drink rates Swap: the app would put this near the top of your swap plan. 3 sourced concerns count (restricted, consensus tier; metabolic, emerging tier; metabolic, emerging tier). This is research with sources, not medical advice.

1 use researched3 sourced claims

Detox My Life researched astragin under one use, because the same substance means something different in each use. Every claim below carries its evidence tier, how sure the research is that it applies here, and the sources it cites. The level is computed by the app's own deterministic engine, so the page says exactly what the app would.

Level by use and lens

Use	Mainstream	Cautious (default)	Based	Concerns · favour · fringe
Eaten or drunk	Watch	Swap	Swap	3 · 0

Mainstream shows consensus claims only; Cautious adds emerging research; Based adds fringe claims, labelled as such. The last column counts, under Cautious, the sourced concerns, the findings in its favour and the fringe claims Based would add.

Safer swaps: the app's swap catalog has no entry tied to this ingredient yet. When you scan a product that contains it, the app suggests cleaner alternative types for that product; the swap categories list what the catalog covers today.

Eaten or drunk Swap

Under the default Cautious lens astragin in food and drink rates Swap: the app would put this near the top of your swap plan. Mainstream (consensus only) rates it Watch; Based (adds the fringe) rates it Swap. Researched 2026-09-03.

Sourced concerns (3)

ConsensusRestrictedconfidence 80%

AstraGin is restricted for pregnant women due to safety concerns identified by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Why here: The EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) specifically excluded pregnant women from the target population when assessing the safety of AstraGin as a novel food for ingestion.
What would have to be true: Ingestion by pregnant women at any dose.
The other side: N/A.

Sources the engine cites:

Safety of a botanical extract derived from Panax notoginseng and Astragalus membranaceus (AstraGin™) as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 — nih.gov (2020) · regulator or public body

EmergingMetabolicconfidence 70%

AstraGin, as an absorption enhancer, is suggested to potentially increase the absorption of co-ingested medications.

Why here: Ingestion of AstraGin alongside medications could alter their bioavailability and efficacy.
What would have to be true: Ingestion of AstraGin at typical supplement doses (e.g., 50 mg) concurrently with medications.
The other side: N/A.

Sources the engine cites (no regulator, review or study among them):

2 web articles (pro-hormones.co.uk, …), linked in the app.

EmergingMetabolicconfidence 70%

AstraGin's constituent plants, Astragalus and Panax notoginseng, have immune-modulating activity, suggesting caution for individuals with autoimmune diseases or those on immunosuppressant medications.

Why here: Ingestion of AstraGin could stimulate immune activity, which may be undesirable or interfere with treatments in these populations.
What would have to be true: Ingestion of AstraGin at typical supplement doses (e.g., 50 mg) by individuals with autoimmune diseases or on immunosuppressant medications.
The other side: N/A.

Sources the engine cites (no regulator, review or study among them):

2 web articles (pro-hormones.co.uk, …), linked in the app.

Not researched here

The engine has no dossier for astragin when cooked with heat, in cold food, as a finishing ingredient, in heated food packaging or other uses. The app researches an ingredient for the use it infers from your product, so a scan fills these in; this page only shows what has already been researched and source-verified.

This is research, not medical advice. Detox My Life shows sourced claims sorted by evidence tier. It does not diagnose, treat, or tell you to start or stop anything. Talk to a qualified professional about your health.

Scan your own. The app reads any product label with your camera, works out how you are about to use it, and researches every ingredient for that use with live sources. Every scan adds to a Detox Score for your home, where 50 is a typical home in your region, and a plan of next swaps.

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