Brain Supplements - What Do They Do? How Do They Work?

[Ukall]

Everyone knows about Brain Supplements.
There was one time in the past where I was taking some of them and it was incredible how my memory, my speech, my thinking process, everything regarding mental activity was so clear, smooth, sharp and enriched. It felt like I was another person.

What do they do? How do they work?

The supplements I was taking were these:

ERGYFOSFORYL
ERGYFOSFORYL - Nutergia Laboratory - Dietary supplements

Ingredients
Wild fish oils, fish phospholipids (inc. Cogni-phos®), anti-caking agent: beeswax; naturally-sourced vitamin E, vitamins B5 and B6.

Nutritional composition For 4 capsules
Total marine phospholipids 224 mg
Phosphatidylserine 72 mg
Phosphatidylcholine 72 mg
Total marine omega 3 461 mg
DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) 226 mg
EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) 235 mg
Pantothenic acid (vit. B5) 6 mg (100 % NRV*)
Vitamin B6 1 mg (71 % NRV*)
Vitamin E 10 mg (83 % NRV*)

VITAMINOR JUVENO Complex
JUVENO Complex

Ingredients
Standardized dry leaves extract of Bacopa 300 mg
L- Carnosine 100 mg
Natural origin of Coenzyme Q10 60 mg
Phosphatidyl L-Serine 25 mg
Vitamin C 12 mg
Reduced L-Glutathione 20 mg
Selenium yeast 22 mcg
Zinc bisglycinate 1.5mg
Vitamin E 6 mg
Vitamin B12 1.25 mcg
Vitamin B9 0.2 mg
Vitamin B6 1.12 mg
Vitamin B3 12.8 mg
Vitamin B2 0.7 mg
Vitamin B1 0.88 mg

The first one seems to be mainly focused on fish oils and the second one on extract of Bacopa (whatever this is).

I have to ask now if is there any other way to achieve this mental clarity without these kind of supplements?

 

[Pointless]

I think bacopa is a sort of adaptogen. The other ingredients seem to focus on energy production and mitochondrial health. Some of the fats used can have cholinergic effects, in other words an excitatory effect on parts of the nervous system. Some of these ingredients are harmful, some healthful.

Thyroid, methylene blue, theanine, and caffeine are all Peaty supplements with nootropic effects. Theacrine is worth looking into. It would be helpful to generally increase your energetic potential.

 

[Ukall]

Thyroid, methylene blue, theanine, and caffeine are all Peaty supplements with nootropic effects. Theacrine is worth looking into. It would be helpful to generally increase your energetic potential.

Interesting. Thanks! :)

But, with foods only, it is basically impossible, right?

 

[Pointless]

Coffee is a food.