While there are more than 100 medications that have been shown to have an adverse impact on memory and cognition (see article above), there are nearly as many different plants, extracts, oils and other nutrients, that have been shown to boost brain power mood and memory. Some of these have even been shown to help reduce the risk for dementia including serious memory issues (see #10 Nutrients in the linked to article above ), as well as risk for anxiety, depression and ADHD. See these topics if relevant to you under What Works For These on the opening page to this site, or under the Topical Guide tab.
Although pharmaceutic medications have not faired well in this fight against cognitive decline, the nutrients in several simple well designed Brain Supplements have been shown to have a powerful impact on brain health mood and memory.
Recently the American Brain Council was asked to evaluate a new product called NEURO, from Neumi. This network marketing organization, has experienced amazing growth over the past few years, both within the US and abroad. This growth is due to several extraordinarily potent products, that strengthen the immune system, reduce oxidative stress and wrinkles, plus boost and balance hormones naturally, primarily through their proprietary nano technology, and key nutrients like glutathione.
This new NEURO formula for brain health and memory enhancement is comprised of 14 nutrients. This is good, because there are at least a dozen things that can go wrong in our brain, and generally the more nutrients applied the greater the chances for a more powerful Synergistic effect(s)! Here are those nutrients along with some of the benefits they may convey. I've listed these in accordance with 5 basic needs of the brain.
For Mental Energy: (A primary need for healthy brain function)
For Protection: (To arrest inflammation due to oxidative stress, environmental toxins, and age, these are primary inhibitors of healthy brain function - and can lead to excessive shrinkage in the brain.)
For Boosting Brain Cell Integrity & Function
For Improving Circulation of Nutrients to the Brain (No matter how good your diet and supplements are if they are not well circulated to the brain they won't help.)
Digestion
While the Brain Health Premium formula noted above, as well as other formulas, have helped thousands of people enjoy a better memory and other cognitive benefits (no formulation will help everyone) this formulation with the Nano delivery system, when it makes a difference, appears to produce more noticeable results, particularly in mood and memory, faster than any other formula we have tried to date. And it seems especially helpful for individuals who have had a head injury. If you would like to try it go to neumi.com.
As we noted above, no formula works with everyone, especially if they have dementia or Alzheimer's (with the ApoE4 gene), and they don't work as well if one is not getting enough sleep, not eating nutritious food, not active enough, or overly stressed. Therefore, if you try a product, especially this one, but don't see any results within the first month, we suggest you take our Personal Assessment. See the red oval on the right side of the menu bar above. This will help you identify issues that may be inhibiting your progress, like those noted above, and what you can do now to overcome or address these inhibiting issue that may be putting you at risk for more serious problems. Once your "7 Pillars of Brain Health" have been strengthened, you may find that supplements like NEURO, will be more effective.
Sometimes when people begin a new regimen they feel worse before they feel better. One of the theories is that new nutrients, may cause our body to do a bit of a house cleaning, which can often cause a person to feel worse, for a period. They may feel lethargic, have an upset tummy, or experience flu like symptoms or a ringing in their ears. If any of these happen to you, when taking this or any other new product.
Consider backing off (stopping) for a day or two. Let your body catch up. And then restart the formula, only at half the dose, and with food, to make sure you don't experience any G.I. issues or other issues as a result of too much too fast. After a week or so you can gradually boost the dose to that suggested. These are all powerful formulas that may have that effect.
If you take this product daily for a week or more, but you feel no difference, and symptoms or issues remain the same, you may want to try taking another dose 10 min to an hour later. And even a third dose an hour or three after the second. We have heard reports of people feeling and thinking much better, but only after the third dose.
In one of the best studies to date on the impact of nutrition on brain health and cognitive decline used a nutritional formulation developed at UMass-Lowell, by Dr. Thomas Shea. It comprised just six critical nutrients, but was shown to improve memory and mood in 10 of 14 individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. (They could NOT say it affected the Alzheimer's disease, as only related symptoms like mood & memory were measured.) These nutrients included the B Vitamins 6 (folic acid) and 12 (cobalamine), natural Vitamin E, N-acetyl-cysteine, Acetyl-L-carnitine, and SAMe (s-adenosylmethionine).
Similar results were found in a Phase II Clinical Trial of this Nutraceutical Formulation with more than 300 individuals diagnosed with age related cognitive decline. Unfortunately, however, this formulation is no longer available.
However, based on this combination a similar formulation containing six additional ingredients shown to support brain health and memory, was developed as a drink mix. It contains the following ingredients:
One tube of this formulation contains potent amounts of the following ingredients. Click on each ingredient to learn more:
Acetyl-L-Carnitine
Vitamin C (click on banner to view the A.I. search results)
Vitamin E (click on banner to view the A.I. search results)
Pyridoxine
Folic Acid
Vitamin B12
Resveratrol
Phosphatidylserine
Bacopa
Ginko biloba
NAC (N-Acetyl-cysteine)
Alpha GPC (Glycerylphosphoryl) choline
Turmeric root extract
This formula is called Brain Health Premium, and is now sold exclusively through Memory Dynamics LLC a sponsor of this website. From our investigation, it does not work as fast, and is not as effective for improving memory or mood in otherwise healthy people as NEURO - their Hydrastat delivery system is hard to beat. However, we have persuaded them to keep the price down for our visitors, as we realize that many individuals with cognitive issues simply cannot afford some of the more expensive formulations. However, in exchange for this price control we have chosen to offer this on our site. So if you would like to try this formulation simply click on this link. We think you will be pleasantly surprised at the price, if so we would encourage you to try 2 boxes initially. Each box contains 30 tubes, a typical month’s worth, however, we’ve found that it often takes two months of usage for these nutrients (or any nutrients for that matter) to make a difference for someone who has some impairment, a difference that you can both see and feel.
We are so confident that this product will make a difference, that so long as you have not been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or Dementia (which no single supplement can effectively treat), if you are not satisfied with this product simply call us at (801- 529-8238) for a full refund.
One of the added benefits of this formulation is that it requires the addition of a liquid, preferably water.
Unfortunately most of us do not realize how important water is for the brain, but 80% of our brain is water. And this water is very important to the function of our brain, and the various systems that support the brain. Its been theorized based on research that if all seniors were adequately hydrated that could reduce the incidence of dementia by a third. However, as we get older many lose some of their sense of thirst. Therefore, it’s often helpful to have healthy tasty water-based beverages to drink, to keep us hydrated.
Since this formulation tastes great, it’s a nice way to encourage hydration.
Caution: Brain Health Premium, NEURO above and the two supplements below contain Ginkgo which promotes blood flow to the brain. However it also diminishes the bloods ability to clot. Therefore, it should not be taken with anticoagulants like Coumadin, Warfarin, Eliquis or even high dose aspirin.
As you have likely noticed there’s now a plethora of “brain formulations” on the market these days, and it’s often quite difficult to know which ones are best. Even websites that make it appear that they are doing objective comparisons, often are just marketing fronts to promote their product. Moreover, as noted in the introduction to our Personal Assessment, the requirements for each body are a bit different, due to a variety of variables like DNA, previous diet and stressors, medical history, etc.. and just because a particular product or formulation helped a neighbor or friend or even a majority in a study, that doesn’t make it appropriate for you, because every body is different. Therefore, what helped someone else may contain an ingredient that your body does not like or need. Having said that, here are two other formulations, decently priced, in liquid and pill form, that we like. These are followed by info on a variety of other supplements you may want to consider as well, depending on the needs of your body.
Advanced Memory Formula – Developed by Dr. Shallenberger, a good researcher who understands nutrition, this is a good formulation in pill form, with many of the same ingredients as are in Brain Health Premium and Neuro.
Brain Support – This formulation has not gotten a lot of fan fair, but it appears to be a good solid combination formulation, again much like Brain Health Premium, at a good price.
The American Brain Council is not affiliated with, nor do we receive advertising kick backs from these two and the following 3 providers. We are now affiliated with Neumi the company that makes NEURO and Advanced Memory Dynamics, as we believe they represent the best and most cost effective options.
Two additional products to consider are a good Omega-3 fatty acid, and low dose (5 mg) lithium or Coffee fruit extract. These fall into the category of brain growth factors. See below.
Growing New Brain Cells
Several of the ingredients in Brain Health Premium have been shown to boost BDNF (Brain-derived Neurotrophic factor) which is often described as being like “Miracle Grow” for the brain, as these nutrients have been shown to actually help the brain, not only make repairs, but actually grow new neurons. Very encouraging for seniors!
Generally people are happy when they come across 2 or 3 of these, but here is a great article by an excellent researcher from Canada that identifies 21 of these. Keep in mind this was compiled before the advent of NEURO. Not all of them are nutrients, but as you will see they coincide with the info offered on this site. Here’s the site to go to. https://www.optimallivingdynamics.com/blog/21-proven-ways-to-increase-your-brains-growth-hormone
Ketone Boosters
There are lots of other things we could talk about in this section on essential nutrition, and if you follow the link throughout this site, you will learn a lot more about this important, though controversial topic. However, there is one other topic that we would like to touch on before moving on to learn how we can ensure these nutrients are circulated to our brain, and that topic is ketones, what are they and why are they important for those interested in improving the health and function of their brain.
Jordan Fallis touched on the Ketogenic Diet and the value of exogenous ketones at the end of his review of BDNF promoters. But it’s potential benefits are much broader.
As Dr. Jocker’s notes: “Transitioning from a sugar burner to a fat burner with a ketogenic diet can have amazing health benefits. The ketogenic diet stimulates cellular autophagy [recycling old dead debris in our body], it lowers inflammation, balances blood sugar levels and your mood, improves mental performance, gives you energy, ends cravings, helps you lose excess weight and controls weight gain, and reduces your risk of chronic disease (2).”
For more in-depth information on the ketogenic diet and how to transition from a sugar burner to more of a fat burner, click here.
In 2021 the American Brain Council conducted a review of several of the most popular exogenous ketone enhancers, and chose to endorse a product called Kenetik. For a good review of the science behind and value of exogenous ketones and how they may benefit your body as well as your brain check out this review from the Kenetik team.
Essential Oils For The Brain
In recent years there has been a lot of discussion about the value of elements long known to ancient healers, including the wise men who came to visit the baby Jesus. We now call these “essential oils.” Frankincense that was gifted to Jesus by the wise men was one of those precious oils. But now many more have been identified and extracted with significant healing properties. Click here for a better understanding of some of those oils shown to be of considerable value in promoting brain health mood and memory.
Lots of Other Options
For a more complete listing and description of more than 60 brain boosting supplements for different issues, like Memory, Mood, Focus, Anxiety etc. go to: https://www.braintropic.com/list-of-nootropics/ or https://nootropicsexpert.com/about/ then click on “Nootropics List” near the top.
For the Life Extension Protocol for mild cognitive impairment go to:
https://www.lifeextension.com/protocols/neurological/age-related-cognitive-decline
Then click on 4 Nutrients.
Finally, here’s a nice article from the Brain Tropic team on how to supercharge your brain, that pretty much echoes what we suggest in this Step # 1 as well as in those below.
If you want to improve your memory but feel overwhelmed by the options, the NEURO nano formulation appears to be a good place to start with a decent price and good probability that you will feel a difference within a week or so, or days. If not see notes above, take the Personal Assessment, and follow the links and suggestions.
