Nootropics are known as 'cognitive enhancers'. It is a supplement that some people use in an attempt to improve memory, increase mental alertness and concentration as well as boost energy levels and wakefulness.
Nootropia can be used in various ways that can be short terms and long term benefits.
Short-term benefits: Performance-driven thinking like focus, enhanced daily productivity, this is especially beneficial for those in high stress jobs or athletes. It also assists with short-term memory & stress resistance.
Long-term benefits: Promotes healthy brain structure and function during the ageing process, memory support, age-related cognitive decline, mood, and mental clarity well into senior years.
Mood
Mood issues are strongly linked to brain functions that can be improved with nootropics including bad brain circulation, unbalanced brain chemicals, low brain energy, and poor cortisol (stress) resistance. In addition, nootropics that enhance overall brain health and have been linked to mood benefits.
One of Nootropias key ingredients is L-Theanine. It modulates Alpha brainwaves to encourage a relaxed, anxiety-free state. L-Theanine has been linked to a reduce the heart rate and lower stress.
Energy
Nootropics are also used as energy boosters because they work without the use of stimulants, eliminating stim related side effects.
Nootropics are instead suggested to fire up "brain energy" because they:
Optimize brain cells' mitochondria power plants for efficient production of energy.
Support healthy blood flow to the brain, which supplies oxygen and glucose that are burned for energy.
Strengthen the brain's resistance to stress. Stressful, fast-paced, multitasking activities can all leave the brain feeling exhausted.
The brain consumes 20% of the body's energy, this is why having healthy brain metabolism is important.
Memory
Nootropics have a long history of use for improving memory. Traditionally, brain boosters were taken mostly by mature adults experiencing age-associated memory impairment.
Today, memory enhancers are known to be far more versatile – optimising performance-oriented memory functions in addition to helping with age-related memory concerns.
Memory functions that may benefit from Nootropia include:
Long-term memory - the specific memory stage that holds onto knowledge and experiences indefinitely, over years and decades
Short-term memory (the working memory) - knowledge and experiences that are held up to about 30 seconds, and in limited quantity – 5 to 10 pieces of information only. Used in reasoning and processing.
Another favourite ingredient of ours is L-Tyrosine - shown to help enhance working memory in multitasking settings with additional benefits for mental performance under stress.
Attention
Attention and focus refer to the ability to concentrate one’s mind on a single task while ignoring other environmental stimuli over an extended period of time.
Attention underlies many other cognitive functions. But in the context of nootropics, consumers are often looking for attention support for performance reasons, such as studying, work productivity and competitive activities.
Focused attention - the ability to maintain focus on a specific sensory stimuli.
Selective attention - maintaining focus on one stimuli against the background of distraction.
Alternating attention - cognitive flexibility; the ability to switch seamlessly from task to task.
Divided attention - classic multitasking, the ability to manage multiple cognitive tasks at once.
Sleep & Stress
People are increasingly aware of the link between healthy sleep patterns and peak brain performance. As a result, many are seeking out Nootropia that assists in optimising both sleep and cognition at the same time.
Nootropia for sleep has the potential for significant performance benefits because it works on two levels:
Nootropia for sleep can help to promote a calm and relaxed mind state, helping to accelerate the onset of sleep itself;
A well-rested mind simply performs better than a sleep-deprived mind.
There are several different nootropic compounds that may help with sleep in a number of different ways. One standout, however, is L-theanine, which is patented for its sleep-supportive activity.
There are so many more reasons to start adding Nootropia to your daily supps, aside from the above it also assists in learning, motivations and mindset and it also has anti-ageing properties!
Yours in health,
Coach Kimmi
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