What is Nootropic?
Nootropic drugs are compounds that increase mental sensitivity by boosting brain metabolism and brain chemistry. The word”Nootropics “is a combination of two Greek words, "noos" meaning mind awareness and "tropein" meaning "good for something". Just like protein and vitamins are body-enhancing nutrients, these products are brain-enhancing substances, improving mental performance, alertness, learning, and memory.
Perhaps under the previous preconceived broadcast, the first impression of this kind of product may be "drug addiction", "addiction", and "unreliable". But in fact, its real function is to promote neural activities in all aspects of the brain and maintain the activity of the brain. It enhances mental sharpness, improves learning and memory, and helps improve alertness and focus.
It also provides a degree of protection for the brain from physiological stress; another part acts like a free radical scavenger (antioxidant) and protects brain tissue from damage caused by free oxygen radicals. Therefore, nootropic drugs don’t mean to lift IQ, they just help you to maximize your potential and achieve the best state of thinking and response.
Typical Nootropic
CDP-choline
Citicoline increases an important substance in the brain called phosphatidylcholine that is critical for healthy brain function. A clinically tested form of citicoline that can supply your brain with the nutrition it needs to stay sharp.
Specifically, Cognizin Citicoline increases the synthesis of acetylcholine and phosphatidylcholine, two of the most important neuroprotective compounds that help regulate memory, cognitive function, and brain health.
Huperzine A
Huperzine A is a cholinesterase inhibitor that selectively inhibits acetylcholinesterase and easily passes through the blood-brain barrier. It has the functions of promoting memory reproduction, enhancing memory retention and strengthening muscle contraction strength.
Indications
Huperzine A is suitable for benign memory disorders, improving the ability of patients to point to memory, associative learning, image recall, meaningless graphic recognition, and portrait recall.
It can also improve memory impairment caused by dementia patients and brain organic diseases.
L-theanine, an amino acid commonly found in green tea, is similar to glutamic acid and glutamine in tea. Research shows that L-theanine increases α brain waves, which promotes focus and relaxation without sedation. It also proves to regulate the release of dopamine to help improve mood.
Ginkgo Biloba
The most amazing effect of Ginkgo Biloba is that it can protect the health of the brain, slow down the deterioration of intelligence and memory, and make you smarter. The healthy effect of Ginkgo biloba on the brain is mainly due to its effective improvement of blood circulation in the brain.
Ginkgo biloba contains powerful antioxidants, which can resist the damage of free radicals to blood vessels, and inhibit the coagulation of platelets, thereby promoting blood circulation, helping to repair damaged brain cells, and restoring information transmitted by nerve cells.
Phosphatidylserine
Phosphatidylserine (PS) is known as a new smart nutrient after choline and "brain gold" DHA. It is the structural component of cells found in biofilms of plants, animals, and other life. The human body contains about 30g of phosphatidylserine, of which about half (~13g) is found in the brain. Phosphatidylserine plays a crucial role in metabolic processes, such as the activation of cell membrane-bound enzymes, and is involved in neural signaling. Animal and clinical studies show that taking phosphatidylserine by mouth improves cognitive function.
Phosphatidylserine is known as a brain-specific nutrient because it can improve memory and has a good inhibitory effect on depression. The effects of phosphatidylserine on the central nervous system include stimulating the release of dopamine, increasing the production of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, promoting brain glucose metabolism, reducing hydrocortisone level, enhancing nerve growth factor activity, etc.
