I’ve had Nootropics Expert readers asking me what I use to help me sleep. And what I use every night. This post is a detailed response to that question. Performance Lab® Sleep is the best sleep and anti-insomnia supplement I’ve found. Turns out it contains the same basic ingredients I’ve used as individual supplements over… [Read More]

Nootropics Expert readers often ask me about which supplements I use. And what I recommend as a multivitamin, or for sleep, energy, or nootropic stack. But it’s a challenge to provide these recommendations. Because until recently, no single company produced every supplement I use. Either the form was wrong, or questionable quality had me looking… [Read More]

I’ve had Nootropics Expert readers asking me what my preferred multivitamin/mineral supplement is. And what I use every day. This post is a detailed response to that question. Performance Lab® Whole-Food Multi is by far the best multivitamin/mineral supplement I’ve used. And I’ve tried several different brands of multivitamins over the last 10 years. Including… [Read More]

Remember the last time you were nervous? It felt like you had “butterflies in your stomach”. Or you were afraid? Your stomach was “tied in knots”. Or someone you love cheated on you? Someone “kicked you in the gut”. All these feelings point to the connection between your gut and your mood. Otherwise known as… [Read More]

Most of us haven’t put much thought into how vision impacts our daily life until something goes wrong. Good eyesight is required for driving, watching TV or movies, reading, work, and participation in sports. Even the simplest things like finding stuff in the fridge to make dinner. Or getting ready in the morning. Just looking… [Read More]

The results of a survey with thousands of Nootropics Expert subscribers came back with one common theme.You were asking for specific nootropic stacks for cognitive issues including:ADHDAnxietyConcentration/attentionCreativityDepressionFocusLongevityMental claritySociabilityMental/chronic fatigueMemoryMotivationStressExperienced neurohackers will tell you that each of these cognitive issues can be helped with nootropic supplements. But it will take a stack of at least 4… [Read More]

Zinc improves alertness, cognition, focus, memory, learning, recall, reduces brain fog, is an antioxidant, helps neuroplasticity, and protects against glutamate-toxicity. Zinc is an essential trace element required for optimal brain health and cognition. Zinc is integral to the synthesis of proteins, the regulation of signaling cascades, gene transcription and neurotransmitter transport. It’s involved in DNA… [Read More]

Vitamin D has been shown to relieve depression & SAD, is critical for learning & memory, and helps prevent age-related cognitive decline Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol or calciol) is the fat-soluble steroid hormone form of Vitamin D. The “sunshine vitamin” is considered essential. Your skin synthesizes Vitamin D3 from ultraviolet-B (UVB) sunlight. Nearly every tissue and… [Read More]

Vitamin B12 is known to enhance alertness, cognition, energy, vision, elevate mood, lower anxiety and pain, and relieve insomnia Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) is one of 8 B-vitamins. B12 is water-soluble and found in every single cell in your body. Vitamin B12 is essential for the synthesis of DNA, RNA and neurotransmitters, the maintenance of myelin… [Read More]

Vitamin B9 is known to improve mood, energy, initiative, alertness, concentration, psychomotor speed, and social activity Vitamin B9 (Folate, folic acid, 5-methylenetetrahydrofolate) is water-soluble, and one of 8 B-Vitamins. Folate functions as a coenzyme in single-carbon transfers in the synthesis of DNA and RNA. And converts homocysteine to methionine which is used in the synthesis… [Read More]