Best ingredients for memory

The most researched sports supplement in existence.

Typical: 3–5 g

Fish oil concentrate is a refined marine oil enriched in the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

Typical: 500–2,000 mg

Lion's mane is an edible tooth fungus whose fruiting body and mycelium contain hericenones and erinacines alongside beta-glucan polysaccharides.

Typical: 500–1,000 mg

A leaf extract from the ginkgo tree standardized to flavone glycosides and terpene lactones, long used in memory and circulation formulas.

Typical: 120–240 mg

An acetylated form of carnitine that crosses the blood-brain barrier more readily than carnitine itself and donates acetyl groups for acetylcholine synthesis.

Typical: 500–2,000 mg

Algal DHA is docosahexaenoic acid produced by fermenting marine microalgae such as Schizochytrium, the same organisms that fish obtain their DHA from.

Typical: 200–500 mg

An extract of a creeping wetland herb from traditional Indian practice, standardized to bacosides, that is one of the better-studied botanical nootropics for memory.

Typical: 300–450 mg

A magnesium salt of L-threonic acid, a vitamin C metabolite, developed at MIT as a form that raises brain magnesium in animal models.

Typical: 100–144 mg

Phosphatidylserine is a phospholipid concentrated in neuronal membranes where it supports receptor function, neurotransmitter release, and signaling.

Typical: 100–300 mg

Huperzine A is an alkaloid from the club moss Huperzia serrata that reversibly inhibits acetylcholinesterase, raising acetylcholine levels in the brain.

Typical: 50–200 mcg

Choline bitartrate is the tartaric acid salt of choline and the most economical way to add this essential nutrient to a formula.

Typical: 250–550 mg

Alpha-GPC is a water-soluble phospholipid metabolite that delivers choline across the blood-brain barrier more efficiently than choline salts, which is why it anchors many focus and memory formulas and pre-workout blends.

Typical: 300–600 mg

A branded curcumin formulation in which curcumin is embedded in solid lipid particles to protect it from degradation in the gut and support delivery of free curcumin into circulation.

Typical: 400–800 mg

The root of a ginseng species native to North America, used in focus and calm-energy formulas.

Typical: 200–400 mg

Citicoline is a naturally occurring nucleotide that splits in the gut into choline and cytidine (converted to uridine), giving the brain both a choline source for acetylcholine and phosphatidylcholine and a uridine source for membrane synthesis.

Typical: 250–500 mg

A salt of lithium with orotic acid sold at microgram-to-low-milligram lithium doses, hundreds of times below prescription lithium carbonate.

Typical: 1–5 mg

An extract of a small creeping herb used across Asian traditional systems and now included in cognitive, skin, and circulation formulas.

Typical: 500–1,000 mg

Pyrroloquinoline quinone is a redox cofactor found in trace amounts in foods such as natto, kiwi, and green tea.

Typical: 10–20 mg

Sunflower lecithin is a mixture of phospholipids, chiefly phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol, and phosphatidylethanolamine, separated from sunflower oil during degumming.

Typical: 1,200–2,400 mg

Maitake is a clustered, edible polypore whose proprietary beta-glucan extract, D-fraction, has been studied in small oncology and immunology trials, including a phase II study in myelodysplastic syndromes.

Typical: 500–2,000 mg

Pterostilbene is a methylated analog of resveratrol found in blueberries and Pterocarpus wood.

Typical: 50–250 mg

Spermidine is a naturally occurring polyamine found in wheat germ, aged cheese, soybeans, and mushrooms.

Typical: 1–6 mg

Luteolin is a flavone found in celery, parsley, peppers, and chamomile that is studied for mast-cell stabilization and neuro-inflammatory signaling.

Typical: 100 mg