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What Are Nootropics? Introduction to Brain Boosting Supplements

Nootropics, sometimes called "smart drugs" is a broad term referring to any type of cognitive enhancing supplements, drugs or food sources that are used by individuals to enhance mental performance and mood such as memory, attention span, focus, concentration, and motivation. The word “Nootropic” is derived from the Greek words “nous” meaning mind and “trepein” meaning to bend or turn which was coined by psychopharmacologist Dr. [...]

admin2019-02-17T12:15:22-05:00Categories: Featured Articles|Tags: Brain Boosting Supplements, What Are Nootropics|

How Do Nootropics Work to Improve Cognitive Functions?

"Nootropics" is a broad term for any chemical substance or compound that may improve brain function, enhancing or improving cognitive abilities and aspects of mood without negatively affecting the brain. Since there are many different ones, how they work or their mechanisms of action also varies. While there is not a single answer to characterized how all Nootropic supplements work in [...]

admin2019-01-07T14:09:01-05:00Categories: Featured Articles|Tags: Do Nootropics Work|

A Guide to The 7 Types of Nootropic Supplements

Nootropics are a broad term for compounds that are known to enhance mental performance and positively affect memory, focus, concentration, attention, reasoning, intelligence and motivation. These supplements, drugs or functional foods are categorized into different types or classes and can either be man-made or naturally occurring. Some of these classes of cognitive enhancers have been around for decades while some have just come out [...]

admin2019-03-21T14:35:15-04:00Categories: Featured Articles|Tags: Nootropic Types|

Are Nootropics Legal to Use in My Country?

The legal status of Nootropic supplements can be very confusing since there are over a hundred unique natural, herbal, synthetic or semi-synthetic substances available promoting to enhance cognitive performance, memory and mood additionally having varying definitions of what they are. For starters, most Nootropics you encounter daily are legal to use in most countries. The exceptions will be listed below country by country as of date. [...]

The Brain 1012018-11-27T14:20:48-05:00Categories: Featured Articles|

Are Nootropics Safe to Use?

Nootropics are a class of supplements and nutraceuticals that are also known as cognitive enhancers, brain supplements, brain boosters or smart drugs that are growing enormously popular as the demand for substances to enhance mental performance such as memory, focus, concentration, brainpower and even mood grows worldwide. Their effectiveness has generally been made quite clear but are Nootropics safe to use and what are [...]

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