Brain health ingredient reviews

Supplements and food components examined through clinical research and the official positions of food safety regulators, including Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS). We do not recommend products or brands and carry no ads or sales links.

4 ingredients

• Food componentCaffeineCaffeine masks the brain's sleepiness signal and reliably boosts alertness. Adults should stay under 400 mg a day, and late-day caffeine cuts sleep.
• Health functional food ingredientGinkgo biloba extractKorea's MFDS says ginkgo extract may help memory, yet a trial of 3,069 adults aged 75+ found it did not reduce dementia.
• Health functional food ingredientL-theanineL-theanine, an amino acid in tea, may help relieve stress-related tension at 200–250 mg a day per Korea's MFDS. Evidence comes mainly from small studies.
• Health functional food ingredientOmega-3 (EPA and DHA)Korea's MFDS says EPA and DHA may help memory at 0.9–2 g a day, but trials show no protection against cognitive decline in healthy older adults.