Cogniflex-Review
Product Claims of Cogniflex
We need various minerals, vitamins, hormones and more to keep our brains in peak condition. Like any other organ, it needs to be fed what it nourishes it and can benefit from a healthy lifestyle that includes plenty of exercise. But our modern-day realities are often far-removed from what our bodies, let alone a certain organ, needs. Then of course, there is the natural aging process which leads to cognitive decline as well.
One way of increasing brain output is by using brain boosters. Far from being unusual, nine out of ten Silicon Valley execs have been reported as using some form of nootropic. The issue of which nootropic to use though can be daunting not least because many manufacturers do not commit to best practice in matching their labels to what’s actually in their product, or to using ingredients beneficial to the brain as backed by hard science. The brain booster we review here below is Cogniflex. It promises to increase your energy, enhance concentration and elevate brain power. Let’s look at the formulation to see if it matches the leading science and medical research on ingredients that are best poised to help your brain.
Ingredients
- L-Carnitine
- Caffeine
- Bacopa
- L-Theanine
- Rhodiola Rosea
- Vitamin B6
With the exception of caffeine and rhodiola rosea all these ingredients are researched and recommended, although there are also several missing ingredients. L-Carnitine helps with the production of neurotransmitters that promote mental alertness. It works in tandem with L-Theanine, a neurotransmitter that suppresses over excitement and other nervous system reactions that stand in the way of clear, quick thinking. What’s missing is L-Tyrosine, an amino acid used to manufacture hormones and neurotransmitters that help with everything from lifting the mood to burning fat. Caffeine is well-known as a stimulant that speeds up your thinking and reaction time and focus. However research has consistently shown that what the brain actually needs is guarana, which does the same thing but is more natural, and contains up to 7% caffeine. While Vitamin B 6 keeps the brain healthy and stops it from declining, again, science does not agree with the inclusion of only one vitamin. The entire Vitamin-B spectrum, most especially Vitamin B3, must be present in any well-researched brain booster. Vitamin B3 helps fight depression and enhances concentration.
Other ingredients that, according to scientifically published research, are vital to brain health, memory and cognitive function but are also absent here are Huperzine A, Bacopa Monnieri, L-Tyrosine, Ginkgo Biloba, DMAE and Choline.
Dosage Instructions
The manufacturer isn’t clear on this except to say that the effects of Cogniflex get stronger over time. This is not acceptable as too low a dose of nutrients would be ineffective while dosages that are too high would be extreme and harmful.
Consult a doctor first if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. A good supplement would supply a dose of 75mg guarana, which contains between 2% to 7% caffeine. Therefore you need to make sure your caffeine dose isn’t more than this. It will interfere with sleep. Also, as the other ingredients are not present to balance the effects, you’ll crash when it wears off but be unlikely to sleep properly if your dosage was too high, leading to irritability the next day.
Cost and Guarantee
Each bottle contains 60 tablets. The bundled options are as follows:
- 1 bottle = $48
- 3 bottles = $96, saving you $129
- 5 bottles = $144, saving you $249
These prices rival the best supplements containing every single one of the ingredients prescribed by leading medics and scientists so here, you are paying for a supplement missing vital ingredients, when you may as well be paying the same amount to get all of them.
There is a 30-day guarantee. You may send the product back if you’re unhappy. You’ll be refunded the price you paid for it. It is not clear if you have to bear the cost of the shipping return, but this is most likely so. It is also not clear how many partially used products you may return. Given the one-month window period you could probably return one used bottle only.
The Summary Of Our Cogniflex Review
Cogniflex contains bacopa monnieri, a herb that has been extensively researched, tested and scientifically published as a proven memory and focus enhancer. In fact, published studies show that it cut the time required to learning something new by almost half.
The fact remains that though that the other ingredients necessary for quick cognition enhancement as well as long term optimal brain health are missing. These are Huperzine A, Bacopa Monnieri, L-Tyrosine, Ginkgo Biloba, DMAE and Choline. The supplement also contains caffeine instead of natural guarana - both are stimulants, but science is on the side of guarana as being best for the brain by far. Caffeine can actually be harmful, especially as the amount contained in the capsules isn’t transparent. There was also no third-party verification that we could find to attest to the fact that what is on the label, is in fact contained in the tablets. This is important because discrepancies between labels and ingredients have been found to exist 9 out of 10 times.
One of the real issues we have to zone in on though is the price. It does not make sense to buy a supplement that comes with a 30-day guarantee as opposed to a 365-day one, as offered by leading manufacturers. Moreover, the leading manufacturers have made sure to include all relevant researched and approved ingredients, at the same price as this. As a consumer, paying one price for a supplement that has half the ingredients you need, as opposed to paying that same price for all the ingredients, only deprives yourself of value and puts your brain health in jeopardy over the long term.
