James Dixon takes a deep dive in to this new nootropic in his Quantumind review. Find out how it compares to the competition below…
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Quantumind is one of the newer additions to the increasingly bountiful nootropic market – a crowded, competitive market in which you really need to be something special if you want to survive.
It seems to be the only supplement made by its parent company and is well-reviewed by a seemingly loyal fanbase. It also looks to complete the dual task of boosting cognitive function and athletic prowess.
However, its formula has left me a little wary. I wanted to investigate a little more closely, and so I’ll be bringing you my full verdict in this Quantumind review.
Quick Verdict: Quantumind
I would caution anybody against Quantumind. The stimulant volume makes it a no-go for me, actively unhealthy for all and borderline dangerous for many.
It relies far too much on caffeine, with 300 mg of it pure, plus more from separate ingredients. This combines with 75 mg of hordenine to make me very nervous about recommending it to anybody.
The rest of the formula is decent enough, if mixed. However, I feel a moral obligation to tell people to steer clear of it, especially when there are much better products out there, like NooCube. Look elsewhere for the sake of your health.
About Quantumind
The idea behind Quantumind is sound. It’s far from the first nootropic to lean on stimulants for energy and clarity. In fact, caffeine itself is arguably one of the best nootropic ingredients out there.
They also want to give you a good pre-workout supplement with Quantumind. Caffeine is a good pre-workout ingredient, giving you the energy that you need to perform at your best. They have simply taken this theory and dialed it up to eleven, giving you a very large dose of caffeine and adding in some extra hordenine for good measure.
In doing so, they have ruined their formula, making it potentially dangerous.
The side effects and risks associated with such a heavy stimulant drop are simply too much. 300 mg of caffeine is about the same as five or six shots of espresso, all at once, straight into your system. It’s above the recommended safe daily intake.
Hordenine is a stimulant in a similar vein, coming with its own host of side effects. See below for more details.
There are several additional flaws in Quantumind’s formula aside from the risks. Several of the ingredients included simply don’t work. There is no scientific justification for them being there.
For example, Shilajit is a mineral salt. The claim is that it can boost athletic performance, but there is no clinical evidence for this. Meanwhile, Phenylethylamine has a half-life of 30-120 seconds. It will be out of your system in anything but trace amounts before you even hit the gym floor.
They have tried to create something special here, a supplement that will improve your cognitive and athletic performance all at once. They have actually made something that will likely do neither particularly well, and is also potentially dangerous.
How Quantumind Works
Quantumind is at heart a nootropic. This means that is a so-called ‘smart drug’, a supplement aimed at improving multiple facets of your cognitive health and wellbeing.
They market it as an advanced stack – able to do this whilst also boosting your athletic prowess. With it, you should enjoy improved focus, memory recall, moods, and overall cognitive function, alongside getting an energy spike and a boost to your body’s muscular power. In theory.
In reality, you’ll experience the improved energy.
Perhaps you’ll experience greater focus, though this is unlikely with that much stimulant running through your system.
You won’t have better moods. You will have a great mood followed by a massive crash, made worse as you fall into the cycle of stimulant dependency and need a big dose just to approach your baseline.
You do get some good ingredients in there, though. You will see some of them in most nootropic’s formulas – green tea extract, l-theanine, panax ginseng, Ashwagandha extract, and bioperine for improved bioavailability.
These should all combine to improve multiple facets of your cognitive health and healthy functioning, as you would expect of any mid- to top- tier nootropic.
But this is kind of the point. They do what any nootropic should, using what any nootropic would. They just happen to do so whilst posing a fantastic risk to your physical and mental wellbeing. Other supplements do it far better with far fewer side effects.
As mentioned above, I like NooCube.
If you want the buzz offered by Quantumind, take your NooCube with a cup of coffee in the morning. This is what I do and it works perfectly, whilst also having the very definite advantage of not wrecking my health or giving me midday, monstrous energy crashes.
I don’t see much in there aside from the stimulants that would give you an athletic edge. You will likely experience improved vascularity, which will give you an edge, but this will come with any good nootropic.
You will get better results from a good-quality, purpose made pre-workout supplement. Or, as above, NooCube and a cup of coffee will see you right. Take it half an hour before training and you’ll be onto a winner.
Ingredients
This is where it all falls apart, even though there are some real gems. The ingredients list is well-thought-out up to a point – that point being way past the point of safety.
N-Acetyl-L-Carnitine
The formula kicks off with 500 mg of N-Acetyl-L-Carnitine. Carnitine is an amino acid, a building block of protein, that is generally taken by athletes for improved energy levels.
It is thought to increase mitochondrial capacity and thus lead to greater energy output (your mitochondria are your cells engines, in effect, tasked with synthesising usable energy from fuel). It is a good one for athleticism, though it has no real nootropic benefits.
Tyrosine
Tyrosine is a different story. It’s another amino acid, though this time we can see great nootropic potential. Clinical data show that supplementing with tyrosine can significantly boost cognitive performance, especially to those under stress.
It allows us to perform better in mental tasks when stressed – suffering sleep deprivation, being exposed to extreme cold, and so on. You get 450 mg of it with each Quantumind dose, which is a good amount.
Phenylethylamine
Then there is 350 mg of phenylethylamine. It is a trace amine that is found in minuscule quantities in the brain. It stimulates the central nervous system whilst also aiding serotonin and dopamine synthesis.
This sounds good until you realize that, as mentioned above, it has a half-life of about 30 seconds. It is broken up into inactive molecules pretty much as soon as it crosses the blood brain barrier, making it useless.