Writer and nootropic tester Alex Whybrow examines this nootropic supplement in our BrainPill review. Find out who it’s suitable for, whether it works, and whether it’s a good option for you…
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Written by Alex Whybrow – fact checked by Jason M & the editorial team
Alex is a full time writer. He is a creative soul who loves to express himself through his written word. When focus or concentration becomes an issue he turns to nootropics. Aside from the world of nootropic supplementation and writing, Alex is a huge fan of coffee and can regularly be found consuming it and writing about it.
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Canadian Company Leading Edge Health makes BrainPill – a nootropic supplement that claims it could be “your new secret weapon for peak mental performance”. A bold claim, I’m sure you will agree, but an attractive one. Who wouldn’t want to be operating at ‘peak mental performance’? We’ll assess whether we think that statement is accurate or not in this BrainPill review.
Here at Soma Analytics, we make it our mission to get the bottom of how effective nootropics can be for you. In this BrainPill review we are going to be looking at exactly what BrainPill is designed to do for your cognitive performance, before taking an in-depth look at the ingredients, why they have been included, and whether they work in our trial.
BrainPill – Quick Verdict
BrainPill has a very solid ingredient profile, and our reviewer saw excellent results when taking it. If you can look past the branding and look purely at the impact it has, then you should see good results.
Plus, you have 67 days to see results and if you don’t, you get your money back. It’s a confident guarantee, though we’d imagine most users will see the same results we did thanks to its safely potent formula.
BrainPill Benefits
Like most nootropic supplements, BrainPill is geared towards getting you to perform better mentally. The name is a bit of a giveaway there, really! They are very confident in their claims, suggesting you can unleash ‘unstoppable productivity’, but we want to cut through the hyperbole and break down what they are suggesting.
The main benefits of BrainPill can be split into 5 different sections. Let’s look at them one by one:
Speed
First up, we have speed – being able to use our brains more quickly, whether we are thinking of the correct word to write, trying to recall some important information, or making quick decisions. Speed of thought is vital to a productive working day.
Stamina
Mental fatigue is a productivity killer. You’ve had a power morning and surged ahead with your day, only to fall behind come afternoon when your focus and energy dwindles.
Leading Edge Health are claiming that with BrainPill you will be able to work with more focus and endurance, so that you can power on through without these lapses in concentration.
Focus & Concentration
Stamina and mental energy is one thing – much like the effects you get with an espresso or strong coffee. The quality of your focus and concentration is probably the biggest and most quality impact a nootropic can have on us.
When your focus and concentration are stable and deep, you learn and store information better, and you can resolve problems or challenges more easily. It’s no good having buckets of mental energy if you don’t know what to do with it – a good nootropic will refine your cognitive skills in a calm state.
Memory
Understanding information in front of us is one thing; storing it and recalling it later on is another. Our brains’ health and functioning can determine how well we do this.
Many students benefit from supplementing with nootropics and their natural ingredients for this reason. Recalling information more easily saves time, prevents errors, and even boosts confidence professionally and personally. We’re exposed to so much information every single day, that an improved memory will be beneficial to any of us in everyday life.
BrainPill Ingredients
The ingredients list is always the key focus in our testing before we trial a nootropic. Most nootropics will claim they offer the benefits we’ve just discussed – improvements we’ve seen in our favorite nootropics such as Noocube and Mind Vitality.
But there is no hiding behind the ingredients. Usually, we have a good idea of whether a nootropic will score well in a trial when we look at what’s in it, and how much of it is in there.
BrainPill is a Canadian company that manufactures its supplement here in the US. They are quite transparent about all of this, and have links to all of their scientific research on their website. This is a good start – a genuine brand that’s made a lot of effort to answer all and any questions we may have.
They even make it crystal clear that the Food and Drug Administration has not evaluated the statements about the benefits of BrainPill. And that’s OK – it’s not a legal requirement. The fact they’ve been upfront about it however, is gold-standard in my opinion.
Citicoline-Cognizin®
This brain chemical is commonly used in nootropic supplements. It is frequently used as a treatment for age-related brain decline, such as Alzheimer’s Disease – originally it was a prescription drug in Japan.
There is more evidence to suggest that it can help fight against these kinds of disorders, rather than enhance healthy brains, but more research is required to fully establish this.
Here we see 250mg of citicoline, which is a pretty optimal dose based on clinical evidence available.
Tyrosine
Tyrosine is an amino acid that has been proven to boost cognitive performance in healthy adults. It is a precursor to noradrenaline and dopamine which both work to improve mood and memory. It was found to be particularly effective during periods of high stress.
We get 175mg of it in BrainPill which is an optimal amount.
Phosphatidylserine
There have been independent studies that have suggested phosphatidylserine – which is a fatty substance which protects cells in your brain – can improve cognition.
People who took phosphatidylserine supplements performed much better in short-term memory tests, and it is thought to help prevent memory loss as you get older. Some studies have suggested it can boost your mood and concentration.
We see 100mg of it here in BrainPill.
Vitamin B12
A vitamin B12 deficiency is linked with cognitive impairment and neurodegenerative disease, so it has been included in the makeup of BrainPill to help prevent these. There is little evidence to suggest that it can boost the performance of healthy brains, but it is certainly important to ensure that you have enough.
50mcg is a good daily dose of vitamin B12 and will deliver a range of health benefits.
L-Theanine
L-Theanine is another amino acid, this time used to help with anxiety and stress. It could also help boost att