Should You Supplement Nootropics as an Everyday Energy Booster?

If you’re looking for natural energy boosters like nootropics, you may wonder, “Can I take these supplements every day?” When it comes to supplementation, in addition to the general recommendations, the guiding rule is how it makes you feel. Using a nootropic supplement that works for you daily is fine and a safe way to boost your energy. If you’re not feeling your nootropic, give it some time. But if it continues not to work, or worse, makes you feel poorly, feel free to stop. Effective nootropics should have an immediate effect and be safe to take. (However, if you’re sensitive to caffeine, consider looking for low-caffeine nootropics like cocoa and white tea.) Please keep reading for more on nootropics as energy boosters.  

How Do Nootropics Help with Energy?

Nootropics help with mental energy. You’ve likely experienced mental fatigue before, where it feels like your mind is swimming in pudding. Nootropics are diverse chemical compounds that increase memory, improve brain function, protect the brain, support neuronal firing, and are safe to use (non-toxic, low to zero long-term side effects). Another definition of a nootropic is that it facilitates learning and memory and helps overcome cognitive impairment, like fatigue. 

Which Nootropics are Best for Energy?

Caffeine

Caffeine is one of the most popular and effective nootropics and boosts mental and physical energy. It improves memory and makes learning easier. Everyone has their own right dose of caffeine, but the maximum recommended caffeine intake for healthy and not pregnant individuals is 400 mg daily. Find caffeine in coffee, tea, yerba mate, cocoa, and yaupon. 

L-Theanine

L-theanine is a gentle yet strong mood, and mental energy booster found abundantly in true tea. Working congruently with the caffeine in tea, L-theanine improves mood and reduces stress while improving focus and memory. L-theanine is shaped similarly to glutamate, which is a brain-signaling chemical. Glutamate can over-excite the brain, which disturbs your mood and causes stress. L-theanine fills up glutamate receptors, keeping the brain from over-excitement. This is very similar to how caffeine works to reduce fatigue by filling up adenosine receptors in the brain, preventing the sensation of fatigue. Positive results were seen with 50 mg – 200 mg a day. For example, two cups of tea contain about 50 mg of L-theanine. 

Cocoa

Cocoa is a powerful nootropic, evidenced by its well-studied ability to boost mood and health. Its high levels of theobromine boost mood and support mental function. Cocoa may be a potent neuro and cardiovascular protector and full of beneficial compounds like antioxidant flavanols. Cocoa flavanols have been found to positively benefit cognitive function by boosting mental function and supporting neuroplasticity of the brain. Eating cocoa also increases circulation to the brain and its oxygenation level, which means that more highly oxygenated blood reaches the brain. For its mood-elevating effects, try 500 mg to 1,000 mg daily. 

Ginkgo Biloba

Ginkgo biloba is a prized Chinese herb and can be used as a natural energy booster. It works exceptionally well when paired with caffeine and cocoa, but it still has impressive properties on its own. It’s been shown to improve memory and mental process in healthy, older adults when taken daily for six weeks. Ginkgo may also positively affect mood by lowering the stress hormone cortisol. It also boosts circulation, increasing energy, especially mental energy, since the brain benefits from more blood flow. It also supports a good mood, as well as protecting the brain. Try 100 mg – 600 mg a day. 

Can You Supplement Nootropics Daily as a Natural Energy Booster?

Yes, absolutely! If you like how the nootropic makes you feel, then take it daily. The only exception may be caffeine, depending on your tolerance levels. Some people are more sensitive to caffeine than others and need to moderate their intake. However, that is part of what makes beverages like white or green tea so popular; they have lower amounts of caffeine (white tea has 10-15 mg) while still containing hearty amounts of nootropic L-theanine. 

Many nootropics, like cocoa, are functional foods. Functional foods have additional benefits beyond their nutritional offerings and are meant to be eaten daily. This allows your body to get a fresh injection of beneficial compounds, like flavanols, and slowly build up in your system. While functional foods are powerful, they must be treated like foods and eaten daily. 

Seattle Gummy Energy Chews with Nootropics

Seattle Gummy wants to help you get ____ done! They’ve combined three powerful nootropics into one mighty energy gummy, the Mocca Shot. Get your daily dose of ginkgo biloba, cocoa, and caffeine to power your body and mind for even the most rigorous days. Mocca Shots come in two resealable pouches so that you can nibble on part of one for a light afternoon boost or down both to jump-start your day in the morning. Their patented, non-melting formula means they can live in your car or pocket and are ready whenever you need an energy booster. Mocca Shots come in delicious flavors, including a sugar-free dark chocolate strawberry.