Description
Senior Stack – Ingredients
BioStacks Senior Stacks has ingredients that work together to improve memory, energy, mental acuity, bone strength and immunity.
Brahmi (Bacopa Monnierie)
Brain Bioactivities: Bacopa’s active bacosides are antioxidants that enhance other brain antioxidants, including superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx). This synergistic antioxidant activity helps protect brain cells from the age-accelerating effects of free radicals. Bacosides also promote acetylcholine, GABA & serotonin – all brain chemicals tied to focused thinking, clear memory and healthy mood. Animal research suggests bacosides may boost cerebral blood flow by 25%.
(from Examine.com) Bacopa monnieri, commonly known as water hyssop, is an herb often used in Ayurveda. Supplementing Bacopa monnieri has been shown to improve cognition, by means of reducing anxiety. It is also reliable for improving memory formation. Though effects of this nature are usually studied in the elderly, Bacopa monnieri appears to affect young people as well, making it a useful nootropic.
Maca Extract
Maca is an herb used in traditional medicines to improve vitality, libido, and sexual wellbeing. Maca is one of the few libido enhancing herbs that affects both men and women. It has strong human evidence to support its effects. Maca can also reduce anxiety and depression without affecting hormones.
Creatine
Creatine is a popular supplement among athletes because it can increase power output and muscle growth. This effect also applies to seniors. By improving muscular strength and control, creatine can reduce the risk of a fall. Studies on seniors supplementing creatine have confirmed that creatine may reduce the risk of falls and improve mobility and fitness.
Creatine may also provide cognitive benefits to elderly people similar to how it can provide benefits to vegetarians and vegans. Creatine should not be supplemented by people taking diuretic medication, since creatine can cause water retention.
Blueberry Extract
Blueberries are one of the few fruits with strong evidence for its health effects. A diet high in blueberries can improve memory formation and verbal skills. These benefits can occur after just six weeks of eating blueberries consistently. Blueberries increase growth factors in the brain, which allows brain cells to grow and have an easier time communicating. This is a rare effect among food products.
CDP Choline
CDP-choline is a source of dietary choline. CDP-choline can increase acetylcholine levels in the brain since it can effective transport choline there, subsequently influencing memory formation and attention span. Cholinergic supplements in general can protect against cognitive decline.
Ashwagandha Extract
Also known as Withania Somnifera, Ashwagandha is an adaptogen (an herb that helps the body deal physical and chemical processes associated with stress and anxiety). It has been studied and shown to reduced Cortisol (a chemical released in the brain as a response to stress) in the brain. There have been several studies showing that Ashwagandha can reduce anxiety. In several studies Ashwagandha was shown to increase power output. Derived only from the roots of the plant, Ashwagandha operates on a systemic level.
Early research shows that taking ashwagandha root extract helps to improve well-being, sleep quality, and mental alertness by small to moderate amounts in people aged 65-80 years.
Curcumin 95%
Curcumin is a bioactive substance that fights inflammation at the molecular level. If properly enhanced, it is so powerful that it matches the effectiveness of anti-inflammatory drugs. Thousands of studies show that turmeric and curcumin have significant benefits for joint health, heart health, brain health, digestive health, immune health, healthy aging, and more. Curcumin is a powerful antioxidant that fights against oxidative stress to reduce aches and stiffness and slow the effects of aging.
Acetyl-L-Carnitine
(from Healthline.com) L-carnitine may benefit brain function. Some animal studies suggest that the acetyl form, acetyl-L-carnitine (ALCAR), may help prevent age-related mental decline and improve markers of learning. Human studies indicate that taking acetyl-L-carnitine daily helps reverse the decline in brain function associated with Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases. This form exhibited similar benefits for general brain function in older adults who did not have Alzheimer’s or other brain conditions. In specific cases, this form may even protect your brain from cell damage.
Vitamin K2 as MK-7 and Vitamin D3
Vitamin K2 is essential if you want a healthy heart, brain, bones and joints. But it can also fight aging. Vitamin K2 has been shown to have a positive effect on telomere length. This may explain the reason why people who get over 32.7 mcg daily have healthier hearts and live longer compared to those who get less than 21.6 mcg per day, according to a recent study.
When taken in combination, Vitamin K2 (as MK-7) and Vitamin D3 become highly bioavailable ingredients to build and maintain strong and healthy bones.
Vitamin D3 works to promote absorption of calcium to maintain levels of this essential nutrient for bone health. Vitamin K2 works together with vitamin D3 to ensure that calcium is directed to the bones where needed.
Vitamin D3
In addition to its primary benefits, research suggests that vitamin D may also play a role in reducing your risk of multiple sclerosis, according to a 2006 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, decreasing your chance of developing heart disease, and helping to reduce your likelihood of developing the flu, according to 2010 research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Piper Negrum (Bioperine extract)
This extract of black pepper improves absorption of Curcumin and other ingredients.
Vitamin B12 (as Methylcobalamin)
Cobalamin (Vitamin B12) is a water-soluble essential vitamin that is known to play roles in neurology. B12 is an important essential nutrient for the nervous system, including the brain, where it promotes the formation of healthy, protective nerve sheaths. B12 is a necessary nutritional player in peak brain energy metabolism and production of brain chemicals. Like B6, vitamin B12 is believed to help balance homocysteine levels, which may help protect the blood vessels that nourish the brain.
Nootropic Benefits: About 15% of adults over age 60 are deficient in B12. Low levels are tied to problems with mood and brainpower, typically in the context of age-related cognitive decline. B12, especially as methylcobalamin, helps restore levels needed for optimal cognitive function, bright mood and mental energy.
