We answer some of the most commonly asked questions about Forebrain.
Force Factor's use of proprietary blends are a marketing tool, which actually isn't as bad as a lot of supplements.
Many fall into the camp of hiding doses that are far to low to be effective, whereas it does seem to be the case that Forebrain does actually include the right amount of space in it's "proprietary blends" to include the correct dosages of its ingredients.
Memorysafe 550mg
Bacopa - Bacopa is normally dosed at around 300mg and there are a lot of cognitive performance studies that do show it's beneficial for memory and mental acuity. It seems reasonable to expect that within a 2 ingredient blend of 550mg that bacopa is dosed correctly for optimal brain function. It's not the best ingredient in some other focus related products, however, bacopa has also been shown to be beneficial for reducing anxiety and stress.
Grape Extract - Grape seed extract has some mild neuroprotective effects and the effective dose is theoretically around 200-300mg, meaning that it's reasonably dosed. However, it doesn't do much to improve cognitive performance on the day to day it is good for brain health. Resveratrol can come from grape skin, which would actually be better than the gallic acid that comes from grape extract in boosting your mental edge. In short, it's OK, but not one of the better ingredients that Force Factor Forebrain could've gone with.
Thinkup 65mg
Caffeine - We assume that the "thinkup" blend has gone with around 40mg (which leaves room for a correct dose of vincamine), which is about the same as a cup of coffee. Yes caffeine boosts focus and helps promote cognitive performance, but, caffeine is nothing particularly special.
Vincamine - Vincamine is an unusual choice and it is known for being a neuroprotective, it's typically being studied as an Alzheimer's drug, although it's long term use isn't particularly well known nor does it have myriad brain health benefits. A 15mg dose is the amount that clinical studies suggest is ideal meaning there's enough space for this.
Toothed Clubmoss - Otherwise known as devil's foot is the one exception to the ingredients having correct dosages. The lowest tests are typically around 100mg which there simply isn't enough space in the blend for. As a result we expect they simply threw in a couple of mg to add an ingredient to the list rather than including something that's going to do much to improve mental fitness.
BioBrain+
We don't know why biobrain+ got it's own trademarked "blend" with just the one ingredient.
Bioperine 5mg - Bioperine is good in a lot of supplements as it does help your body absorb other nutrients, however, this is one of the very few cases where we'd say it's almost completely pointless. It does nothing in supporting memory or cognitive capacity. And there isn't a particularly large amount of ingredients that are difficult to absorb in Force Factor Forebrain., Bioperine is normally more important in larger supplements