How the Nutrients You Ingest Daily Could Affect Your Brain Function

Did you know that the quality of your daily diet and the amounts and types of nutrients you ingest every day can affect your brain function?

It’s true! This is why nutrition experts are now saying your brain function, thinking ability, and the sharpness of your mind as you age are linked to your daily eating habits and overall diet.

Cognitive function is actually fueled by the nutrients you ingest each day, and if you’re making poor dietary choices you might not be providing enough of those nutrients to keep your brain function at its peak.

Here’s what you need to know…

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for Targeted Nutrients…

According to licensed nutritional counselor Chuck Homuth, poor dietary habits and nutrition can cause symptoms of gradual mental decline to show up as early as one’s 30s.

Homuth says that people raised with poor nutritional habits “…are at increased risk of severe cognitive deterioration later in life, unless they make a commitment to rebuilding brain function nutritionally.”

In other words, Homuth is saying that when you deliver superior nutritional fuel to your brain, you get optimal thinking capabilities.

Likewise, when you deliver inferior nutritional fuel to your brain, you get limited thinking capabilities.

Without proper nutrition to the brain, thinking becomes more difficult. It becomes fuzzy. Dull. Lacking in vitality. Folks often refer to this as “brain fog.”

So let’s talk for just a moment about doing what Chuck Homuth recommended, and making a commitment to start rebuilding your brain function with nutrition.

Surprisingly, as you’ll see, three specific nutrients are thought by many experts to be the hidden keys to achieving and maintaining optimal brain function and youthful “thinking capacity” as we age.

While the brain utilizes a wide variety of nutrients every day – fats, sugars and others, often in prodigious quantities – there are three specific nutrients known to be among the most important of them all for boosting brain function and well-being, and for not just improving but invigorating brain function at any age.

Nutrient #1: Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

The human brain uses more energy than any other organ. After all, it’s the master control organ for the entire body.

What’s more, the primary source of cellular energy in the brain is a nutrient known as adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, which the brain requires in prodigious quantities every single minute of every single day.

ATP is critical to brain function. Indeed, it’s the second-most important molecule involved in brain function, next to oxygen. According to Dr. Richard Passwater, Ph.D.:

“ATP enhances the delivery of nutrients and oxygen to the brain, and stimulates the removal of waste products.”

But that’s not all it does – not by a long shot.

For example, when researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School conducted a study to determine to what extent ATP levels were linked to improved brain function, they were stunned to find that consistently high ATP levels were needed not only for the efficient firing of neurons in the brain, but also for the brain’s little-understood “housekeeping” activities – i.e., its ability to self-repair any damage to brain cells and tissues, and to help keep brain tissue alive and functioning at optimal levels.

Later, another clinical study conducted under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences demonstrated that higher functioning brains contain up to 50% more ATP than normal brains. In other words, the more ATP you have in your brain, the better your brain works.

It’s a plain and simple correlation: With more ATP, you’ll enjoy sharper memories…greater clarity of thought…greater ability to “think on one’s feet”…and far less “brain drain” throughout the course of a day.

Today, there’s no argument that peak brain function is largely dependent upon ATP. According to Dr. Barry Sears, M.D.:

“Without adequate levels of ATP, your brain has an energy drain and its function decreases…. Below a critical level of ATP production, brain cells can begin to die.”

In other words, ATP is foundational to optimal brain function, well-being and peak mental function.

Researchers have only recently discovered that ATP also works as a neurotransmitter in the brain – it helps brain cells to communicate and control each other. In fact, according to Dr. Sarah Myhill, M.D.:

“Other brain neurotransmitters won’t work unless they’re accompanied by a molecule of ATP.”

According to physician’s assistant David Overton, this means the brain’s main energy source – ATP – also serves as the language between brain cells.

What’s more, according to board-certified nutritionist Byron J. Richards, ATP levels in the brain largely determine how effectively you communicate with others, as well as the quality of your mental and emotional state:

“The brain’s glial cells use ATP to communicate. And glial cells are the primary regulators of neurons; they must have ATP to tell neurons what to do.

This means that your brain uses energy to communicate. If you run low on energy your brain does not communicate and your neurotransmitters do not flow in an optimal way.

In short, your overall supply of energy in the form of ATP is the single-most important factor determining the health of your mind and mood.

…If you don’t have enough ATP on hand you will feel irritable, tired, have a poor mind, and it will seem like the burden of stress is causing wear and tear.”

In a study titled “ATP and the Brain,” conducted at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the researchers discovered that adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is the most important of all energy molecules for the brain.

They point out that the brain harbors and utilizes even more adenosine triphosphate (ATP) than the heart, which depends upon ATP to supply the energy needed for each and every heartbeat. Therefore, the brain’s constant and massive need for high levels of ATP reflects its function as the master control system for the entire body.

Indeed, according to the University of Pennsylvania researchers, the central nervous system – which is comprised of both the brain and the spinal cord – “requires a constant input of ATP” for energy.

And according to Scientific American, “It’s well established that the brain uses more energy than any other human organ” and that “the primary source of that energy is ATP.”

The researchers also pointed out that “the metabolic rate of the brain” (i.e., the rate that energy is produced and utilized in the brain) is “closely correlated with physiological function.” In other words, if you want improved brain function, you must increase your brain’s levels ATP.

What’s more, without ATP there can be no neurogenesis taking place in the brain, meaning no formation of new brain cells. And there can be no brain repair, either. As pointed out by Dr. Sarah Myhill, M.D.:

“The brain creates a million new connections every second. This means there is huge potential for healing and repair; it is simply a case of moving things in the right direction. But the brain has to have the optimum energy supply to allow this process to happen! And ATP is the energy supply it depends upon.”

Dr. Myhill concludes by saying:

“Improve ATP levels in your brain, and you’ll improve all aspects of brain function. Indeed, improving ATP delivery is the best treatment for low mood and depression.”

The bottom line is that in order for your brain to work at peak efficiency and effectiveness, it needs ATP – and lots of it. Without ATP, brain energy and related brain function gradually grind to a halt, just like a car sputtering out of gas on the freeway.

But it’s not just ATP that can help you improve cognitive function. There are two more critical brain nutrients to learn about…

Nutrient #2: Methylcobalamin

Long known as the body’s “brain and energy vitamin,” this special co-enzyme form of vitamin B-12 is the most biologically active form of B-12 available.

It’s also the most cerebrally invigorating because it’s the only form of B-12 that can quickly and easily cross the blood-brain barrier to nourish a nutrient-starved brain.

According to Dr. Jeffrey J. Stuart, D.O., author of Could it Be B-12: An Epidemic of Misdiagnosis, not only can low vitamin B-12 levels in the brain make your memory fuzzy, cause cognitive difficulties and even mimic Alzheimer’s disease, but the deficiency can also directly impair the function of the vital nerve cells in your brain that control how you feel, think and behave.

In fact, vitamin B-12 is so important to good mental health and optimal brain function, a long-term deficiency “can cause severe mental illness including depression, paranoia and symptoms resembling schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.” What’s more, according to Dr. Stuart, “…anyone, at any age, can be a victim of a B-12 deficiency.”

In people over 40, low levels of vitamin B-12 have been tied directly to declining brain function (see August 2012 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society). In fact, in recent studies, researchers from the USDA and Tufts University have demonstrated that even a mild deficiency of vitamin B-12 can indicate ongoing cognitive decline.

Other recent clinical studies have shown that older adults who are deficient in vitamin B-12 face a 50% greater propensity toward brain shrinkage and related cognitive deficiency than those who are not deficient in the vitamin – another crucial reason to maintain as reasonably high levels of B-12 as possible in the body and brain as we age.

According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, DO, declining vitamin B-12 levels will inevitably have a profoundly negative effect on mood and mental health. He writes:

“As your vitamin B12 levels falter, some of the initial signs will often include mood changes, such as lack of motivation or feelings of apathy. Low B12 levels can also lead to acute mental fogginess, memory troubles, muscle weakness, and fatigue.

Chronic health problems of vitamin B12 deficiency include nerve damage, psychiatric problems (which may also mimic more serious mental illness), and dementia.”

According to WebMD.com:

“Since your body doesn’t make vitamin B12, you’ll need to get it from animal-based foods or from supplements, and it needs to be consumed on a regular basis in order to avoid deficiency problems.”

Researchers at the National Institute on Aging have found that a B-12 deficiency can double the risk of depression in older women.

Not only that, but according to Dr. Stuart:

“One telling fact is that around 90% of the patients we identify with vitamin B-12 deficiency in the ER are on antidepressants, which reveals that their primary care doctors and other specialists failed to screen them for B-12 deficiency as a reason for their depression.”

Unfortunately, additional clinical studies have demonstrated that most older Americans are already vitamin B-12 deficient. The culprit, according to Dr. Joseph Mercola, is three-fold:

• One, as our body ages, it begins to have more difficulty extracting B-12 from the foods we eat – even from foods known to be rich in the vitamin, such as red meat, fish and dairy. According to Dr. Mercola, “When you get older, the lining of your stomach gradually loses its ability to produce hydrochloric acid, which releases vitamin B12 from your food in the form your body can efficiently absorb and utilize. If you’re over 40, it’s safe to assume you’re not absorbing vitamin B12 at an optimal level.”

• Two, even your vitamin supplements and vitamin “fortified” foods probably aren’t helping much when it comes to sustaining optimal vitamin B-12 levels. That’s because most vitamin manufacturers and food processors have taken to using a cheap and completely synthetic form of B-12 called cyanocobalamin, which the body has to convert through a complex metabolic process into the active natural form before it can be utilized. It’s estimated that only about 12% of a dose of cyanocobalamin is ever converted to the active form of B-12 and utilized in the body.

• Three, cyanocobalamin is bound to a potentially toxic cyanide molecule (hence the name “cyano-cobalamin”) that must be separated from B-12 in the liver and removed from your body through an elaborate detoxifying process. This process further reduces the amount of active B-12 that can be derived from cyanocobalamin and used for the health of both body and brain.

For these three reasons, and more, most adults in the 40-plus age range are now known to be deficient in vitamin B-12 – either clinically, or sub-clinically – and are therefore at growing risk of cognitive decline and brain malfunction.

Forgetfulness…”brain fog” and other signs of slowing mental function…low mental energy…sluggish brain self-repair…poor mood and morale – all of these are symptoms of low B-12 levels in the brain.

But here’s the secret: According to natural health experts, the solution to keeping your brain’s levels of B-12 at therapeutic levels is to always use the much rarer but far more bio-active co-enzyme form of B-12 known as methylcobalamin. According to a study published in the Journal of Pharmacological Therapeutics:

“…methylcobalamin is the only form of vitamin B-12 that can cross the blood brain barrier without biotransformation. Its methyl group stimulates serotonin creation, a neurotransmitter which is responsible for mood enhancement and protects the brain from damage against excitotoxins.”

In other words, the correct form of B-12 – the active co-enzyme methylcobalamin form – goes directly to work in the brain triggering neurotransmitters that are responsible for elevated mood, quick thinking and protection against brain damage from toxins.

Thankfully, because the methylcobalamin form of vitamin B-12 is so powerful, most people notice improved brain function within the very first few days of taking it. It not only boosts mood and mental clarity, and improves brain function, but it also protects the aging brain against the otherwise devastating effects of excitotoxins that can kill brain cells.

Now let’s take a look at one last critical brain nutrient everyone should add to in their brain-enhancement arsenal…

Nutrient #3: Glucoronolactone

According to Brian D. Evans, author of How to Become Super Smart and Get Limitless Memory, glucuronolactone is a little-known “smart nutrient” that “works to fight fatigue and provide an overall sense of well-being.”

Jonathan Samson, M.D., Ph.D., says, “What’s known about glucuronolactone is that it allows an amazing natural energy increase, heightening both mood and mental clarity simultaneously.”

In other words, glucoronolactone is both ergogenic (i.e., performance, energy and stamina-enhancing) and euphoragenic (i.e., pleasure-inducing). It boosts brain energy and function and helps induce feelings of well-being or even mild euphoria by triggering your body’s “happy” brain chemicals.

The brain-boosting and mood-boosting benefits of glucoronolactone are so impressive, ex-Google employee Michael Brandt and Glassmap founder Geoffrey Woo, both Stanford graduates, admit to using it as part of their regular morning “nootropic brain stack” for achieving optimal brain function. And glucoronolactone was even featured for its brain-boosting and mood-enhancing benefits on ABC TV’s Shark Tank.

According to Health Monthly:

“Glucuronolactone delivers a valuable energy boost for the brain…giving you an extra edge to enhance your focus and concentration.”

And according to Nootriment.com:

“Glucoronolactone reduces sleepiness, increases focus, lightens the mood and quickens reaction times.”

Finally, according to NutriScience:

“Studies suggest that glucuronolactone…promotes mental performance and positive mood as well. When given glucuronolactone in a clinical study, subjects showed significant improvements in reaction time, concentration, and memory.”

As a bonus to the mood-boosting and energy-enhancing benefits of glucoronolactone, it’s also known to be one of the human body’s most important metabolites, being intimately involved in fatty acid synthesis, nucleotide synthesis, and amino acid synthesis – which could help explain some of its profoundly uplifting qualities on both mental and physical performance.

In other words, virtually all of your body’s metabolic building blocks are directly or indirectly aided by the presence of glucoronolactone, which means it’s needed for the very process of life, itself.

What’s more, it’s completely natural. Glucoronolactone is made in the liver, out of glucose. And it can also be found in a variety of plant gums and other natural sources – it’s even in wine, in small amounts.

Plus, it’s one of the body’s most important natural detoxifiers, being demonstrated in clinical trials to convert toxic substances – including drugs like morphine and codeine, or harmful chemical substances such as xenoestrogens, pollutants, toxins, and carcinogens – into harmless water-soluble substances which can then be easily excreted through the kidneys rather than building up in the body.

In a nutshell, glucoronolactone is a powerful nutritional metabolite of glucose that boosts brain function, provides a profound sense of physical and mental well-being, increases stamina, improves metabolism, and detoxifies the liver – all at the same time.

Where to Find this “Terrific Trio” of Brain Enhancement Nutrients

All three of these powerful yet little-known natural brain nutrients – adenosine triphosphate, methylcobalamin, and glucuronolactone – can be found in therapeutic quantities in a supplement from Targeted Nutrients known as AMG.

Thanks to these three little-known ingredients and their unique avenues of action in the brain and body, AMG is the only brain supplement available today that improves brain function through three different metabolic pathways, boosting not only brain function and brain energy (for quicker thinking, improved memory and more youthful clarity of mind), but also overall mood and mental outlook.

You see, your brain operates under the same conditions as all of the other organs in your body. Like them, it needs some very specific nutrition in order to function at optimal levels.

As Dr. Barry Sears, M.D. has stated:

“Your brain isn’t in a state of wellness just because you don’t have some obvious neurological problem, like depression or attention deficit disorder. Your brain is in a state of wellness only if you’re thinking at peak efficiency. This means you’re unhampered by mental fuzziness, forgetfulness, ‘brain fog,’ jittery nerves, inability to focus, or an impending sense of doom and gloom.”

AMG helps clear away the mental cobwebs. It invigorates the brain, giving it the specific nutrients it needs for maximum energy, smooth function and ongoing self-repair. It makes you think fast on your feet, again. It improves mood and morale and puts a great big smile on your face. And it gives you that all-crucial “thinker’s edge.” All of this at the same time.

One AMG user – an experienced “bio-hacker” who seeks to attain peak mental performance at all times – glowingly wrote that he’d found its ingredients to be “the terrific trio” of peak mental performance.

Another AMG user calls it “my personal brain tune-up in a bottle.” And yet another wrote to tell us his wife simply calls it the “little pink pill that gives me a thrill.”

In short:

• Thanks to the Adenosine triphosphate, AMG supercharges your brain, making you think faster and with far greater mental clarity.

• And thanks to the added Methylcobalamin, AMG keeps your brain more youthful and vital than ever, while preventing age-related brain shrinkage that can result in brain damage and declining brain function.

• Thanks to Glucoronolactone, AMG boosts pleasure-inducing chemicals in your brain, making you feel great, mentally and physically.

Taken altogether, AMG is an exclusive and brand-new combination of three powerful, bio-active brain nutrients that are scientifically proven to support brain health, boost brain function and brain energy reserves, while helping increase overall mental and physical well-being.

Put these three powerful all-natural nutrients together in a single supplement, and you have one of the most cerebrally invigorating and uplifting nutritional formulas on the face of the earth. It’s non-addicting. Yet it gives you lightning-fast brain power…lots of brain energy…and…simply stated…makes you feel like a million bucks again.

Personal Stories from Experienced AMG Users…

AMG has been specially formulated to supercharge your brain with the right nutrients, right from the start…help you think faster on your feet…give you youthful clarity of mind…boost your mood and mental outlook …and help you live a more vibrant and productive life and have a great time in the process!

A brand-new AMG user wrote to say:

“Very grateful to have found out about AMG. Writing to say thank you. This should be your flagship product. There’s really nothing else like it out there. It’s one of the very few nutritional supplements I’ve tried that actually does what it claims to do.

I take it each day, and within an hour or so I not only start feeling better mentally – it actually puts a smile on my face – but I’m now able to maintain consistent mental energy throughout the entire day.

No more sputtering thoughts. No more mental cobwebs. No more forgetfulness. This stuff really works. It’s a Godsend for people like me who never thought much about brain nutrition and brain optimization during my younger years.”

— Sheila B., Midwest City, OK

This grateful AMG user compares the supplement favorably to the brain-invigorating effects of so-called “smart drugs”:

“I’m very attuned to brain supplements and so-called ‘smart drugs’ having experimented with quite a few of them over the years.

My theory has always been that if you take good care of the various organs of your body and give them the specific nutrition they need for optimal function when you’re younger, they’ll still be in great shape to take care of you when you’re older.

So far, AMG has hands-down beat all of the other ‘smart drugs’ and ‘smart nutrients’ I’ve tried.

What can I say? The stuff just gives me a nice mental kick every time I use it. I think faster, sharper and clearer. And feel better, to boot. I don’t even try to understand what makes it so different. I just know I like it.”

— Ron T., Beatty, NV

And one enthusiastic AMG user recently wrote to tell us:

“I’m only 42 but I could see my brain was already slowing down. I had a number of the tell-tale signs such as frequent bouts of forgetfulness, difficulty thinking, struggling to focus and concentrate at work, and a chronic sense of brain drain and mental fatigue that got worse as each day dragged on.

Even more alarming, I was beginning to get a bit depressed over it.

But AMG has really turned the tide for me. I take one capsule every morning (on rare occasions I take an additional capsule at lunch) and I’m off to the races. I no longer struggle to think. Words flow effortlessly off the tip of my tongue. Ideas flow faster. It’s like being 21 again.”

— Ron W., Albany, NY

As you can see, AMG does what it’s supposed to do. And people who care about the health and well-being of their brain are raving about it.

The Bottom Line

The bottom line is that your brain has very specific nutritional needs, just like every organ of your body.

So if you want to experience and maintain peak brain function…astonishing clarity of mind…lightning-fast thinking…improved mood and mental outlook …and the very best brain function possible…then you should feed your brain the specific nutrients it needs to function at its very highest levels and maintain the very best level of health possible.

Try AMG from Targeted Nutrients, right away, and you’ll discover why this astonishing new formula is rapidly becoming the “go-to” brain enhancement supplement for…

• Men and women over 30, who are just beginning to experience mild cognitive decline (i.e., “brain farts,” “brain fog,” “senior moments,” low-level forgetfulness) and who wish to reverse these symptoms of poor brain function, nutritionally.

• People who have not yet begun to experience gradual cognitive decline, but want to take out some powerful nutritional “insurance” against it, so they can maintain their “thinker’s edge” into their older years.

• People who just need a nice mental lift from time to time.

• College students with a heavy coursework load who need to maintain peak brain function (and mental well-being) for regular school studies as well as for “cramming” and exams.

• Stackers, bio-hackers, brain hackers and “smart nutrient” users – i.e., success-oriented people who work to optimally fine-tune their brains and bodies through nutrition and other natural means.

AMG is a bonafide 21st century breakthrough in all-natural cognition-enhancing nutritional therapy because it invigorates the brain through three critical nutritional pathways targeting higher levels of brain energy, sustained and efficient brain function and overall mood or mental outlook.

You’ll feel AMG’s astonishing array of benefits immediately because of its ability to boost the metabolism and increase the energy of every cell, tissue and organ in your brain. Unlike other brain supplements, you don’t have to wait for days, weeks or even months to feel the effects.

And now you can learn how to try Targeted Nutrients high-quality AMG at a special get-acquainted discount price, by clicking here…

Yours for peak brain function, the safe, natural way…

Steve Barwick, President
Targeted Nutrients