Mental clarity is having a clear and focused mind. You can think clearly, make decisions, and deal with day to day demands without getting overwhelmed or exhausted. You’re also less likely to procrastinate and have no trouble accomplishing your tasks.

Best foods for memory include:

• Fatty wild ocean fish that are low in heavy metals
• Colorful and green vegetables and fruits
• Eggs
• Nuts
• Tea and coffee

There are multiple ways to use supplements to improve mood. For example, you can provide more neurotransmitter building blocks by using 5-HTP and tryptophan to build more serotonin, or L-tyrosine to build more dopamine. St. John’s Wort is an herb that increases serotonin. You can also supply vitamins, such as vitamin B6, to promote healthy neurotransmitter production.

Your brain works best when your neurotransmitters are properly balanced, and the overall health of your gut and its microbiome can affect this balance, as well as your mood. Some of the best brain supplements and lifestyle choices that work to naturally support your mood include:

• Probiotics
• Magnesium
• Chaihu-Shugan San formula
• Schizandra
• Ginkgo biloba
• Exercise
• Meditation
• High-quality sleep
• Fish oil supplement
• Eating enough choline in your diet
• Continue to use your brain and train your memory

• Sugar and refined carbohydrates
• Artificial sweeteners
• Alcohol
• Fish and seafood that are high in mercury
• Vegetable oil
• Processed foods

• Exercise
• Sun exposure
• Infrared sauna
• Boosting deep sleep
• Meditation
• Omega-3 fatty acids
• Coffee fruit concentrate
• Curcumin
• Butyrate (or synbiotics)

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a protein in the brain that is important for learning, memory, and mood. It stimulates the production of new brain cells and supports the connections between existing ones (synaptic plasticity)[17]. Exercise helps with depression by increasing BDNF levels. Also, higher BDNF improves memory, speed of learning, and makes your brain younger.

BDNF also protects the brain and helps it stay flexible (plastic) enough to adapt to new situations and even insults.

There are many potential reasons you could be experiencing low mood, such as:

• A stressful or traumatic situation
• Chronic inflammation[18]
• An unhappy microbiome[19]
• Compromised gut barrier and digestive problems[20]
• Unstable blood sugar[21]
• Imbalances of neurotransmitter[22]
• Nutritional deficiencies[23]
• Past concussions or traumatic brain injuries[24]

Many people suffer from more than one of the above. Cognibiotics can often help balance the microbiome, neurotransmitters, and the immune system, which can naturally lift your mood. However, since there could be other contributing factors, you should also work with your physician and the appropriate mental health care provider.

The gut-brain-microbiome axis describes the intimate 2-way connections between your gut, your brain, and your gut microbiome. This might explain why people sometimes say they have a gut feeling or that they feel sick to their stomach.

There are numerous ways these connections happen. Examples include:

• AStress can throw off the microbiome[25]
• Substances produced by your microbiome can change your mood, cognitive function, or even cravings[26]
• The bacteria can stimulate the vagus nerve, which may reduce overall inflammation or affect your mood[27][28]
• Gut bacteria can cause or suppress inflammation, which also affects digestive and brain health29

There are multiple entry points to fixing your gut-brain-microbiome axis. First, to improve your mental performance, it is important to eat a healthy diet, get good quality sleep, manage your stress, and exercise. Taking probiotics often helps, but does not replace diet and lifestyle factors. Most probiotic strains are also transient and don’t result in permanent microbial changes, which may be required for long-lasting shifts in brain function.

Cognibiotics is a great way to supercharge your gut-brain axis because it is much more than a probiotic. The combination of bacteria strains and prebiotics have been shown to synergistically boost mood and brain function.[30] The 17 herbs in the formula target the brain, the gut, and the gut microbiome. The Chaihu-Shu-Gan-San formula boosts mood by improving the gut bacteria composition.