HAVING a healthy mind is vital to your overall health but the old grey matter is often the trickiest thing to keep in tip-top shape with our busy lifestyles. Relaxing, r educing stress , keeping physically fit and improving your sleep are all key ways to help with mental health but there are also supplements that claim they can help too. Here, I put some of those to the test.
VIRIDIAN’S High Five Multivitamin contains 23 vitamins, minerals and plant extracts but the “high five” refers to the higher level of Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) found in this formula. This contributes to better mental performance and a reduction in fatigue. Prolonged stress depletes supplies of all B vitamins but if you’re getting enough every day – 5mg per adult – it helps regulate production of the stress hormone cortisol when you’re under chronic stress.
Viridian tablets have no nasty ingredients so you’re getting a pure and simple product (£10.20 for 30, viridian-nutritian.com ) ADUNA’S Mind Advanced Blend is a chocolatey powder you can make into a hot chocolate, stir into smoothies or yoghurt or use in baking recipes.
It is a blend of vitamin-rich baobab and camu camu powder, flaxseeds, agave inulin, wheatgrass, moringa, cacao and date. Plus the herb ashwagandha, nootropics lion’s mane, reishi mushroom powder, the Asian Chinese berry schisandra and cinnamon, which combined can help with stress response and the nervous system to make you feel more “zen”. This is a great co.