How should I take Qualia Life?
How much water should I drink with Qualia Life?
We recommend drinking Qualia Life with water and drinking plenty of fluids throughout the day, especially during the first week. One of the ingredients—creatine (as tricreatine malate)—is believed to pull water into cells. Because of this, it’s important to stay hydrated while taking Qualia Life.
The Qualia Life sachets are designed to be mixed with water, but can be used in smoothies, added to juices, or mixed into other drinks, depending on your personal taste and preferences. Similar to the capsules, it’s a good idea to make sure you mix it with at least a full 8 ounces of water or other fluids.
Should I take Qualia Life with or without food?
In general, we recommend taking Qualia Life with food. Some of the ingredients are fat-soluble, so taking them with food, especially if it contains at least a small amount of fat or oil, would be expected to help with absorption. It’s fine to take it a bit before eating the food (or drinking a smoothie), in the middle, or a bit after eating. Digestion doesn’t happen all at once.
Is it OK to take Qualia Life in a fasted state?
We've had lots of people take Qualia Life in the morning without food—Dr. Greg, the Qualia Director of Product Development, has done this and knows many people who have. Only a few of the ingredients are fat-soluble (CoQ10 and Vitamin K2) and would be expected to be better absorbed with fat, but most of the ingredients won't be impacted. If you are drinking Bulletproof coffee in the morning, taking Qualia Life with or soon after that would give you plenty of fat for better absorbing the CoQ10 as an example. And, we'd consider it completely fine to take earlier in the day without food if that's more convenient for you.
What time of day Is best to take Qualia Life?
We recommend taking Qualia Life in the morning as opposed to dinner because things taken at dinner, in our experience, have a much more individual impact on sleep, while taking them in the morning seems to be more forgiving and they don't disrupt sleep (sleep quality has improved for quite a few people taking Qualia Life in the morning or lunch but we haven't studied this for dinner dosing). Qualia Life doesn't have any caffeine but does have about 6 mg of theobromine from the cocoa extract. Theobromine is usually not experienced as alerting in the same way caffeine is, especially at this low a dose. So, the bottom line is there's no reason we know of to avoid taking Qualia Life with dinner, but if you do, pay attention to your sleep to make sure the timing is working for you.
More Frequently Asked Questions
Where is the Eternus Drink Mix?
What is Qualia Life?
Qualia Life was formulated to comprehensively support the multiple interacting metabolic pathways, signaling processes, and cellular mechanisms of long-term healthy function. Better cells and mitochondrial function translates into more high-performing days and longer healthy years.
Instructions for Qualia Life
Qualia Life effects are dose-dependent, varying with body weight, general sensitivity and desired level of effect.
The standard dose for most people is 8 capsules. Take Qualia Life first thing in the morning, with food.
Nutritional Content of Qualia Life
Can I stack Qualia Life with other Qualia products?
When we designed Qualia Life, we did so understanding people would take it with one of the other Qualia nootropic products.
Who is Qualia Life for?
Qualia Life can be taken by any adults, but the groups we had in mind when we formulated and tested it include:
- Middle-age people who want to promote healthy aging.
- Older people wanting to feel more alive and experience more healthy years.
- Adults with chronic stress who want to do more to help their body better respond better.
- Persons with interest in supporting metabolic function and/or promoting better shape.
- Anyone with a big interest in healthy aging and supporting the fundamental mechanisms related to aging gracefully.
Why don’t you use nicotinamide ribose or nicotinamide mononucleotide?
At the time when we first created, and later when we upgraded Qualia Life, the company that supplies the patented form of Nicotinamide Riboside (NIAGEN®) had decided they would not sell this ingredient to other companies. Long story short, they wanted to only use it under their own company branding.
This changed recently, and we have partnered with the supplier and are able to offer this ingredient, leading us to create Qualia NAD+, a formula that takes the qualialife.complex systems science approach and applies it to making NAD+.
For people who wish to take Nicotinamide Riboside, in addition to or instead of the NAD+ support provided by Qualia Life, you'll find Nicotinamide Riboside in Qualia NAD+. Qualia Life also takes a complex systems approach to supporting NAD+: It contains niacin (nicotinic acid), niacinamide, and L-tryptophan to support three different ways of making NAD+.
Qualia Life also supplies comprehensive support for pathways and processes involved in NAD+ metabolism.*Qualia Life does not contain NMN (nicotinamide mononucleotide) because the FDA has determined that NMN is excluded from the definition of dietary supplement.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Can I take Qualia Life while intermittent fasting?
We've had lots of people take Qualia Life in the morning without food—Dr. Greg, the Qualia Director of Product Development, has done this and knows many people who have.
Does Qualia Life work for everyone?
How does Qualia Life work?
We’ve written a series of articles discussing how Qualia Life works in detail. But, in general, it works by helping our cells and mitochondria do more work, especially the types of tasks they tend to struggle to get to as we get older. When our cells and mitochondria can do more work, and get to all the important jobs we need them to do, we look, feel and function better.
Why do you recommend taking Qualia Life for 5 days followed by 2 days off?
Qualia uses a model of science called complex systems science. One of the core principles is adaptation. Living organisms are experts at adapting to things.
