Learning occurs, and fitness is built, through repetition and recovery. This principle applies to brain learning (it’s called spaced learning). It also applies to creating fitness, where most experts recommend taking 2-3 days each week to rest and recover from exercise. Living organisms are experts at adapting to things. By doing something intermittently, instead of every day, it counters the tendency for adaptation, which is a useful way to approach things you plan on doing or taking for long periods of time. Our general preference is that, if something doesn’t need to be taken daily, it’s a good idea to build in breaks. We feel more strongly about building in weekly days off for dietary supplement products that contain caffeine and/or adaptogens, both of which are found in Qualia Mind®.*
*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.
We do not recommend giving Qualia Mind® to children or teenagers, because (1) some of the ingredients have only been studied in adults, and (2) a 6 capsule suggested serving size contains 100 mg of caffeine, which when added to the amount of caffeine many teens consume in sodas, coffee drinks, energy drinks, etc., would place them above the amount recommended by doctors (The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests limiting caffeine intake to 100 mg in adolescents ages 12 to 18 years old and has not designated a safe threshold for caffeine in children 11 years old and younger).*
Most ingredients have many different forms of varying quality and potency. In every case, we chose the absolute highest grade form of each ingredient for Qualia.
Several ingredients in Qualia Mind®—Rhodiola, Ginkgo, PQQ, Lutein, Phosphatidylserine, and Nutricog®, as examples—can be thought of as more akin to the tortoise than the hare from Aesop’s fable (i.e., “slow and steady wins the race”).