During the development of the new and improved Qualia Mind® we put the new version of the product to the test to find out how users would respond. Part of this test was comparing the new version to the original Qualia Mind formula. Here’s what we did, and how participants responded.
†Disclaimer: Although these results are highly encouraging, they are not statistically significant and the study was not placebo-controlled. Larger, controlled studies will be required to confirm the findings.
HOW THE STUDY WORKED
This study had two groups of participants. One group took the original Qualia Mind—for the study we called this group Qualia Mind 1.0. The other group took the new and improved Qualia Mind—we called this group Qualia Mind 2.0.
The goal of creating a new version of Qualia Mind was to continue to meet people’s expectations of how a great nootropic dietary supplement should be experienced, while reducing the number of capsules. We hoped that the changes we’d made to the formula would lead to fewer capsules performing as well as, and ideally better than the original.*
Participants in the Qualia Mind 1.0 group were instructed to take 7 capsules per day. Because of the changes made to the formula, the Qualia Mind 2.0 group took 6 capsules daily. All participants were asked to take the capsules in the morning, with or without food, for five consecutive days, followed by two days off, and then take the capsules again for a final five days (i.e., 10 days of taking the dietary supplements over a twelve day period).
Eighty-one healthy adults completed the twelve day study period (Qualia Mind 1.0 = 43; Qualia Mind 2.0 = 38). Participants were a mix of males (N = 45) and females (N = 36) and ranged in age from 24 to 74 years old.
Prior to beginning supplementation, and after both the first five day period (i.e., week 1) and second five day period (i.e., week 2), participants completed a 10 question nootropic scale that asked them to rate motivation, energy, focus, alertness, mental clarity, mood, memory, procrastination, sense of accomplishment, and managing stress.
The answers to the ten questions were used to produce a total nootropic scale score. The lowest and the highest possible scores were 0 and 100, respectively, with higher scores being better. Three of the questions asked about motivation, energy, and focus. We describe these as the “Big 3,” because they are the three areas that we feel are of fundamental importance for a nootropic. A Big 3 score was also produced.*
RESULT HIGHLIGHTS
New and Improved Qualia Mind Supported Focus, Energy, Motivation, and More†*
Thirty-eight participants in the Qualia Mind 2.0 group completed the nootropic scale questionnaire at baseline and at the end of the study. The average total nootropic scale score for participants was 47.9 before taking the dietary supplement. At the end of the second five-day period, the average score was 76.5, a 60% increase from the beginning scores. Thirty-five of the 38 (92%) participants had higher nootropic scale scores after taking the new version of Qualia Mind for two five-day periods.†*
Since the Big 3—motivation, energy, and focus—were so important to us, we also evaluated how scores in these areas individually, and combined into a composite Big 3 score, changed. The Qualia Mind 2.0 group reported average increases of 65% for motivation, 55% for energy, and 76% for focus. The composite score for all three—the Big 3 score—increased by 64%, with 35 of the 38 (92%) participants having higher scores after taking the new version of Qualia Mind for two five-day periods.†*
New Qualia Mind Outperformed the Original†*
One of the purposes of this beta study was to evaluate whether the new version of Qualia Mind performed as well or better than the original Qualia Mind. So, we compared how nootropic scale scores changed after supplementation with these two formulas. New Qualia Mind won the competition in all areas.†*
After the first five days of taking these products, there was a slight edge to the Qualia Mind 2.0 group. Average total nootropic scale scores increases, as an example, were 49% for the Qualia Mind 2.0 group compared to 47% for the Qualia Mind 1.0 group. Qualia Mind 2.0 also performed slightly better in the Big 3 after the first five days. By the end of week two, the results were not as close.†*
New Qualia Mind pulled away during the second week of supplementation. It did this for the total nootropic scale score, with the Qualia Mind 2.0 group improving by 60% compared to 47% for Qualia Mind 1.0. The Qualia Mind 2.0 group was the clear winner for the Big 3 of motivation, energy and focus (Qualia Mind 2.0 = 64% improvement; Qualia Mind 1.0 = 47% improvement). And, the new Qualia Mind won in every one of the ten nootropic areas, with huge outperformance in areas including feeling a sense of accomplishment and overcoming procrastination.†*
The New Qualia Mind was Highly Rated and Well-Liked†*
One week after completing the study, participants were asked to describe their overall experience of taking the new Qualia Mind nootropic formula. Thirty-five participants responded to this survey. Answer choices were “Excellent,” “Good,” “No Effect,” “Not Good,” and “Awful.” Eight-three percent of participants described their experience as excellent or good; almost half of them (49%) rated the product as excellent. The average rating on a scale of 1-5 stars was 4.15.†*
†Disclaimer: Although these results are highly encouraging, they are not statistically significant and the study was not placebo-controlled. Larger, controlled studies will be required to confirm the findings.
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