658. This Is Your Brain on Supplements

If you ever watch TV or use the internet, you've probably seen advertisements for products that are supposed to help your focus, improve your memory, and prevent the cognitive effects of aging. Our brains are incredible, but memory can get complicated. That's why we created new Nareva Memory 3D. Alpha brain is one of the most important supplements that I've ever found ever in my life, if not the most important one, and the one that I cherished the most. I started noticing the clarity wasn't there, that I needed, and that was frustrating.

I'd seen many commercials about Prevogen, and I thought, why not give it a try? Wanna know why there are so many of these ads? Apparently because they work. Around 60% of U.S. adults take at least one dietary supplement, the most common being a multivitamin.

Brain supplements are one of the fastest-growing segments of the market. It has doubled over the past seven years, and it's projected to double again in the next seven to around $25 billion a year. We asked Free Economics Radio listeners to Tell us what they take and why. I take a bunch of supplements in the morning, but specifically for brain health, I take krill oil and I also take creatine powder.

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