The following is copied directly from the American Biologics Information Brochure.
Brain Power™ is a science-based formulation aimed at supporting the functions of the healthy brain, protecting against toxic damage, and arresting or reversing age-related brain decline. This formulation provides, in highly bioavailable forms, nutrients clinically proven to support memory, concentration and the other higher brain functions. These nutrients operate through diverse mechanisms, facilitating brain oxygenation, metabolism, circuit integration, and antioxidant defense. Catastrophic brain decline: Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, other dementias—are virtually epidemic in Western societies. Among the general U.S. population, aged 65 and over, as many as 1 in 4 are likely to progress to Alzheimer’s disease; of those currently aged 85 and over, 1 in 2 may develop Alzheimer’s. Dementia is readily distinguishable from aging of the brain, because healthy individuals can get into their 90s with only modest loss of mental skills. Cognitive decline can be detected long before dementia becomes established, and if initiated at this relatively early stage dietary supplementation with proven “brain nutrients” can often arrest the decline and partially restore lost function.

• Phosphatidyl Serine (PS). This is a phospholipid substance which is a building block for the brain’s approximately 100 billion nerve cells. Of the nutrients proven most beneficial to the brain, PS is the most impressive for its degree of efficacy and its impeccable safety record. More than 60 human studies, including 18 double-blind trials, affirm diverse benefits of PS for memory, learning, concentration, word recall, and other cognitive measures in the middle-aged and elderly. PS is extremely safe and well tolerated very likely because it is an orthomolecule. PS is ubiquitous, present in all cells. In humans, PS is particularly abundant in the brain and in the membranes of the brain cells. The vast majority of all life activities occur on and in the membrane systems of cells. Membranes are thin, double molecular layers which provide a vast surface area on which the majority of energy exchanges and metabolic activities occur. The foundation of all cell membranes is a double layer of phospholipids, a class of complex biomolecules that includes PS. Clinically, PS is highly versatile as a dietary supplement. It consistently improves mood, and has relieved symptoms of anxiety and depression in elderly women. PS improved adaptability to stress in the elderly by revitalizing the HPAA (hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis). In older men, PS partially restored TSH and prolactin secretion (hormone rhythms that decompensate with additionally advancing age). PS can benefit more than the elderly. In young healthy men, subjected to strenuous exercise, PS reduced circulating stress hormones and residual muscle soreness. PS also benefited children with attention and learning deficits, as suggested from two pilot trial studies.
• Phosphatidyl Choline (PC). This is a phospholipid related to PS. It is a nerve cell membrane building block, as well as the body's foremost biochemical reservoir of choline, a precursor for acetylcholine. Phosphatidyl Ethanolamine (PE), and Phosphatidyl Inositol(PI). These are other phospholipids that are related to PS and are building blocks for nerve cell membranes. Both PE and PI are involved in the membrane-level events that render the nerve cells optimally functional: activation of the cell interior, energy generation, transmitter action at specific receptors, synaptic integration. Their presence is intended to help synergize the actions of PS and PC on brain performance.
• Ginkgo Biloba Standardized Extract, as Phytosomes. Ginkgo biloba standardized extract is proven effective at increasing blood flow to the brain and providing antioxidant protection to the brain tissue. Meta-analyses of numerous small, double-blind clinical trials indicate ginkgo has benefits for concentration and memory, particularly in subjects with poor brain circulation. This Ginkgo Biloba Phytosome Extract is 4X more bioavailable than plain Ginkgo Extract, and facilitates brain oxygenation.
• Taurine. This amino acid is a potent antioxidant for the brain, and also has electronic homeostatic properties linked to its capacity to buffer intracellular calcium and magnesium as well as sodium and potassium. Taurine is abundant in electrically active tissues, and within the brain acts as a chemical transmitter in its own right. It also has dispersant properties and is an important digestive constituent of the bile, thereby contributing to the bioavailability of the other nutrients in this formulation. Taurine is not supplied by vegetarian diets, and is a conditionally essential nutrient for some populations. Supplementing with taurine helps conserve cysteine, which is an important precursor of glutathione, a very important intracellular antioxidant for the brain.
• L-Glutamine. This amino acid is included in the formulation because it readily enters the brain where it can be utilized for energy and is a precursor to nerve transmitters. It is also a precursor for glutathione. Glutamine reserves can become rapidly depleted after surgery or other stress to the tissues. Glutamine is biochemically distinct from glutamate, which is not a good candidate for dietary supplementation since it has potential for excitotoxic damage to the brain.
• L-Glycine. This amino acid participates in electronic buffering and chemical transmission in the brain. It also is a building block for glutathione.
• Vitamin B6, as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride. This vitamin is required for a number of metabolic pathways that support optimal brain function. It is required for the conversion of homocysteine to cysteine (a precursor for the antioxidant glutathione). When given together with vitamin B12 and acid, which are also included in this formulation at meaningful intake levels, vitamin B6 completes the nutrient triad necessary to efficiently recycle homocysteine, which can interfere with the brain circulation and cause stroke. Deficiencies of these key metabolic cofactors are common among elderly populations.
• Vitamin B12, as Cyanocobalamin. This vitamin is often found deficient in vegetarians and the elderly, and deficiency symptoms can mimic dementia: memory loss, personality and mood changes, fatigue.
• Folic Acid. This vitamin-like substance is integral to the development and on going homeostasis of the nervous system. Deficiency during pregnancy can have disastrous consequences to the fetus. Folate deficiency is detected in 15-38% of adults diagnosed with depressive disorders, and may retard the clinical response to antidepressant therapy. Brain Power provides a combination of antioxidant factors to help protect the brain against the toxic hazards inherent in modern living, along with another rational avenue of protection in the form of the electronic buffers. Nutrients are also included that generally support brain energetics and help recycle the potentially hazardous homocysteine. This formulation is safe for individuals of all ages.

Testimonial from Marijah
"I noticed a significant improvement in the clearness of my thoughts after taking this product for two days... no kidding." Stephen says, " It seems to clear the fog and help with clarity of thinking and memory especially when I have to do a lot of multitasking." (We both take 2 daily) Sondra had recently had a car accident with a severe head injury and noticed a large improvement in her ability to think and remember things. Note: you do not have to have any brain problems to benefit from this product. It is also a great supplement for antioxidant protection of the brain.

NeuroRecovery™ is based on the latest clinical research on rebuilding peripheral nerves and the central nervous system. This formulation is optimized to support nerve tissue renewal and remyelination following damage. Sources of damage to nerve cells are found everywhere in modern society. Cumulative research findings indicate problems may arise from consumption of alcohol (which can devastate the brain), cigarette smoke, and cocaine; many pharmaceuticals; and heavy metals, organochlorines and other classes of pollutant chemicals. Emotional stress also exacts a toll on the nerve tissues. Most recently homocysteine, a product of metabolism with great potential for toxicity, has been linked to atherosclerosis with impaired blood delivery to the brain, as well as to nerve network loss in the brain cortex. This formulation provides, in bioavailable and biochemically functional forms, nutrients indicated as having benefit to nerve tissues from clinical trials and other human studies. The orthomolecules and other nutrients in his formulation operate through numerous pathways and influence three pivotal biochemical processes: (1) repletion of antioxidant defenses centered around glutathione redoxpower; (2) down-regulation of homocysteine by its recycling to methionine; (3) facilitation of energy generation and utilization.

• Glutathione (gamma glutamyl cysteinylglycine), GSH. This is the major antioxidant of the cell interior, central to a sophisticated network of redox-powered cellular defense and functional regulation. The vitality and viability of nerve cells are directly related to their GSH status. GSH is a tripeptide (three linked amino acids), and is a potent antitoxin with a sulfhydryl (—SH) group able to donate electrons to neutralize free radicals, recycle oxidized vitamin C, and re-reduce oxidized “hot spots” on DNA. The key antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase (GP)uses GSH to transform peroxides to less toxic metabolites. The liver’s P450 “detoxification” enzyme complexes rely on GSH as a major substrate to conjugate with foreign substances and so facilitate their clearance from the body.GSH is central to all the life processes of sophisticated cells. Among the survival-level, homeostatic cell functions in which GSH is significantly involved, are antioxidant cell protection, numerous oxidation-reduction transformations of intermediary metabolism, protein and DNA synthesis, cell reproduction and cell growth. At higher levels of nerve cell functioning, cellular GSH status influences ion gates and ATPase transporters that manage neuron to neuron transmission via ionic depolarization, and receptors that respond to chemical transmitters at the synaptic junctions between neurons. The importance of GSH for life cannot be overemphasized, and this small molecule may be the ultimate difference between life and death. In a variety of cell types, once GSH levels fall below a certain threshold the cell loses homeostatic competence and cell death is inevitable. NeuroRecovery™ supplies the versatile sulfur-containing, glutathione precursors Alpha-Lipoic Acid (ALA) and N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC).
• Alpha-Lipoic Acid (ALA). This orthomolecule has come to the forefront as a highly potent antioxidant, effective GSH precursor, and nutraceutical nerve rebuilder. It readily crosses cell membranes, reaches the cell interior, and easily gets across the blood-brain barrier to access the brain. Its sulfhydryl groups give ALA potent redox power and capacity to regulate the cell's cytoplasmic activities in its own way. But ALA is not just an antioxidant—it is also a central cofactor in energy production. ALA has been subjected to in-depth clinical testing against nerve damage triggered by oxygen insufficiency, hyperglycemia, toxic chemical attack, and other adverse agents. It has been employed for decades as an antidote for toxic mushroom poisoning, which typically depletes GSH. Its consistent benefits in humans are predicted from its experimental efficacy against a wide array of oxygen radicals and other oxidants, and from its neuroprotective capacities in animal models. ALA’s combined strengths at scavenging free radicals, repleting GSH, and supporting ATP production translate into multipronged clinical utility for nerve healing.
• N-AcetylCysteine (NAC). This substance is an effective metabolic precursor to both L-Cysteine and GSH in vivo. It is a safe means to replete the body's reservoirs of cysteine, which is in dynamic homeostatic balance with GSH. NAC has proven clinical utility as a radical scavenger, metalchelator, and anti-inflammatory agent. It is also a routine means for preserving life following acetaminophen(Tylenol®) overdose. NAC is synergized with ALA in this formulation to support GSH homeostasis systemically, not only in the nervous system but in the liver and GI tract which are important for detoxification.
• Folic acid (FA). This vitamin is perhaps the most under-appreciated for its value to the nervous system. Adequate FA is a core requirement for all the methylation pathways and related one-carbon metabolism. These segments of metabolism are crucial to the repair of DNA and RNA and the replacement of nerve cell mass following damage of whatever origin. FA is the main methyl source for the methylation of phospholipids that make up the neurons’cell membrane systems. Folate is readily depleted by many pharmaceuticals, including antacids, oral contraceptives, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, and by lifestyle factors such as smoking. FA deficiency is said to be the most common vitamin deficiency in the world. In the mid-1990s the United States Food and Drug Administration(FDA) implemented food fortification with folate against neural tube defects. One of the earliest indicators of FA deficiency is nerve abnormalities which result in signs of demyelination. Myelination is known to rely heavily on the methylation of phospholipids. In addition, low blood folate associated with marked signs of mental insufficiency, including but not limited to poor mental focus, distractibility and mental fatigue. Folate supplementation often produces marked improvement of these nerve tissue dysfunctions. Supplemental FA is the most effective means for lowering blood and tissue levels of homocysteine (HCy), a provenendogenous toxin. High blood HCy markedly elevates risk for atherosclerosis and heart disease, neural tube defects, dementia, and cognitive decline in the elderly. Folic acid is a highly effective Hcy-lowering agent, but the current level of FA intake, even with food fortification in place, is insufficient to fully control Hcy or to optimize FA status in the population. This formulation provides folic acid, the most proven bioavailable and stable form of the vitamin, at the highest level of daily supplementation allowed by the FDA.
• Vitamin B12, as methylcobalamin and cyanocobalamin. Deficiencies of this vitamin have long been linked to nerve tissue degeneration and atrophy. B12 deficiency in combination with FA deficiency can result in gross atrophy of the spinal cord followed by death. This vitamin is used metabolically in close concert with FA, for the recycling of Hcy into methionine. Among aging adults, B12 deficiency is virtually epidemic and can produce symptoms that resemble dementia. Yet very few dietary supplement formulations provide significant allowances of B12, perhaps because of a belief that this vitamin is only sparingly bioavailable by mouth. Current findings indicate that a daily oral intake of 2 mg can effectively build tissue stores. This formulation provides that same level of intake, half of it as the more active methylcobalamin.
• Vitamin B6, as pyridoxine HCl. Vitamin B6 is a“workhorse” cofactor for a vast array of pathways in which nerve tissues specialize. Its neuroprotective utility is established beyond doubt, as is its synergy with folate and vitamin B12 in methylation and in the transsulfuration of Hcy to cysteine and ultimately GSH. Herein B6 is provided as a generous allowance of pyridoxine HCl.
• L-Glutamine. In addition to its role as a GSH precursor, this amino acid has other importance for nerve tissue. Under conditions of oxygen or glucose deprivation it can be used to make energy for the brain. It is also a metabolic precursor to glutamate. The glial support cells which surround the neurons homeostatically utilize glutamine to make glutamate, acting effectively as a glutamine-glutamate buffering system for the neurons. Glutamate is highly important for synaptic functions, and appears essential to memory formation.
• Inositol. This orthomolecule is sometimes found decreased in cases of peripheral nerve damage. It is a precursor for phosphatidylinositol (PI), a phospholipid that facilitates signal transduction in the membrane systems of the nerve cells. The provision of Inositol in this formula augments the allowance of PI provided by Brain Power™. This multipotent NeuroRecovery™ formulation was designed to effectively support nerve cell membrane and nuclear repair, remyelination, neural plasticity and nerve tract regrowth following damage from whatever source. It was also conceived to complement American Biologics’ product Brain Power™. The mature human brain carries undifferentiated stem cells capable of dividing to make new nerve cells. In rat experiments, enrichment of the cage environment led to deployment of stem cells into new brain circuits.

Formulated especially for thinking and memory with nutrients that may help the memory process.

• GINKGO BILOBA - Extract from an ancient tree which provides remarkable benefits in promoting the health of the entire human body. Extensive scientific evidence strongly indicates that Ginkgo enhances the brain's ability to metabolize glucose, its primary source of fuel and energy. It provides additional blood and oxygen to the brain which in turn increases memory and mental alertness.
• LECITHIN - Functions as a source of structural material for every cell in the human body, particularly those of the brain and nerves.
• CHOLINE - A member of the B Vitamin group and is the precursor to acetylcholine. Since acetylcholine is the major chemical messenger for thoughts and memories, it is extremely important in the normal mental functioning of the brain and for the number of changes that occur during the natural aging process that lead to memory loss.
• PHENYLALANINE - An essential amino acid which produced neurotransmitters that are used by the brain to manufacture norepinephrine. These norepinephrines promote mental alertness, vitality and aid in the learning and memory process.
• L-GLUTAMINE - An amino acid that serves primarily as fuel for the brain. It has the ability to pick up excess ammonia - which can inhibit high performance brain function. It has been successfully used in the treatment of schizophrenia and senility.
• RNA - (Ribonucleic Acid) A nucleic acid molecule involved in changes of the cell and new cell construction. Bioelectric currents located within the cells determine the action of the brain and nervous system on the inflow of the sensory information and the processing of that information.
• GOTU KOLA - Know in India as a longevity herb, and used for mental fatigue, poor vitality, and senility. It relaxes the nervous system and is considered to be a brain food.

2 TABLETS - Gotu Kola - 250 mg., RNA - 250 mg., L-Glutamine - 250 mg., L-Phenylalanine - 250 mg., Choline - 250 mg., Lecithin - 1000 mg., Ginkgo Biloba Extract - 25 mg. Amazing supplement for memory and brain enhancement. Learning disorders, memory loss... Adult Dose is 2 caps once or twice per day. This can be safely given to children in reduced doses. Tablets can also be crushed.

HHA MEMORY POWER - 60 Tablets
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