This is a full description of the most updated notes and directions on the Cortex nootropic stack.

Generation 1: 

1. Take the stack on an empty stomach.
2. Serving size = 2 capsules.
3. Take the stack with a B vitamin complex. B vitamins, particularly B6, B9, and B12, help Uridine to up-regulate synaptogenesis, and Uridine may facilitate faster usage of vitamin B9.

Stacks well with:

The Gen 1 version of the Cortex nootropic stack stacks well with the following compounds:

1. DHA
2. EPA
3. Magnesium
4. ALCAR
5. Caffeine
6. L-Theanine
7. Aniracetam
8. Low dose Alpha GPC (below 75MG)
9. A general Multivitamin

How diet will affect your experience: 

To understand nootropics, you have to understand a bit of your own energy physiology. It is unwise to believe that any substance that has the capacity to optimize neurotransmitter function can help you if you’re eating a generally unhealthy diet, defined specifically by a lack of a balanced micro and macronutrient intake.

Your body needs the various nutrients you get from eating whole, unprocessed foods, to process, synthesize, and put to work the nutrients in our Cortex stack, and any nootropic for that matter. So eat a healthy diet. Don’t eat processed chicken wings all day, miss out on important nutrients that your brain needs to work, and then expect any nootropic stack to make up for that.

If you’re getting the right macronutrient intake for your energy expenditure, and the right micronutrient intake for your body, your brain and gut will be in a better place to assimilate nutrients, including nootropic nutrients.

Cycling:

Despite many other nootropic companies’ disinclination to suggest cycling of their product, we urge nootropic users to cycle on and off of both Cortex Gen 1, and every other nootropic.

When it comes to nootropic stacks that noticeably improve brain function, there is usually a corresponding neurotransmitter or neurotransmitter receptor modulation taking place that might warrant cycling off.

Most of the great, well studied nootropics have cycle protocols, that exemplify the gold standard in nootropics safety.

Cortex is no different. Our suggestion is to:

1. Cycle off of Cortex for 1 week, every 4 weeks.
2. Every two months, cycle off of Cortex for 2 weeks.
3. Every 4 months, cycle off of Cortex for 2 weeks.
4. Keep a protocol of, within 1-3 months, cycling off for 2 weeks.