Pillar — Cognitive Performance

12 weeks

until bacopa peaks — the honest curve, not the day-one fantasy.

Stough · Phytother Res 2008

The gap

Most nootropics promise overnight clarity. Honest research shows working memory improves on a 12-week curve. We dose for the long game.

The evidence

  1. 1%

    annual decline in working memory after age 30

    Salthouse · Neurobiol Aging 2009

  2. 300 mg

    bacopa daily improved working memory at 12 weeks in placebo-controlled RCT

    Stough · Phytother Res 2008

  3. +15%

    attention improvement: theanine + caffeine combination vs caffeine alone

    Owen · Nutr Neurosci 2008

What KōJō provides

Three inputs, dosed at the level the research used.

  1. Ingredient 1

    300 mg

    Bacopa Monnieri Extract

    Standardised ≥55% bacosides — the active fraction Stough used. 12-week minimum trial for full effect.

  2. Ingredient 2

    200 mg + 2,000 mg

    L-Theanine + Ceremonial Matcha

    Suntheanine L-theanine plus Japanese ceremonial matcha. Calm focus, not jittery focus. ~66 mg caffeine, ~40 mg theanine, ~90 mg EGCG per serving.

  3. Ingredient 3

    500 mcg

    Methylcobalamin (active B12)

    Active form — bypasses the MTHFR variant present in ~40% of UK adults. The B12 your brain actually uses.

What to expect

It compounds. Give it the time.

  1. Week 1–2

    Sharper afternoon focus.

    L-theanine pairs with matcha caffeine for clean, sustained attention. The mid-afternoon slump softens.

  2. Week 4–6

    You remember what you walked into the room to do.

    B12 and B6 cofactor levels normalise; methylation pathways run smoother.

  3. Week 8–12

    Bacopa’s working-memory effect lands.

    Trial endpoint. Visual-spatial memory and processing speed measurably improve in published research.

Less noise. More proof.

Every dose published. Every ingredient sourced.

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