The birth of MTE was really just the next natural step in founder Jeff Boyd’s quest for creating a healthy, happy life through nutrition. An avid foodie with an active lifestyle, Jeff had a thought: Why are we always tired? And why isn’t there anything on the market helping us fix that in any real way?
Typical energy drinks and coffee rely on caffeine to give us that kick we need in the mornings to get out of our naturally-groggy state. But excessive caffeine is just empty energy, and it often makes us feel worse after it wears off. This cycle defines the hamster wheel that keeps the energy drink market moving. This dysfunction was Jeff’s impetus for creating MTE.
Instead of approaching it from a marketing perspective focused on immediate results, MTE was formulated from a perspective of supporting overall well-being so that you’re not tired in the first place. As an alternative to coffee and caffeine, MTE gives you that immediate jump you’re looking for, but surrounds it with whole feel-good ingredients that support stress resilience, mood, immunity, inflammation, recovery at night, and even gut health.
We achieved these great benefits with 13 clinically-supported natural adaptogens, nootropics and superfoods. They offer 360° support for your health and state of mind, and the little bit of caffeine you get from the theacrine in MTE is really just a fuse to spur the bioactivity of all the other potent ingredients. As Jeff likes to say, it’s a well-being supplement that happens to promote better energy.
So let’s get into the meat of MTE: what it is, what it has to offer, what it’s made of, how to use it, and who can benefit from adding it to their daily healthy habits.
What are Adaptogens & Nootropics, Exactly?
Adaptogens are a class of plants and mushrooms defined by their broad and versatile bioactivity. Adaptogens are believed to help you adapt to and manage stressors by bringing your body back into a homeostasis by managing physical and psychological responses to stress and exhaustion. Examples are eleuthero, ashwagandha and ginseng.
Nootropics are a bit different. Also referred to as cognitive enhancers, these are natural compounds that are thought to act as brain-boosters. As such, they’re a bit more focused in their potential benefits – some nootropics may offer different advantages than others. Nootropics may support and even improve cognition, focus, mood, learning and memory, among other things. Examples are caffeine, l-theanine and GABA.
What is MTE?
More Than Energy is a daily energy greens powder formulated to help you feel good and have more fun, the right way – without excessive caffeine, sugars or artificial sweeteners. There are 13 ingredients in MTE – that’s it! Adaptogens, nootropics and superfoods work together to support and lift you up on a biological level.
The bioactive plants and other natural compounds in MTE support your mind and body in a way that, over time, may help you better adapt to stress, support cognitive function and focus, promotes your body’s natural energy stores, and more.
What Are the Benefits of MTE?
Just a bit after drinking it, users report feeling that calm, zoned-in energy they were looking for; but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Because the ingredients in MTE are meant to interact with important systems in your brain and body, the full positive effects of the nootropics and adaptogens in MTE often accumulate over time.
Specifically, this daily herbal supplement offers support for:
- Stress
- Mood
- Energy
- Focus
- Recovery
- Immunity
- Inflammation
Caffeine and other nervous system agonists may offer temporary energy, focus and mood boosts, but at the same time they’re also likely damaging things like stress resilience, immune function, recovery, and inflammation. That’s a big reason why caffeine dependence is a real thing; it’s not helping, it’s just acting like it does and leaving you feeling not-so-great in just a couple hours.
Those things that caffeine and similar compounds ignore or even hurt – sleep, inflammation, stress, immunity – these are all linked to your mood, energy and focus. Bad sleep and high stress zap energy from your body on their own, which leads to feeling tired and bummed out. But they also lead to lessened immune response and more inflammation, which also leaves you feeling tired and bummed out. This negative feedback cycle is what defines the mainstream energy market, which is exactly what we formulated MTE to disrupt.
What Are the Key Ingredients in MTE?
While the ingredients are few, each one was carefully chosen by Jeff and our formulators based off months of research into herbs and natural supplements that are backed by clinical data to, well, actually do what they claim to.
The adaptogens used in MTE work together, aiming to combat the mental and physical effects of stress while supporting nightly recovery and daytime energy, including:
- Ashwagandha: stress support, cognitive health, mood health, recovery, fatigue, joint pain
- Maca: promotes energy, stress resilience, boosts mood, supports brain health
- Holy basil: mood support, stress support, anti-inflammatory, radioprotective
- Siberian ginseng (Eleuthero): supports stress response, immunity, supports against stress-related physical symptoms
The nootropics in MTE synergistically promote cognitive health in focus, concentration, energy, and mood, including:
- GABA: mood support, calm focus, promotes healthy sleep, stress management, neuroprotective
- Green tea (InnovaTea®): clean energy, focus
- L-theanine: calm concentration, support for stress and mood
- Saffron (Affron®): promotes recovery, stress resilience, mood balance, DNA protection, cognitive support, promotes calm focus
- Theacrine (Teacrine®): sustained energy, cognitive support, physical performance, mood support, inflammatory response
The superfoods in our formulation offer multifaceted benefits as well, including:
- Amaranth: sustained energy, physical performance, antioxidant support, cell health
- Spirulina: inflammation response, immune support, free-radical scavenger, nervous system protectant
Curiosity piqued? Get more in-depth information on our advanced adaptogen and nootropic blend.
How Should MTE be used?
Because MTE is an adaptogen and nootropic supplement, it is formulated for daily use. It works great as a replacement (or complement) to your morning coffee. But since it only has around 50mg of caffeine, it’s also a smart mid-afternoon pick-me-up that shouldn't mess with your sleep schedule the way coffee or other energy drinks do.
Some people, including our founder, drink 2 in a day sometimes, especially if there’s something stressful or physically-demanding going on. MTE is also a healthy alternative to chemical-laden preworkout drinks.
We recommend limiting total daily intake to 2 servings of MTE.
Who Could Benefit from a Daily Drink of MTE?
Most health and fitness products on the market are targeted towards Millennials and Gen Z – they’ve got that gym culture going on. But MTE can benefit people of any age 18+. If you’re an adult human looking for something to boost your energy, mind, performance, and overall wellbeing – you’ve found it.
While MTE is quality tested and safe, it’s still important to check in with your physician before adding any kind of supplement to your daily routine. Health conditions, psychological disorders and certain medications may affect whether MTE is right for you. We also do not recommend MTE for people who are pregnant and/or nursing, and MTE has not been tested in children (but we’re working on a formulation for kids, too!).
Whether you’re training for a half marathon, recovering from an ACL tear or simply wanting to have more fun in life, MTE can support you in your goals. We’ve seen this herbal energy supplement completely revamp customers’, family and friends’ lives at all ages. You need more than energy to live your best, most enjoyable life, and that’s what MTE is all about.
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