Keto Brainz + Farmalogical Bone Broth: A Stack Worth Talking About
There's a certain kind of product combination that works better than it has any right to. Not because it was engineered that way, but because the ingredients happen to speak the same biological language.
Keto Brainz and Farmalogical bone broth is one of those combinations — and the fact that it happened somewhat accidentally, in a Santa Barbara kitchen among people who've collectively spent decades in the supplement industry, makes it better.
Between Mollee at Keto Brainz, Olly at Farmalogical, and our team, we're talking about well over 20 years each in the supplement and wellness space. That kind of experience changes how you look at ingredient combinations. You stop getting excited about novelty and start paying attention to the mechanism. When something works, you want to know why.
This one has a pretty good answer.
What you're actually combining
Keto Brainz is a ketogenic nootropic creamer - four ingredients at clinically relevant doses: C8 MCT oil, Lion's Mane mushroom extract, L-theanine, and Alpha-GPC. No fillers, no proprietary blends, no sweeteners. It was built for cognitive performance and metabolic support, and it does both without stimulants.
Farmalogical is a whole-food multivitamin and multimineral complex built on a foundation of grass-fed grass-finished New Zealand bone broth - delivering Type 1, 2, and 3 collagen alongside a complete organ blend, Lion's Mane, sea vegetables, and fermented chickpea miso. It's freeze-dried and cryomilled to preserve the full nutrient profile, which is a meaningful distinction from most collagen powders on the market.
Separately, both are excellent. Together, they cover a surprising amount of ground.
The Taste
Start here because it matters more than people expect. Farmalogical is a savory collagen rich bone broth with garlic, sea salt, miso and warming blend of herbs and spices. Keto Brainz adds a light, creamy coconut note from the C8 MCT with no sweetness whatsoever. The result is something close to a rich, slightly coconut-forward savory broth. Think less "protein shake" and more a warming bowl that resembles a mild coconut curry broth. Creamy without being heavy. Savory without being one-dimensional. It's genuinely one of the better-tasting things you can make with two supplement powders, which is not a sentence you get to write very often.
Where The Synergy Actually Lives
Lion's Mane - doubled up intentionally
Both products contain Lion's Mane mushroom extract at 500mg per serving. Combined, you're getting 1000mg - a dose that sits squarely in the range being studied for meaningful neurogenesis support via NGF and BDNF upregulation. Most people taking a single Lion's Mane supplement are getting 500mg and calling it done. This stack doubles that without adding anything redundant.
C8 MCTs and collagen amino acids - fast fuel meets structural support
C8 MCTs convert rapidly to ketones, giving the brain a quick, clean energy source. Bone broth collagen provides glycine, proline, and hydroxyproline - amino acids that support connective tissue, gut lining, and sustained metabolic function. These aren't competing, they're operating on different timescales. The MCTs handle immediate cognitive energy demand while the collagen amino acids support longer-term structural and metabolic health. One scoop of each covers both ends.
Alpha-GPC and glycine - Acetylcholine support from two angles
AlphaGPC is one of the most effective choline donors available, directly supporting acetylcholine synthesis in the brain - the neurotransmitter most associated with memory, focus, and learning. Glycine, one of the primary amino acids in bone broth collagen, plays a supporting role in neurotransmitter regulation and also supports sleep quality and liver detoxification. These two aren't identical in mechanism but they work in the same general direction: supporting a brain that functions well and recovers well.
Gut-brain axis — the angle most people miss
Farmalogical's formula is built around gut health: collagen for the intestinal lining, fermented miso for the microbiome, prebiotic fiber from sea vegetables. Keto Brainz's cognitive benefits operate partly through the gut-brain axis as well. MCTs influence the microbiome, and Lion's Mane has shown gut-supportive properties in addition to its neurological ones. A stack that supports both ends of the gut-brain connection simultaneously is meaningful in a way that most nootropic products ignore entirely.
The multimineral piece
Farmalogical functions as a whole-food multimineral and multivitamin: calcium, magnesium, iodine, B12, vitamins A, D, E, K, iron, zinc all from food-based sources that the body processes differently than synthetic isolates. When you're running a cognitive stack that relies on enzymatic processes, mineral cofactors matter. Having them covered by a whole-food source running alongside your nootropic isn't a small thing.
Who this is for
Anyone already using Keto Brainz who wants to add a whole-food nutritional foundation to their morning routine. Anyone already using Farmalogical who wants to add a cognitive layer and a clean fat source to their bone broth. Athletes who want joint support, collagen, and cognitive performance in the same morning drink. People who read labels carefully and want to understand exactly why something works before they commit to it.
This stack isn't complicated. It's two well-formulated products from people who've been in this industry long enough to know the difference between a good idea and a good ingredient list. In this case it happens to be both.
David Battisti, MScN
This was a wonderful piece from our long time friends at Farmalogical! They were kind enough to give us a discount code to offer to our Keto Brainz family. If you'd like to try their amazing bone broth head on over to: Farmalogical.com and use code: KBZ20.
