Core Protocol
Core Protocol
Core Protocol
Core Protocol
Core Protocol
Core Protocol
Core Protocol
Core Protocol
Core Protocol
Core Protocol
Core Protocol
Core Protocol
Core Protocol
Core Protocol
Core Protocol
Core Protocol

Core Protocol

Benefits

Engineered for days that don’t slow down.

The Energist delivers clean, cognitive energy that keeps pace with modern work - from the first deep-focus sprint to the final decision of the day. No spikes. No crashes. Just sustained mental performance, clinically informed.

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    Enhances Cognitive Function

    Feel switched on within minutes. Acetyl-L-Carnitine supports mitochondrial output in the brain - helping neurons fire with speed, clarity, and intent when focus can’t wait.

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    Combats Fatigue, Sustains Focus

    Nicotinamide Riboside restores cellular NAD⁺ levels - supporting deep, biological energy that lasts through meetings, deadlines, and long hours without jitter, burnout, or rebound fatigue.

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    Sharper Thinking Under Pressure

    Rhodiola Rosea enhances working memory and cognitive resilience, helping you process faster, retain more, and stay composed when demands stack and decisions matter.

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    Calm Drive, Elevated Mood

    Rhodiola Rosea’s adaptogenic calm pairs with cellular energy from Acetyl-L-Carnitine and Nicotinamide Riboside to keep you motivated, mentally clear, and emotionally steady - sustained performance without the overstimulation of caffeine.

Ingredients + How to take
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    Step 1

    Upon waking, pour a full glass of water.

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    Step 2

    Portion three capsules as your daily dose

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    Step 3

    Take all three capsules with a full glass of water, ideally prior to eating for greater efficacy

Shipping & Returns

Your order should arrive within 2 business days of purchase. Shipping costs are shown at checkout. Please allow extra time over weekends, bank holidays and busy periods.

To arrange a return, contact hello@theenergist.co within 14 days of receiving your order. You then have a further 14 days to send it back.

For health and hygiene reasons, we cannot accept change-of-mind returns once the product’s safety seal has been broken.

If your order arrives damaged, faulty or incorrect, please contact us so we can help. This does not affect your statutory rights.

HOLD YOUR EDGE

Meet the pre-work protocol.

A daily supplement for mentally demanding days. Built to support steadier cellular energy, focus and resilience across the workday, without chasing a stimulant spike.

ALL-DAY ENERGY

Nicotinamide Riboside supports the NAD+ pathway linked to steadier cellular energy production.

FOCUS & COMPOSURE

Rhodiola Rosea is included to support focus, composure and mental performance under stress.

MENTAL ENDURANCE

Acetyl-L-Carnitine supports mitochondrial energy metabolism and sustained mental drive.

BUILT FOR Mentally demanding days.
3 core actives
NR • RHODIOLA • ALCAR

THE ENERGY CURVE07:00 – 19:00

Energy isn’t something you borrow. It’s something your cells make.

A stimulant takes energy from later in your day and spends it now. The Energist works upstream — supporting the cellular machinery that makes energy in the first place.

Stimulant spike and crash compared with sustained The Energist output A stimulant rises rapidly before falling below baseline. The Energist rises gradually and remains above baseline through the day. STIMULANTSPIKE → DEFICIT THE ENERGISTSUSTAINED OUTPUT THE SPIKE THE 3PM DEBT 07:0010:0013:0016:0019:00BASE STIMULANTSPIKE → DEFICIT THE ENERGISTSUSTAINED OUTPUT THE 3PM DEBT 07:0013:0019:00BASE

Move across the curve to compare the day.

WHAT TO EXPECT

What to expect

This is a protocol, not a hit.

Some of it you’ll notice on the first morning. The part that matters takes a month.

DAYS 1–7

The absence of noise

No jitter, no 3pm collapse, no reaching for the second coffee. Nothing dramatic — the day simply stops having a dip in it.

The absence of noise. No jitter, no 3pm collapse, no reaching for the second coffee. Nothing dramatic — the day simply stops having a dip in it.

DAYS 8–21

Clarity holds later

As NAD+ levels build, the useful part of the day extends. The evening’s work starts to feel like the morning’s.

Clarity holds later. As NAD+ levels build, the useful part of the day extends. The evening’s work starts to feel like the morning’s.

DAYS 22–30

Composure under load

The adaptogenic effect is cumulative. Pressure that used to compress your thinking stops doing so.

Composure under load. The adaptogenic effect is cumulative. Pressure that used to compress your thinking stops doing so.

How it works

Built to work with your biology, not around it.

Most formulas pile ingredients into a capsule and hope they add up. The Core Protocol follows the order your body already runs: restore the coenzyme, convert it to fuel, then guard it from stress.

NAD+raw material

01Supply

Restore the coenzyme

Nicotinamide Riboside replenishes NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), the coenzyme every cell needs to turn food into usable energy. Levels decline with age. The protocol begins here because nothing downstream works without it.

ATPfuel

02Convert

Feed the mitochondria

Acetyl-L-Carnitine delivers acetyl groups into the mitochondria of neurons, feeding the cycle that produces ATP (adenosine triphosphate), the currency every clear thought is paid in. Supply becomes fuel. Fuel becomes attention.

HPAguard

03Protect

Hold the line under load

Rhodiola Rosea is an adaptogen studied for fatigue and focus under stress, which your body manages through the HPA (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal) system. It does not add fuel; it helps you hold your composure while you spend it.

What the research shows

The evidence

Nicotinamide Riboside

Key finding

+51% blood NAD+

At day 14 with 300 mg daily in overweight, otherwise healthy adults. Mean change from baseline.

Conze et al., 2019

Why this form

A precursor shown to raise NAD+ in human studies.

Study design

Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled.

Rhodiola Rosea

Key finding

Better attention. Lower cortisol response.

A lower cortisol response after waking, with improved attention and fatigue after 28 days in adults with stress-related fatigue.

Olsson et al., 2009 · SHR-5, 576 mg/day

Why this form

Standardised root extract with defined levels of key actives.

Study design

Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled.

Acetyl-L-Carnitine

Key finding

Less mental fatigue.

Mental fatigue improved over 24 weeks in the ALCAR group, in adults with chronic fatigue syndrome.

Vermeulen & Scholte, 2004 · 2,000 mg/day

Why this form

The acetylated form studied for mental fatigue and attention.

Study design

Randomised, open-label comparison.

Selected findings from human ingredient studies.

Made. Converted. Protected. In that order. Every serving.

See the evidence for every ingredient

The arithmetic

Hold your edge. £1.83 a day.

Daily support for energy, focus and composure.

Choose how to begin

30 daily servings

Pause, skip or cancel anytime. No minimum term.

Daily cost, in contextTypical UK prices shown for comparison
£2.20
Energy drink
£3.60
Flat white
Core Protocol
£1.83
Core Protocol £1.83/ day
Energy drink £2.20 / day
Flat white £3.60 / day