If you’ve already experienced the life-changing benefits of micronutrient therapy through Daily Essential Nutrients (DEN), you’re not alone. Thousands of individuals now understand that the brain requires over 40 essential vitamins and minerals each day—at clinically significant levels—to function optimally. Many have also taken the important step of addressing gut health to ensure these nutrients are absorbed and utilized.

This foundational work matters. But it’s only the beginning.

You’ve Built the Foundation. Now It’s Time to Fuel the Engine.

As essential as micronutrients are, they’re just one piece of the puzzle when it comes to long-term mental wellness. The next phase of brain optimization involves another class of nutrients that are often overlooked: free-form amino acids.

Don’t Stop at the Foundation

For more than a decade, Hardy Nutritionals has worked to educate the public on nutrient deficiencies and their profound impact on brain function. The success of Daily Essential Nutrients in clinical settings and individual lives speaks to the power of addressing these deficiencies.

However, it’s important to recognize that DEN is a foundation—not the final step. True optimization requires expanding beyond micronutrients.

The next step? Balanced Free Form Amino Acids.

Why Amino Acids Matter

Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, which are critical for the optimal function of  virtually all neurotransmitters. While micronutrients act as cofactors—enabling critical chemical reactions—amino acids provide the actual materials the brain uses to produce serotonin, dopamine, GABA, norepinephrine, and more.

Without amino acids, even the most perfectly balanced micronutrient profile may fall short. The brain simply doesn’t have the substrates it needs to carry out its complex functions at the cellular level.

This isn’t theoretical. This is basic neurochemistry.

A Cooperative Approach: Micronutrients + Amino Acids

Micronutrients and amino acids work in a cooperative relationship. They don’t replace one another; they depend on each other.

• Micronutrients enable.
  
  

• Amino acids build.
  
  

When both are present in optimal balance, the brain is equipped to perform, adapt, and repair.

Meet the Ingredients:  Free Form Amino Acids Your Brain Needs

Each amino acid in Hardy Nutritionals’ Balanced Free-form Aminos plays a distinct and essential role in supporting brain and body health:

• Alanine – Supports blood sugar regulation and mental energy. Helps prevent fatigue and boosts alertness.*
  
  

• Arginine – Enhances circulation and cognitive clarity through increased nitric oxide production.*
  
  

• Aspartic Acid – Stimulates the central nervous system and supports amino acid synthesis for mental stamina.*
  
  

• Cystine – Precursor to glutathione, a powerful antioxidant that protects brain cells from oxidative stress.*
  
  

• Glutamic Acid – Acts as a neurotransmitter and supports learning, memory, and brain metabolism.*
  
  

• Glycine – Promotes calm, supports quality sleep, and helps modulate the stress response.*
  
  

• Histidine – Aids in histamine production, which supports focus and a healthy sleep-wake cycle.*
  
  

• Isoleucine – Helps stabilize energy and supports recovery during physical and mental exertion.*
  
  

• Leucine – Facilitates tissue repair and growth hormone production; supports brain regeneration.*
  
  

• Lysine – Supports serotonin receptor activity and has been shown to ease symptoms of anxiety.*
  
  

• Methionine – Essential for detoxification, methylation, and synthesis of other critical compounds.*
  
  

• Proline – Supports structural integrity of brain tissue and the blood-brain barrier.*
  
  

• Serine – Integral to the creation of serotonin and dopamine; aids in healthy brain cell membranes.*
  
  

• Threonine – Promotes balanced neurotransmitter levels and supports central nervous system function.*
  
  

• Tyrosine – Direct precursor to dopamine and norepinephrine; supports focus, motivation, and stress response.*
  
  

• Valine – Maintains cognitive function under stress and supports mental endurance.*
  
  

Each ingredient has a role to play. But together, they form a comprehensive blend modeled after the amino acid composition of human mother’s milk—considered by many to be one of the most bioavailable and neurologically supportive sources of nutrition.

Supporting the Brain—Naturally

When your amino acid intake is optimized, your brain is able to produce neurotransmitters—and even hormones like melatonin—on its own, in the right amounts and at the right times. There’s no need for synthetic melatonin, isolated 5-HTP, or other artificial “quick fixes.”

This is true biological support: giving the brain what it needs to regulate itself from within.

The Hardy Challenge: Elevate to the Next Level

You already trust the science behind micronutrient therapy. You’ve seen what it can do. Now, we invite you to take the next step.

✅ You’ve supported your gut.
✅ You’ve repleted essential micronutrients.

Now, incorporate Balanced Free-Form Amino Acids into your routine for 30 days—and experience what happens when your brain receives both the tools and the building blocks it needs to function at its best.

This is brain optimization at the cellular level.

Let’s keep building—together.

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About Hardy Nutritionals®

Hardy Nutritionals® multivitamin-mineral products are powered by our proprietary NutraTek™ mineral delivery technology, which combines each mineral with specialized organic molecules—just like nature—to optimize absorption and distribution to body cells. Our flagship supplement, Daily Essential Nutrients, is widely considered to be the most research-backed micronutrient treatment.