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In brief
- The morning honey habit points to a real area of research, though the studies are on food compounds in general, not on any single product.
- The compound family under study is anthocyanins — the pigments behind dark purple and red foods.
- Ordinary pale honey carries very little of them; wild, dark honeys carry far more.
- One formula concentrates them and adds a second trace mineral, both sourced from a single Greek island.
§01 — Where the habit came from
A spoonful a day, repeated a million times
The advice has been circulating for years: raw honey, one spoon, first thing in the morning, as part of a healthy daily routine. It spreads easily because it is cheap, pleasant and sounds plausible.
And the plausibility is earned. Honey carries antioxidant and anti-inflammatory plant compounds, and a 2023 review in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity catalogued the ones showing the most promise for supporting the brain.1
What the advice never specifies is which compounds, or how much of them a spoon actually contains. That is the gap this digest is about.
§02 — The papers
Three independent lines pointing the same way
Across quite different study designs, the same pigment family keeps surfacing: anthocyanins, responsible for the deep colour of blueberries, blackcurrants, purple grapes and certain dark honeys.
| Paper | What it examined | What it reported | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Systematic review, Mol Nutr Food Res (2021) | Berry anthocyanins, cognitive performance and vascular function | Consistent signals across trials, judged worth further study | [2] |
| Controlled study, J Agric Food Chem (2010) | Older adults drinking wild blueberry juice daily for 12 weeks | Better scores on learning and word-recall tasks | [3] |
| Meta-analysis of randomised trials | Pooled anthocyanin supplementation results | Favourable effects on short-term memory, verbal learning, executive function | [4] |
What this supports
- Anthocyanins are the component researchers keep measuring
- Concentration matters more than the ritual itself
- Dietary intake and supplementation have both been trialled
What it doesn't settle
- How much of the effect any one person should expect
- Trial sizes vary, and some are small
- Whether honey specifically was the source in these studies
Read plainly, the literature narrows the question rather than answering it outright: if the pigments are the part that matters, then the pigment density of the food is what deserves attention.
§03 — Source material
Why two jars of honey are not the same product
Honey inherits its character from the flowers, soil and altitude behind it. Blended supermarket honey tends to be pale and light on pigment. Wild honey from mineral-rich terrain runs darker and denser.
That is what took this particular team to the hills of Ikaria, a small island in the eastern Aegean, where the honey comes out notably dark.
Ikaria is already familiar territory in longevity research: it is one of the handful of regions classed as Blue Zones, where living past ninety while staying active, social and quick in conversation is ordinary. The honey does not explain the island — but it is a sensible place to go looking for a denser source.
§04 — Mechanism
The brain runs on delivered fuel
The brain accounts for around two percent of body weight and roughly twenty percent of daily energy use, almost all of it glucose. That fuel arrives through healthy circulation and has to be used efficiently once it does.
Anthocyanins are studied on both sides of that: antioxidant activity at the cellular level, and support for the healthy blood flow that handles delivery.2 Sleep, movement and a varied diet do the rest of the work.
§05 — The formula
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§07 — Queries
Reader questions
Is ordinary honey still worth eating?
Yes. It remains a pleasant natural food. It simply tends to be low in anthocyanins, and the research above works with considerably higher amounts.
What kind of lithium is in the formula?
Lithium orotate at a nutrient-level dose, as listed in the ingredients above.5 It is not prescription lithium and should not be combined with it, or with other medications, without medical advice.
Is this a medicine?
No. MemoFlow is a dietary supplement. It does not treat, cure or prevent any disease. If you have concerns about memory or cognition, speak to your doctor.
Why drops instead of a capsule?
Sublingual delivery uses the tissue under the tongue, which is why the routine is two drops rather than something to swallow with water.
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- Al-Shahi R, et al. Honey on brain health: a promising brain booster. Oxid Med Cell Longev, 2023. PMID 36733498
- Ahles S, et al. Effects of berry anthocyanins on cognitive performance, vascular function and cardiometabolic risk markers: a systematic review. Mol Nutr Food Res, 2021. PMC8234025
- Krikorian R, et al. Blueberry supplementation improves memory in older adults. J Agric Food Chem, 2010;58(7):3996–4000. PMID 20047325
- The effect of anthocyanins on cognition: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trial studies. PMC11775034
- Schrauzer GN. Lithium: occurrence, dietary intakes, nutritional essentiality. J Am Coll Nutr, 2002;21(1):14–21. PMID 11838882