In a recent MailBag segment, we went into a little experiment… Your brain burns roughly 20% of your total daily calories. On a normal day. When stress gets added into the mix, that number can jump to 800, even 1,000 calories just from mental load. Which is why a hard, stressful day can leave you feeling completely wiped out by 2 or 3 in the afternoon, even if you haven’t done anything physical. So here’s the experiment: collagen, which is loaded with glycine, a compound that helps stabilize blood sugar and quiet cravings, stacked with the Elixir Vitae in the mid-afternoon window. No spike. No crash. Just steady, usable energy when the brain needed it most. It’s an experiment. But it’s working better than expected.