# What is in the formula, in plain language > Every active ingredient in both Journeyz formulas, its source form and the amount recorded against 6 capsules. Canonical page: https://www.journeyz.shop/ingredients This is a Markdown version of the main content of that page, built from the same records the page uses. Navigation, artwork and the email signup form are left out. The HTML page is the canonical version. Every active in both Journeyz formulas, what it actually is, the form it comes in and the amount recorded against 6 capsules. Nothing is grouped into a hidden blend. These entries describe the ingredients themselves. They are not statements about what either finished formula does. ## Vitamin C Also called ascorbic acid. - Category: Vitamin - Source form: ascorbic acid - Recorded amount: 1000 mg per 6 capsules - Found in: [Stellar Surge](https://www.journeyz.shop/products/stellar-surge.md), [Afterglow Accelerator](https://www.journeyz.shop/products/afterglow-accelerator.md) A vitamin you have to get from food or supplements, because the body cannot make it. Here it is the plain form, ascorbic acid, which is the same thing you would see on a supermarket label. Vitamin C dissolves in water and is not stored well by the body, which is why nutrition guidance treats it as something you take in regularly. That is a general point about the nutrient rather than anything established about these formulas. ## Vitamin E Also called d-alpha tocopherol succinate, tocopherol. - Category: Vitamin - Source form: d-alpha tocopherol succinate - Recorded amount: 100 mg per 6 capsules - Found in: [Stellar Surge](https://www.journeyz.shop/products/stellar-surge.md), [Afterglow Accelerator](https://www.journeyz.shop/products/afterglow-accelerator.md) A vitamin that dissolves in fat rather than water. The form used here, d-alpha tocopherol succinate, is the natural type rather than the synthetic dl type. The manufacturer records the 100 mg as 149.26 IU, which is an older unit for the same quantity. Because vitamin E is fat soluble, nutrition guidance treats it differently to vitamin C and the usual intakes are much smaller. That is a general point about the nutrient, not a statement about these formulas. ## Magnesium Also called magnesium glycinate, magnesium bisglycinate. - Category: Mineral - Source form: magnesium glycinate - Recorded amount: 200 mg per 6 capsules - Found in: [Stellar Surge](https://www.journeyz.shop/products/stellar-surge.md), [Afterglow Accelerator](https://www.journeyz.shop/products/afterglow-accelerator.md) A mineral the body needs from food. It is supplied here as magnesium glycinate, which means the magnesium is attached to glycine, an amino acid. Magnesium comes in several forms and the form changes what you are actually buying, so we publish the form as well as the amount. Magnesium is a nutrient with recognised roles in normal muscle function and normal energy metabolism. That is established for the nutrient in general and is not a claim about what either formula does. ## N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) Also called NAC, acetylcysteine, cysteine. - Category: Amino acid - Source form: N-acetyl-L-cysteine - Recorded amount: 600 mg per 6 capsules - Found in: [Stellar Surge](https://www.journeyz.shop/products/stellar-surge.md), [Afterglow Accelerator](https://www.journeyz.shop/products/afterglow-accelerator.md) A modified version of cysteine, one of the building blocks of protein. The N-acetyl part is a small chemical group added to it, which is why the name is such a mouthful. Most people see it written as NAC. One of the larger ingredients by weight in both formulas. ## Ginger root Also called Zingiber officinale, ginger. - Category: Botanical - Source form: Zingiber officinale root powder - Recorded amount: 500 mg per 6 capsules - Found in: [Stellar Surge](https://www.journeyz.shop/products/stellar-surge.md), [Afterglow Accelerator](https://www.journeyz.shop/products/afterglow-accelerator.md) Dried, ground ginger root from the same plant used in cooking. Zingiber officinale is its botanical name. The only plant ingredient in either formula. It is the whole dried root ground to a powder, not a concentrated extract. ## Acetyl-L-carnitine (ALCAR) Also called ALCAR, acetyl-L-carnitine HCl, carnitine. - Category: Amino acid - Source form: acetyl-L-carnitine HCl - Recorded amount: 500 mg per 6 capsules - Found in: [Stellar Surge](https://www.journeyz.shop/products/stellar-surge.md), [Afterglow Accelerator](https://www.journeyz.shop/products/afterglow-accelerator.md) A modified form of carnitine, a compound the body makes and also gets from food, mainly meat. It is supplied here as a hydrochloride salt, which is a common way of making an ingredient stable in a capsule. ## Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) Also called ALA, alpha lipoic acid, thioctic acid. - Category: Other - Source form: alpha-lipoic acid - Recorded amount: 200 mg per 6 capsules - Found in: [Stellar Surge](https://www.journeyz.shop/products/stellar-surge.md), [Afterglow Accelerator](https://www.journeyz.shop/products/afterglow-accelerator.md) A sulphur containing compound found in small amounts in food, which the body also makes itself. It is usually shortened to ALA. ## 5-HTP Also called 5-hydroxytryptophan, Griffonia simplicifolia. - Category: Other - Source form: 5-HTP from Griffonia simplicifolia seed extract - Recorded amount: 100 mg per 6 capsules - Found in: [Afterglow Accelerator](https://www.journeyz.shop/products/afterglow-accelerator.md) Short for 5-hydroxytryptophan. It comes from the seeds of Griffonia simplicifolia, a West African plant, and is sold as a standalone supplement in its own right. The one ingredient that separates the two formulas. It is in the After formula only. Tell a qualified healthcare professional about this one if you take medicines or other supplements. Ingredient identities and amounts come from signed manufacturing records, which state each amount against 6 capsules. That basis is how the formula is measured rather than a serving instruction, so the printed pack is what tells you how to take the product. Amounts are stated against 6 capsules because that is the basis used on the manufacturing record. It is a measurement basis, not a direction to take six capsules. Follow the directions printed on the pack. ## Where the information on this page comes from - **Ingredient amounts:** Ingredient names, forms and amounts are taken from the signed manufacturing records for the current formulas. Those records measure each amount against 6 capsules. That is how the recipe is written down, not a direction to take six. How to take a product comes from the printed pack. If a figure is not on those records we say it is not recorded rather than estimate it. - **Ingredient background:** Where we explain what an ingredient is, or mention a role recognised for that nutrient in general, that is background about the ingredient. It says nothing about what either finished formula does for you. This site makes no claim about an outcome from either product, because none has been established for them. - **What is left out:** No reviews, ratings, endorsements, certifications, lab results or before and after outcomes appear on this site, because none has been verified for this version of it. 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