Using nutritional supplements to boost athletic performance is nothing new.

Thousands of products promise consumers an edge, and in today’s world that doesn’t just include the pitch or hardwood courts, it also means video game servers. Professional e-sports competitors are expected to have sustained hand-eye coordination, quick decision making, and twitchy keystrokes. In a 100-meter sprint, considered the measure of the fastest human on earth, the difference between top runners is a matter of thousandths of a second; in esports, a critical match might get determined by a difference measured in billionths.