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According to the article, glucose is (pretty much) directly responsible to our level of willpower. This surprised me because the less sugar (in any form) I take
by kilian 17y ago
According to the article, glucose is (pretty much) directly responsible to our level of willpower. This surprised me because the less sugar (in any form) I take, the more willpower I seem to have (and the generally better I feel).
Does anyone have willpower 'mind-hacks' they're willing to share? I find the hardest thing is to just get started, after that everything's easy.
- arohner 17y agoRemember that your body's reaction to sugar is not simple. Eating refined sugar causes a spike and then crash in your blood sugar, while eating complex carbs and "healthy stuff" generally releases energy slower, and doesn't cause your body to freak out. Maybe your lowered willpower occurred during the crash phase? As far as willpower, try studying a martial art. I studied for 10 years, and taught for 6 of those. Best case, you want a martial art that is both a contact art, and also does the "meditation" side of things. Aside from regular exercise, a good martial art will teach you a lot of mental conditioning. Meditation for stress relief, breathing regularly while on an adrenaline high, ignoring pain, and thinking your way out of a stressful situation, rather than letting the reptilian part of your brain take over.
- kilian 17y agoI have a blue belt in Judo. What I learned from it is that if you're small and don't weight a lot, people toss you around and you will never get an ippon ;) That being said, you give solid advice. Studying a martial art definitely gives you more willpower.
- arohner 17y agoThe art I taught / studied worked in all the major areas, striking, wrestling / judo, ground, etc. What I found is there is an exchange rate between skill and physical ability, and the rate is different for each major skill. Imagine one smaller person, and one larger person. How much more skill does the smaller person need to defeat the larger person, in a striking art? How much more skill does the smaller person need in wrestling? In general, wrestling and ground have a more expensive exchange rate, because size and strength are larger factors. You can defeat larger people, you'll just need to be more skilled.
- fexl 17y agoTwo words: red grapes.
- tungstenfurnace 17y agoYes, the glucose idea is pretty implausible. Better might be: available reserves of neurotransmitters.