> I never expected the mental benefits to be so pronounced. Indeed it is fair to say it has had a nootropic effect. People can define normal how they want, but

> I never expected the mental benefits to be so pronounced. Indeed it is fair to say it has had a nootropic effect. People can define normal how they want, but if you were eating lots of refined products, I suggest considering the way you are now as normal and that those products were making you sick. I had to look up nootropic. To say fruits and vegetables act like "drugs, supplements, and other substances that may improve cognitive function, particularly executive functions, memory, creativity, or motivation, in healthy individuals" (quoting Wikipedia) suggests how much those products hurt you. Maybe I'm a minority, but I don't consider fruits and vegetables drugs or supplements. I don't consider my memory and cognitive skills when I eat them enhanced. That's regular life. It sounds like life before was suffering and I don't know how else to say the opposite of "improved cognition function" other than dumber. Glad to see you post-change. Were the refined products worth it?