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The following will out perform every fancy nootropic: Drink as much water as you can. Breathe clean air. Walk. Get as much sleep as you can. Lift something hea

The following will out perform every fancy nootropic: Drink as much water as you can. Breathe clean air. Walk. Get as much sleep as you can. Lift something heavy regularly.

jamiecurle 4y ago
An excellent point. If I was being a pedant (which I tacitly now am), I'd be tempted to add two things: 1 - mindfulness meditation. Building the ability of the mind to hold attention is arguably just as useful as training the muscles. Especially for longer term knowledge workers who "get a bit bored of this staring at the screen thing". Like me. This comment is evidence of my ability to procrastinate. 2 - eat wide and well. Up to the individual to decide what that translates into, but eating wide and well will give you all the range of macro and micro nutrients you'll need for optimum cognitive performance.
peanuty1 4y ago
Except there is such thing as drinking too much water.
- the_sleaze9 4y ago
  Let's add "Everything in moderation" to the end of the wholesome anti-aging routine
  - adversaryIdiot 4y ago
    Now define moderation!
papito 4y ago
Everything is correct except for the first one. Hydration is HEAVILY dependent on age. Younger bodies can hold on to way more water, and that decreases as we age. This is the primary reason why we get worse hangovers as we age. Drink water while it makes you feel good, but for the love of God, do not force-hydrate yourself, especially if you are not 40. https://www.thecut.com/2016/06/why-your-hangovers-just-keep-getting-worse-with-age.html https://www.thecut.com/2016/06/why-your-hangovers-just-keep-...
canadiantim 4y ago
Incorrect. This is a fanciful notion quite frankly that is more a romantic idea than anything grounded in reality
- throw1234651234 4y ago
  What's incorrect? You don't think sleep increases working memory and long term brain health? Exercise doesn't fix everything? Water isn't the best thing to drink? Don't dispute universal givens without strong evidence.
  - canadiantim 4y ago
    Sleep does increase working memory and long term brain health. Exercise is one of the best things one can do to remain cognitively fit. Water is one of the best all-around things one can do for your health. But: your claim is that all of these things will out perform every fancy nootropic. This dismisses the entirety of pharmacology effectively... which is quite frankly the citation that needs evidence. There is a lot of nootropics / pharmaceutical drugs / herbs / mushrooms / etc out there. It's simply incorrect to assert that sleep, exercise and water are more effective than the intelligent use of some of these things. I get your overall point and I appreciate it and believe a lot of it, but I just think you're wrong in how heavily you assert it.
    - throw1234651234 4y ago
      I am a different person than root, just calling it out though our views are the same and we might as well be the same for practical discussion reasons. Anyway, your statement above is reasonable. I personally find all nootropics to be absolutely useless, except uppers - coffee, energy drinks, etc. They work, but there is a heavy cost afterward. I am very interested in this topic and have read everything from military research to micro-dosing bros in the valley, and I haven't found anything that is remotely effective in improving memory / brain activity / focus. Again, Adderral gets grouped with "effective, but side effects too costly". The benefit of the things listed above is that there is absolutely no downside other than time. Edit: If you have an example of something that you consider effective, definitely list it please.
alfor 4y ago
Get sunlight daily. We need infrared to keep our inflammation under control, not just UV for vit-D.
- sambeau 4y ago
  And, UV for our skin to produce NO to reduce our blood pressure

The following will out perform every fancy nootropic: Drink as much water as you can. Breathe clean air. Walk. Get as much sleep as you can. Lift something heavy regularly.

jamiecurle 4y ago

An excellent point. If I was being a pedant (which I tacitly now am), I'd be tempted to add two things: 1 - mindfulness meditation. Building the ability of the mind to hold attention is arguably just as useful as training the muscles. Especially for longer term knowledge workers who "get a bit bored of this staring at the screen thing". Like me. This comment is evidence of my ability to procrastinate. 2 - eat wide and well. Up to the individual to decide what that translates into, but eating wide and well will give you all the range of macro and micro nutrients you'll need for optimum cognitive performance.

peanuty1 4y ago

Except there is such thing as drinking too much water.

the_sleaze9 4y ago
Let's add "Everything in moderation" to the end of the wholesome anti-aging routine
- adversaryIdiot 4y ago
  Now define moderation!

papito 4y ago

Everything is correct except for the first one. Hydration is HEAVILY dependent on age. Younger bodies can hold on to way more water, and that decreases as we age. This is the primary reason why we get worse hangovers as we age. Drink water while it makes you feel good, but for the love of God, do not force-hydrate yourself, especially if you are not 40. https://www.thecut.com/2016/06/why-your-hangovers-just-keep-getting-worse-with-age.html https://www.thecut.com/2016/06/why-your-hangovers-just-keep-...

canadiantim 4y ago

Incorrect. This is a fanciful notion quite frankly that is more a romantic idea than anything grounded in reality

throw1234651234 4y ago
What's incorrect? You don't think sleep increases working memory and long term brain health? Exercise doesn't fix everything? Water isn't the best thing to drink? Don't dispute universal givens without strong evidence.
- canadiantim 4y ago
  Sleep does increase working memory and long term brain health. Exercise is one of the best things one can do to remain cognitively fit. Water is one of the best all-around things one can do for your health. But: your claim is that all of these things will out perform every fancy nootropic. This dismisses the entirety of pharmacology effectively... which is quite frankly the citation that needs evidence. There is a lot of nootropics / pharmaceutical drugs / herbs / mushrooms / etc out there. It's simply incorrect to assert that sleep, exercise and water are more effective than the intelligent use of some of these things. I get your overall point and I appreciate it and believe a lot of it, but I just think you're wrong in how heavily you assert it.
  - throw1234651234 4y ago
    I am a different person than root, just calling it out though our views are the same and we might as well be the same for practical discussion reasons. Anyway, your statement above is reasonable. I personally find all nootropics to be absolutely useless, except uppers - coffee, energy drinks, etc. They work, but there is a heavy cost afterward. I am very interested in this topic and have read everything from military research to micro-dosing bros in the valley, and I haven't found anything that is remotely effective in improving memory / brain activity / focus. Again, Adderral gets grouped with "effective, but side effects too costly". The benefit of the things listed above is that there is absolutely no downside other than time. Edit: If you have an example of something that you consider effective, definitely list it please.

alfor 4y ago

Get sunlight daily. We need infrared to keep our inflammation under control, not just UV for vit-D.

sambeau 4y ago
And, UV for our skin to produce NO to reduce our blood pressure