174. Exploring Nootropics for Peak Cognitive Performance

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Hey, what's going on, everyone.

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Welcome to the elemental Ivan podcast.

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This is your host, Evan Roberts.

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And on this podcast, I break down.

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Health topics from a simplified

and holistic approach.

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That way you can have some actual steps

to take after every single episode

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and start applying the information

from these episodes to your life.

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On today's episode, we are going to be

talking about the topic of nootropics.

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And very specifically, there is one

nootropic that is quite controversial,

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but definitely seems to be.

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Pretty effective as a nootropic, but

definitely also has some controversy

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around it for a good reason.

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Now, before we jump into all of that,

I wanted to give a little background

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information on things that have been

going on with me personally, as well

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as with the elemental Eben podcast.

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So for myself personally, I

was just on a work trip out in

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Texas, which was really awesome.

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Got to end my trip in Austin,

the beautiful city of Austin.

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It's such a great place

and really good food.

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And honestly, just a great place to spend.

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And some time I got to reconnect

with Kayla Boyd who was on the show

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multiple times, a good friend of mine.

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And I got to see all of the stuff

that he's doing with his company

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Raw local honey with all those awesome

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going to definitely help out with some

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just doing some really cool stuff.

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So was really excited to go see

them and check out everything

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that's going on out there.

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And then in terms of the elemental

oven podcast, I definitely have

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to apologize because I have.

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Had a difficult time, the last

couple of weeks on getting some

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of these episodes out on time.

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Uh, there has been all a lot

of stuff going on and so I've

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definitely been working on.

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Getting better at managing my time, which

is, uh, honestly a little bit challenging,

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but it's also been great to go through

this process and get better at managing

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my time and just, uh, you know, keep

equipping that tool belt with all these

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different kinds of tools, um, to make me

better at managing my time in the future.

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So.

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Super excited for, uh,

myself getting better at.

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Managing my time.

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And then also I wanted to mention that

I have a few ideas in the pipeline.

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For this show in ways that I can

make it better and hopefully a more

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enjoyable experience for all of you.

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more video content as well that you

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I would love to have all of your feedback.

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It's very beneficial for me to check

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helps me moving forward with this show

and making it better for all of you.

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So feel free to reach out.

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Uh, best way would

definitely be on Instagram.

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That is where I'm most active.

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But with all of that aside,

let's jump into today's topic,

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which is all about nootropics.

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So if you're unfamiliar with

what a nootropic is, That's okay.

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Um, the internet pretty much

defines it as a brain supplement or

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smart drug or cognitive enhancer.

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So any three of those terms.

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Could literally be

interchanged with nootropic.

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They pretty much all mean the same thing.

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But essentially a nootropic or nootropics

are natural semi-synthetic or synthetic

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compounds, which are reported to, or

believed to improve cognitive functions,

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such as attention, memory, and mood.

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And in many cases also promote

cognitive health, which obviously

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makes sense because a healthy brain is

just simply going to function better.

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But for me personally, Uh,

there's a few specific nootropics

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that I really, really enjoy.

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And I'm going to cover those in this

show because, um, I just love sharing

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all the stuff that I find, uh, with all

of you listeners, because I just want

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to provide that benefit to everyone.

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And if I can find benefit in

it, hopefully you as well.

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You will as well, but first off, a few

examples of some nootropics that you

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would commonly see either in like a

nootropic supplement or even as just a

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single source ingredient, uh, promoted

for its nootropic, like qualities.

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The first one that I'm going to mention

here is also actually my favorite.

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One of, pretty much all of them.

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So that is lion's mane mushroom,

which is a functional mushroom.

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It grows on, I believe they're dead trees,

but they definitely grow on trees and

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they do look kind of like a lion's mane,

I guess, in a way they look kind of like

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a hairy structure in a way they're white.

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You can actually cook

them and eat them as well.

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They make a really great meat substitute.

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The way that they pull apart is very.

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Much like almost like a

shredded beef or shredded pork.

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So a lot of the times you can

make lions, mane tacos out of

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them, which is really cool.

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But the way I typically consume

my lion's mane mushrooms.

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He is in a tincture

form or a powdered form.

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And I say that this is one of my

favorites because lion's mane.

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Mushroom is probably one of the

first nootropics that I really

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had experience working with.

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And it's also the one that

has really shown the greatest.

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Benefit for me personally.

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Um, I know I'm going to get into my,

uh, my personal favorite nootropics

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a little bit later, but I'll just

go ahead and share this story.

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Uh, right now, anyways.

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So with lion's mane mushroom,

when I was in college.

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I decided to take lion's mane mushroom,

and for, I think it was about two

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months, um, Yeah, every single day.

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So I, I believe it was

both morning and night.

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I would take a scoop of this lion's

mane powder that I had purchased.

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It was a.

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I believe one that contained both

fruiting body and, the mycelium, which

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if you're unfamiliar, the mycelium is

the root structure of the lions or of the

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mushroom and the fruiting body would be.

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Pretty much the mushroom itself.

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Like what we typically would see growing

out of the ground or off of a tree.

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So mine had a combination

of the two of them.

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It was a powdered form.

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I just added it to a drink or a tea

or a smoothie, anything like that.

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And I took it religiously for two months.

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And what was interesting is I definitely

noticed while I was taking it, uh, that

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there was a benefit and I was definitely,

you know, having a better time with

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just kind of recalling information.

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I think that was one of the biggest

things I noticed was I was able to

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recall information much quicker.

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Uh, it didn't take me as long to remember

people's names or facts or, you know,

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different things I needed for my tests

that I was taking in college, which was

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really nice to have that, uh, upper hand.

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But it wasn't as noticeable as when I

quit taking the lion's mane mushrooms.

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So once I had finished all my lion's

mane mushroom, it was about a day or two.

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After that, all of a sudden I just

realized like, wow, I'm really

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having a much harder time, just

recalling information as quickly.

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Um, you know, brain fog, might've

been a little bit more common and

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it was just much more apparent

that the lion's mane mushroom was

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of benefit while I was taking it.

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Um, as opposed to when I wasn't taking it.

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And this is a common thing

that we see with lion's mane.

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If you look at some of the studies

with lion's mane, it does seem

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that while taking lion's mane, you

will reap a lot of benefit from it.

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But.

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The moment you stopped taking

the lion's mane mushroom.

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It does seem that the benefits of

lion's mane mushroom does decline.

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So that is kind of a bummer.

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Um, However, I still take lion's

mane as often as I can, because

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it is one of those mushrooms that

I know it does provide benefit.

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It does work for me personally.

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So I keep it in my daily pretty

much daily intake, I would say.

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Um, it is a little more expensive as

with many high quality supplements

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they can definitely get pretty pricey.

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So I do portion it out and I don't take

it as religiously as I did at that time.

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But for that reason, Lion's mane

is absolutely one of my favorite

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nootropics when I'm taking it.

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I definitely can notice a difference.

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It does take about a week or two

for me taking it religiously to

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really notice the benefits of it,

but it does seem to work for me.

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Now a few other ones and I'm not

going to go as in depth on these ones.

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I promise.

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Um, but a few other common

ones that you would see on the

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market would be things like.

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Gingko biloba caffeine, fish oil,

ashwagandha, methylene, blue Creotine

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Rhodiola, and even spirulina can make

its way into this category based off

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of its cognitive health properties.

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And then the one and most

controversial, uh, nootropic that

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I'm probably going to mention on

this show is going to be nicotine.

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And yes, I know it's a weird

thing for me to be including

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on a health and wellness show.

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Um, I'm not necessarily promoting nicotine

for its health properties, but rather

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just simply as a nootropic and trust me.

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When I first heard about nicotine as a

nootropic, I was very, very skeptical.

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So allow me to break it

down later in this show.

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Um, and I will explain.

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My experience with it.

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And also why it's even

considered a nootropic.

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Now, some other common like

nootropics in terms of a formulated

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kind of pill that would contain

multiple different ingredients in

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it, or nootropic based ingredients.

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Would be things like alpha brain

bionic, which is probably one of the

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most popular nootropics out there.

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Um, most people who are familiar

with nootropics definitely

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know about alpha brain.

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Um, I have tried alpha brain.

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I like it.

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Uh, it's not something I've taken

super for a super long period

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of time consistently, but the

times that I have taken it does

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definitely seem like it provides a.

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A slight edge on.

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Kind of kicking the brain

on and getting it into gear.

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I'm sure if you took it for a longer

period of time, of course you would

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really start to notice those benefits.

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Um, but alpha brain is definitely

one of the more popular ones.

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I would say the next pop most popular one

would probably be the quality of mind.

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Um, Quality of mind has been around

for quite a while, has a pretty

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extensive ingredient list on it as well.

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And I have also taken that one.

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I feel personally.

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And this is just my opinion, but I feel

like quality of mind might be a little

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bit more effective than alpha brain.

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Um, that's going to also

really depend on the person.

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So that's just for me personally,

that I feel quality of mind is

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a little bit more effective.

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Um, but out of the ones that I

have taken quality of mind does

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seem to be the better of the two.

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And there's also a newer brand on the

market that I've been hearing a lot about.

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And it looks very interesting,

but I just haven't had the time

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to do enough research on it.

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Uh, but it's called thesis and

essentially you fill out a form or

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online, which is like, You're just

saying what you're kind of looking for.

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What are the issues that you deal with?

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Like, do you deal with a lot of brain

fog or anxiety or, you know, Blah,

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blah, blah, like fill in the blank and

then they go ahead and personalize a

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specific like nootropics for you based

on what it is that you entered, which

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I think is a very interesting concept.

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And I definitely want

to look more into it.

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But, uh, like I said, I

just haven't had the time.

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So if you have the time,

go ahead and check it out.

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It's thesis.

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Like you're writing a thesis for a paper.

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And on top of that, if you ever

see a mushroom brand, like any kind

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of a functional mushroom brand.

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You know anything from like four

Sigmatic to, you know, fill in the blank.

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Uh, they'll also likely have some kind of

a nootropic and every single time they're

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going to have lion's mane in it, for sure.

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100%.

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Lion's mane is definitely one of those

ingredients that makes its way onto a

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lot of these, uh, nootropic supplements.

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Now for me personally, as I

had already explained, in terms

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of my favorite nootropic, you

already know it's lion's mane.

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Um, I really enjoy lion's mane.

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I believe.

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That it really does help.

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Um, most people who take it and for

myself personally, I know it helps.

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So I'm a huge fan of lion's mane.

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That's one of my absolute

go tos when it comes to.

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Really trying to improve the function

and health of my brain because

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lions mean also provides massive

benefit for the health of your brain.

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Uh, but it also is really

good as a nootropic.

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Now on top of that, we also have

other ones like methylene blue

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methylene blue is also one of

my favorite nootropics to take.

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Um, there is a company called Scriptions

and I really enjoy their products.

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They have some really, honestly, in my

opinion, some of the highest quality

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products in terms of nootropics and,

uh, they don't just do only nootropics.

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They also do other things like.

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I don't know.

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Things that help you with sleep

and immunity and all these

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different kinds of things.

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But, uh, what I really like about

them is they're very trustworthy.

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Um, all of their ingredients are.

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I have a very high quality.

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They have a certain ingredients that are

actually USP certified, which if you're

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unfamiliar USP certification is just

like a gold standard in terms of, um,

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you know, quality because it's, you know,

a very stringent third-party testing.

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So.

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I really like what they're about.

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And they're methylene blue is a

very high quality methylene blue.

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Now, if you're unfamiliar with

what the heck methylene blue

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is, it was actually a textile.

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dye . At one point, which once

again, sounds like something

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that probably isn't meant to be.

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Good for you.

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But, uh, it turns out that methylene

blue is actually quite good for you.

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And very specifically, it's

quite good for your mitochondria.

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So the mitochondria taking it back

to biology here, uh, mitochondria are

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the powerhouse of the cell, right?

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They are the things that create energy.

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And so our brain, which has a very,

very high amount of mitochondria,

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because it is an area of the

body that uses a ton of energy.

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Is going to receive a lot of benefit from

methylene blue because methylene blue is

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helping out your mitochondrial health.

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So it's going to intern also

help out the brain and help

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it function at a better level.

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Um, provide hopefully

more energy for the brain.

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So that is one product that I really

enjoy taking as well as methylene blue.

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And typically that one is going

to be, uh, combined with our.

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Uh, controversial nicotine

here, but, uh, you can also

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take methylene blue on its own.

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But I'll get into the

nicotine in a little bit here.

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And then the last two

that are my favorite.

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Uh, nootropics on, I guess you could

say like the more food-based side.

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Would be spirulina and fish oil.

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So fish oil has, you know, we're talking

to omega-3 DHA oil here and EPA oil.

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Um, I don't care where you're getting the,

uh, DHA and EPA oil in terms of whether

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it's from fish or from micro-algae.

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Um, I think they're both

going to be beneficial.

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Uh, micro-algae.

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, a lot of times that's a better

option for people who are

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vegan or even maybe vegetarian.

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But if you are open to taking.

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Cod liver oil or whatever it might be.

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Um, feel free to take those as well.

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Uh, krill oil is another one.

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, these are, these are all

fine forms of fish oil.

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You just really want to make sure

that these are, very repeatable

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companies that are testing.

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Third party testing for any kind of

contaminants that might be in the fish.

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Especially in the fish.

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Uh, typically with micro-algae it seems

like it's just a little bit of a cleaner

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process in terms of, , microplastics

or heavy metals, things like that.

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And then with spirulina, I mean,

spirulina is spirulina and chlorella are.

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You already know.

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I mean, if you listen to this

show, it's two of my favorite

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supplements probably in the world.

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I mean, I don't tip, I don't

like to call them supplements

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because they are just algae, but

spirulina and chlorella are awesome.

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They have 40 vitamins

and minerals in them.

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Um, they're great for your brain health.

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They're great for a load of other things.

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Have.

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Uh, FICO sign-in in your spirulina,

which I think is even being studied for,

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uh, studied for like fighting cancer.

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Um, You have all nine essential aminos

in your, uh, spirulina, you have super

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high levels of chlorophyll in chlorella.

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They're some of my favorite

supplements to take.

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I take them every single morning.

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Um, personally, I get

that from energy bits.

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That is my personal go-to and

my favorite in terms of getting

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a spirulina or chlorella.

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And if you want to go and check them

out, please go see the description.

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I do have them linked to there

with a 20% discount code.

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They are.

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Uh, a sponsor of the show and they're

just one of my favorite companies.

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Um, I really, really loved

this stuff they put out.

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So anyways, spirulina chlorella

absolutely make the list.

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Um, they just kind of promote

that overall wellbeing and health,

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especially when it comes to the brain.

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: 00:17:11

And then in terms of like immediate

action nootropics, so things that are

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a little bit more fast acting and not

this kind of long game, long-term kind

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of nootropics, such as lions, mane and

fish oil, fish, oil, and spirulina.

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: 00:17:26

Uh, we look at things like

caffeine, for example.

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So, yes, caffeine is a nootropic.

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Uh, people have been consuming coffee

for a super long time with good reason.

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: 00:17:36

Uh, for me personally,

I don't feel a massive.

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Like cognitive boost from caffeine.

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: 00:17:43

I actually just really

enjoy the flavor of coffee.

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: 00:17:46

That's something that I really enjoy.

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: 00:17:48

So, uh, I'm not actually typically

drinking coffee for the caffeine, rather.

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I'm just drinking it for the flavor.

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: 00:17:54

I really, really enjoy the flavor

and the process of making coffee.

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: 00:17:59

Um, so personally, I can actually

drink, uh, you know, what is it?

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Wow, losing the word here.

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A decaffeinated coffee.

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I can drink decaf coffee.

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And as long as it's a high quality coffee.

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And it tastes good.

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Like, I really don't care if

it has the caffeine or not.

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: 00:18:15

Um, it does not really play a role for me.

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: 00:18:17

But for many people, caffeine can

be a stimulant and a nootropic

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in many ways can help people.

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: 00:18:24

Uh, focus and dial in.

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: 00:18:26

And then the other immediate

action nootropic that we're

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going to talk about on the show.

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And this is the one that's

going to get a lot of, uh,

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Maybe a lot of heat, I guess, is nicotine.

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: 00:18:38

Um, nicotine.

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: 00:18:40

We are going to get a little more into,

but I just wanted to mention that.

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Yes, nicotine is one of those things that.

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Has a really bad stigma around

it, obviously being, you know,

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kind of associated with smoking,

uh, smoking tobacco, right?

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: 00:18:54

Um, obviously smoking tobacco

is not good for our lung health.

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It's not good for our health in general.

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Um, so it's something that we

typically stay away from and nicotine

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kind of falls under that category.

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: 00:19:06

But it does seem that nicotine does

provide some benefit in terms of

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actually kicking your brain on.

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: 00:19:16

And trust me, I was very against,

uh, nicotine for a long period

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: 00:19:21

of time, even as a nootropic.

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: 00:19:23

Um, I, yeah, I just kind of box it in with

tobacco and smoking and it's bad for you.

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: 00:19:27

You don't need it.

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: 00:19:28

But it does seem that nicotine,

especially not, well, not just

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: 00:19:33

for myself, for many people.

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Is a very, very effective

nootropic, uh, nicotine.

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: 00:19:40

When you take it is.

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: 00:19:42

One of the most fastest acting

nootropics out there, in my opinion.

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: 00:19:46

Um, I actually did consume

some nicotine for this show.

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: 00:19:50

Um, I specifically took it because

I was recording this episode.

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: 00:19:53

Um, but typically I only consume nicotine.

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: 00:19:57

In very small amounts and very.

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: 00:20:02

I wouldn't say rare, but

definitely not often.

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: 00:20:06

Like I probably consume nicotine.

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Two times a month.

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: 00:20:11

And that's like, there might be

some times where I don't even use

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any nicotine for the entire month.

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: 00:20:16

So I'm bringing, I'm being pretty

liberal there with my usage.

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: 00:20:20

I don't think I've ever used nicotine

more than like three times in a month.

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: 00:20:23

So I'm very selective in the times that

I do use it, because I do believe that

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there could be some side effects and

are some side effects that, you know,

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Maybe aren't that favorable and there is

a bit of a trade off, but when you need

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to get in the zone, I must say nicotine

is very, very effective in doing that.

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: 00:20:45

So.

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: 00:20:46

I mean, I've had times where I've

had really, really bad brain fog.

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Like can't even piece a sentence together.

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: 00:20:52

Um, so like brain dead and by

just consuming even a very small

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: 00:20:56

amount of nicotine, um, you can

within like 10 minutes, be sharp

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: 00:21:02

as attack and just ready to go.

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: 00:21:03

So nicotine definitely as a nootropic

does appear to be effective.

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: 00:21:08

Now we're going to go a little

bit more into that and, um, talk

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about why it's effective and also

maybe why nicotine could be bad.

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: 00:21:16

And the downsides of it.

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: 00:21:18

Um, but very quickly, I wanted to talk

about a few things that you can do

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to improve your cognitive performance

without having to really take anything.

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: 00:21:29

Um, you have access to all of

these things right here right now.

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: 00:21:33

And let's say you had to, I don't know,

write a paper or get ready for a, a

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: 00:21:39

big meeting or something like that.

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: 00:21:40

And you had no access to any

of these nootropics whatsoever.

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: 00:21:44

Um, no coffee, no nicotine.

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: 00:21:46

I know any of these lion's

mane or anything like that.

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: 00:21:50

You just literally, you had brain fog and

you had to get ready for whatever it was

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that you were about to start working on.

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: 00:21:57

Well, in that case, there are

multiple things that you can do.

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And one of the first and best ones in my

opinion is probably going to be exercise.

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: 00:22:06

So exercise in general just increases our.

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Our cognitive performance.

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: 00:22:13

And this could also simply be

by, you know, getting the heart

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rate up and increasing the blood

flow, which is in turn, going to

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: 00:22:20

increase blood flow to the brain.

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: 00:22:22

And, uh, overall, it's just going to

help us get into a better cognitive state.

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: 00:22:26

Um, there's been many times

where, you know, I have had

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: 00:22:30

some brain fog or I'm just.

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You know, I'm really dragging on

whatever it is that I'm working on.

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: 00:22:34

And even just getting outside

for a brisk walk has been super

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: 00:22:39

beneficial in getting my brain.

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: 00:22:41

Uh, to work properly and to focus

better and overall just have

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: 00:22:45

better cognitive performance.

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: 00:22:46

Of course, you could also go

for a couple of quick sprints.

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: 00:22:50

You could do some push-ups and

sit-ups and squats, and just really

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: 00:22:53

try to knock out some really.

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: 00:22:55

Uh, fast paced workouts, get

that heart rate up and, uh,

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: 00:22:58

ultimately get that blood pumping.

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: 00:23:00

These are going to be very beneficial for

trying to prepare yourself and get rid

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: 00:23:05

of that brain fog and turn your brain on.

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: 00:23:07

So if you are dealing with some brain

fog, one of my first things would be to

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do is to, uh, get a little exercise in.

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: 00:23:13

. The second thing would be

getting some meditation in.

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: 00:23:15

So meditation, depending on kind of

what you're looking for in terms of your

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: 00:23:20

cognitive performance, um, meditation may

or may not fit what you're looking for.

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: 00:23:25

Meditation for me personally,

seems to really help me.

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: 00:23:30

Get rid of the clutter in my brain.

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: 00:23:33

So if I'm jumping topics, I can't

focus very well on one thing.

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: 00:23:37

I've got a lot going on.

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: 00:23:39

You know, I have a lot of schedules

going on and I'm just thinking of

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: 00:23:42

a lot of different things at once.

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: 00:23:45

It definitely seems like

taking a quick five.

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: 00:23:48

Maybe 10 minutes, if you,

if you have the time for it.

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: 00:23:51

To just sit down.

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: 00:23:53

And meditate and the

meditation can be so simple.

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: 00:23:56

It can literally be just you sitting

down and processing your thoughts.

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: 00:24:00

It could be allowing your thoughts to

arise and then let them go and just

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: 00:24:04

kind of really gaining control of the

mind and not allowing these thoughts to.

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: 00:24:09

Really run your brain.

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: 00:24:11

So if you're meditating and all of

a sudden a thought comes up and you

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: 00:24:14

just start playing that thought out

and you all of a sudden find out that

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: 00:24:17

you're just in this thought completely,

you're completely consumed by it.

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: 00:24:20

Take a moment, take a breath, realize

it, let that thought flow away.

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: 00:24:25

And then just get back

into your meditation.

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: 00:24:28

And that is a win every single time you

do that, you're taking power back into

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: 00:24:32

your own hands, and you are showing

your brain essentially, who is boss.

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: 00:24:36

So meditation really helps when

I need to focus in on something.

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: 00:24:41

And I'm just having a really hard

time with my focus and keeping

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: 00:24:45

it dialed in on one thing.

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: 00:24:47

The other, uh, thing that I

would use in terms of trying to.

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: 00:24:52

Default the brain and get the brain

working well would be breath work.

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: 00:24:56

So once again, with breath work.

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: 00:24:59

You can kind of take this

in a, in two different ways.

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: 00:25:04

You could take breath, work

in the kind of meditative.

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: 00:25:07

Uh, direction where you would be trying

to clear your thoughts, calm your mind.

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: 00:25:14

You know, be able to dial in

and focus in on one thing.

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: 00:25:16

Uh, or you could also do a breath

work that is very activating.

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: 00:25:20

It'd be a fast paced breath and it's

going to, uh, kind of wake you up.

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: 00:25:24

So if you're kind of having that, like.

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: 00:25:27

2:00 PM slump.

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: 00:25:28

Your brain is just like gone.

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: 00:25:31

It's on vacation mode and you know,

you're just having all this brain fog,

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: 00:25:36

doing some exercise paired with some fast

paced breath work, like breath of fire.

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: 00:25:41

Um, which is essentially just

breathing in and out through

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: 00:25:44

your nose very, very quickly.

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: 00:25:46

Like.

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: 00:25:48

Just very quick breathing.

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: 00:25:50

Um, you also move your belly with

it as well, which, um, it's kind of

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: 00:25:53

hard to explain, but on the inhale,

your belly expands on the exhale,

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: 00:25:57

your belly contracts, and then you

would just do that very quickly.

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: 00:26:00

Um, you can do.

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: 00:26:02

Three rounds of 50 or

whatever works for you.

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: 00:26:05

And that's going to be very activating.

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: 00:26:06

It's going to turn the body on.

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: 00:26:08

It's going to turn the brain on and

really get you into, um, Well, rather,

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: 00:26:13

it's going to wake you back up.

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: 00:26:14

It's going to get you into the

mood and mode of doing some work.

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: 00:26:18

So breath work can also

be really effective.

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: 00:26:21

Another thing is also, uh, trying to

make sure you're drinking enough water.

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: 00:26:25

So I know that sounds really, really

simple, but dehydration can slow

490

: 00:26:29

down circulation and affect, uh,

the flow of oxygen to your brain.

491

: 00:26:33

So by simply just staying hydrated.

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: 00:26:36

You can also help to make sure that

your brain is functioning at, um,

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: 00:26:40

you know, hopefully it's top level.

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: 00:26:42

And then another thing, and this is

something now we're getting into,

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: 00:26:46

like, you kind of have to plan for

these types of nootropic exercises.

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: 00:26:50

Um, but one of the big

ones I use is fasting.

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: 00:26:54

So for me personally,

I like to stay fasted.

498

: 00:26:57

If I know I have a really very, very

important meeting coming up or just

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: 00:27:02

anything that is very important.

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: 00:27:04

Uh, maybe it is writing a paper or put,

you know, putting together a slide show,

501

: 00:27:08

whatever it might be a presentation.

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: 00:27:10

Then I like to be fasted when I'm

working on these very intense.

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: 00:27:15

Uh, projects that really

require a lot of my attention.

504

: 00:27:19

And the reason I like to do that is

just because when I'm fascinated,

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: 00:27:22

my mind is so much more clear.

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: 00:27:24

Now, if you've never fasted before,

probably not going to be the best thing

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: 00:27:29

for you to do, you're probably going to.

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: 00:27:31

You know, get a little bit hungry

and . You're not going to be

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: 00:27:33

functioning at your best form.

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: 00:27:35

Um, if you are not

accustomed to fasting, so.

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: 00:27:38

If you've never fasted before, this

is probably not the practice for

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: 00:27:41

you, but if you are used to fasting,

you're metabolically flexible.

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: 00:27:45

You're able to do a fast, it's

not gonna, you know, Totally hack

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: 00:27:49

your brain and make you want to go

find some food or kill somebody.

515

: 00:27:52

Um, then by all means, go

ahead and try out this fasting.

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: 00:27:56

Um, I usually do at least an eight

hour to maybe 12 or even 16 hour fast.

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: 00:28:02

Um, when I'm doing these big

projects, And that definitely seems

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: 00:28:06

to help to really just keep my mind.

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: 00:28:08

Um, very clear and working at the, uh, you

know, it's top performance, essentially.

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: 00:28:15

Now, the last thing is

going to be good sleep.

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: 00:28:19

So once again, this is not going to

be an immediate thing for you, but you

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: 00:28:23

can really work on getting good sleep.

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: 00:28:25

Good sleep is.

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: 00:28:27

By far, one of the best things

you can do for your brain health.

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: 00:28:30

Um, I, it's such a simple

thing to do really.

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: 00:28:35

Although many people tend

to get very poor sleep.

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: 00:28:38

But, you know, if you get a night

of four hours of sleep and then you

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: 00:28:42

get a night of eight hours of sleep,

the difference is so, so noticeable.

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: 00:28:48

The four hour night of sleep,

you're going to wake up.

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: 00:28:50

You're probably going to be grumpy.

531

: 00:28:52

You're going to be out of it.

532

: 00:28:52

You're going to have brain fog.

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: 00:28:54

Your mind is not going to

be working at its top level.

534

: 00:28:57

It's going to be hard to

really just focus on anything.

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: 00:29:00

And you're just pretty much going

to be going through the motions

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: 00:29:03

on a day of four hours of sleep.

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: 00:29:05

Especially if you pair that four hours of

sleep with another night, four hours of

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: 00:29:09

sleep and then another night of four hours

of sleep and then stacking those days.

539

: 00:29:12

Um, it's just going to

get worse and worse.

540

: 00:29:14

Whereas if you get a full night's

rest, whether that is, you know, six,

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: 00:29:18

seven or eight hours of, of rest for

you, um, because it does depend on

542

: 00:29:22

the person, it is person specific.

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: 00:29:25

But if you get a full night's rest,

You know, when you slept good.

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: 00:29:29

I mean, I used to have an aura

ring and I would check it all the

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: 00:29:32

time to see how my sleep went.

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: 00:29:34

But honestly, there were nights

where I slept so well and I didn't

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: 00:29:38

even need to check the aura ring.

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: 00:29:40

I just knew I had slept really well.

549

: 00:29:42

Like your brain feels

good, your body feels good.

550

: 00:29:44

And I could check on my aura ringing

and sure enough check and see that.

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: 00:29:48

Yep.

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: 00:29:48

I did.

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: 00:29:49

I got a really, really good sleep.

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: 00:29:50

Got perfect levels of all of the

different types of sleep like REM sleep

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: 00:29:55

and deep sleep and all that good stuff.

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: 00:29:56

So anyways, sleep is a huge hack for

getting that cognitive performance in.

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: 00:30:03

Now coming back here to the nicotine,

because I wanted to not leave

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: 00:30:09

you guys hanging on the nicotine.

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: 00:30:11

Uh, topic.

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: 00:30:12

Um, but very quickly I did also,

sorry, I wanted to mention.

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: 00:30:15

Those exercises I just gave you

are all a hundred percent free.

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: 00:30:19

And honestly, before you go into using

any nootropic, I would highly recommend

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: 00:30:25

that you focus on those things first

and include in there a good diet.

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: 00:30:29

Um, you have the recipe for, you know, a

natural nootropic and helping your brain

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: 00:30:34

to just work at a really high level.

566

: 00:30:36

Every single day, if you're

hitting all of those.

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: 00:30:39

All of those different exercises, like

getting some body movement in meditation,

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: 00:30:43

breath work, staying hydrated, fasting.

569

: 00:30:45

Um, good sleep.

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: 00:30:47

And having a good diet.

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: 00:30:48

Those are going to be the major pillars

for honestly, a lot of aspects of your

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: 00:30:53

health, but definitely they're also going

to help out with your brain performance.

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: 00:30:57

So anyways.

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: 00:30:58

Let us get back to nicotine.

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: 00:31:00

So I wanted to make this very well

known that I am not a specialist

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: 00:31:05

on nicotine by any means at all.

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: 00:31:09

Okay.

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: 00:31:09

I actually, um, nicotine tends to

have a very strong effect on me, so.

579

: 00:31:15

I grew growing up.

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: 00:31:17

Like I never really

smoked any tobacco at all.

581

: 00:31:21

Um, I did smoke hookah at one

point in like high school, because

582

: 00:31:25

here in the U S you can actually

smoke before you can drink.

583

: 00:31:27

So, uh, 18 is the smoking age and yes.

584

: 00:31:31

Uh, my friends, we would

go and smoke hookah.

585

: 00:31:34

So any nicotine that I was receiving

was typically through hookah.

586

: 00:31:39

However, when it came to cigarettes,

like I've probably smoked as many

587

: 00:31:42

cigarettes as I can count on my left hand.

588

: 00:31:44

You know,

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: 00:31:45

and on that note, Uh, nicotine does

have a very strong effect on me.

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: 00:31:48

So.

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: 00:31:50

When consuming nicotine, I

have to be very mindful in how

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: 00:31:53

much nicotine I am consuming.

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: 00:31:55

Like for example, with the blue

canteen, from transcriptions that

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: 00:32:00

I mentioned earlier, I take the

smallest amount that I possibly can.

595

: 00:32:06

And on top of that, I typically

have to drink water with it as well.

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: 00:32:10

Otherwise I will start to get a little bit

of, um, uh, lightheadedness and, um, you

597

: 00:32:16

know, kind of that like raise blood PR.

598

: 00:32:18

Or like, like a little bit

of sweating, like yeah.

599

: 00:32:21

Nicotine essentially is

very, very powerful for me.

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: 00:32:25

And so I have to be very careful with it.

601

: 00:32:28

Therefore, I take very small amounts

of it and I only take it very rarely

602

: 00:32:33

now in terms of why nicotine is

considered a nootropic and what

603

: 00:32:37

are kind of the benefits of it.

604

: 00:32:39

Um, once again, I am not

a specialist on this.

605

: 00:32:42

I do have the website in which

I am sourcing all of this

606

: 00:32:44

information from, and I am going

to link that in the description.

607

: 00:32:47

So please do your own research on

this as well, because truly I am

608

: 00:32:52

just someone who is enjoying, uh,

trying out these different nootropics

609

: 00:32:56

and seeing how they work for.

610

: 00:32:57

Myself.

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: 00:32:58

But from what I was reading online,

it seems like nicotine does have some

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: 00:33:02

memory enhancing, um, properties to it.

613

: 00:33:05

So it does seem like it is able to improve

the short-term and long-term memory.

614

: 00:33:10

Uh, it does seem to boost

the release of acetylcholine,

615

: 00:33:14

dopamine, serotonin and glutamate.

616

: 00:33:16

These are trans, uh,

neuro-transmitters that play a role

617

: 00:33:19

in alertness, attention cognition.

618

: 00:33:21

Memory and mood and

then brain optimization.

619

: 00:33:25

It enhances whole brain communication,

uh, efficiency, ultimately boosting

620

: 00:33:30

overall cognitive function.

621

: 00:33:31

So.

622

: 00:33:33

It does seem that nicotine does

have a benefit for the brain

623

: 00:33:37

in terms of its functioning.

624

: 00:33:38

And if you've ever consumed nicotine,

you probably have noticed this as well.

625

: 00:33:43

Um, it, it really does kick the brain on

now in terms of downsides of nicotine.

626

: 00:33:50

Uh, the most common and obvious ones.

627

: 00:33:53

Are definitely the addictiveness.

628

: 00:33:55

So nicotine can be addictive.

629

: 00:33:58

And for that reason, um, you

know, if you are, for example,

630

: 00:34:02

someone who used to smoke.

631

: 00:34:03

Maybe nicotine, isn't the best

idea for you to use, and maybe

632

: 00:34:07

it's not the best nootropic.

633

: 00:34:08

There are other things that you

can use in tri that are, you

634

: 00:34:12

know, very beneficial as well.

635

: 00:34:14

So if that's the case, nicotine

might not be the one for you.

636

: 00:34:17

If you tend to have an addictive

personality or you can't help,

637

: 00:34:21

but consume nicotine on a daily.

638

: 00:34:23

Um, you know, on the daily, then also

once again, nicotine might not be for you.

639

: 00:34:28

We don't want to create that addiction.

640

: 00:34:29

We want it to be something where only in

the moments where we would really need it.

641

: 00:34:34

Like you have a ton of brain fog and

you have a lot of work to get done or a

642

: 00:34:37

project to work on or a meeting to get to.

643

: 00:34:39

Then you would consume the nicotine.

644

: 00:34:42

Also the side effects that it may

have are increased heart rate, high

645

: 00:34:46

blood pressure, gastrointestinal

issues, possibly, and potentially.

646

: 00:34:51

Uh, promote tumor tumor growth.

647

: 00:34:53

Ooh, sorry.

648

: 00:34:54

Um, so there are definitely

some side effects.

649

: 00:34:57

There are some downsides to it.

650

: 00:34:58

Oz as well.

651

: 00:35:00

Uh, there is some dose dependency.

652

: 00:35:01

So the upregulation of

nicotine or, sorry, Nicco.

653

: 00:35:04

Tineke.

654

: 00:35:04

Cynic acetylcholine

receptors is dose dependent.

655

: 00:35:07

Um, too much nicotine can lead

to receptor desensitization.

656

: 00:35:12

And also once again, smoking tobacco.

657

: 00:35:15

So if you're consuming nicotine through

all the process of burning, uh, tobacco.

658

: 00:35:21

Of course that is not

going to be good for us.

659

: 00:35:23

That is, it's literally a carcinogen.

660

: 00:35:25

It's not going to do any

benefits for your lungs.

661

: 00:35:27

It's overall going to be worse for you.

662

: 00:35:30

So that is not the way in which we

would want to consume the nicotine.

663

: 00:35:33

If you're going to consume

the nicotine at all.

664

: 00:35:35

Um, for me personally, Once again,

I really, really like the blue

665

: 00:35:40

canteen from TRO scriptions.

666

: 00:35:43

It has both methylene blue in it.

667

: 00:35:45

It also has a little bit of caffeine,

has a little bit of nicotine in there,

668

: 00:35:50

and it's also, I'm going to have a

little bit of CBD in there, which is

669

: 00:35:55

going to help all of these things are

going to help out with the brain and

670

: 00:35:59

really work as a awesome nootropic.

671

: 00:36:03

However with that said.

672

: 00:36:05

And this is where I talk about the dosing.

673

: 00:36:08

With these blue canteens, they

come in these little squares called

674

: 00:36:12

I think troche's T R O C H E

675

: 00:36:17

and in these approaches, they are,

there's four of them in a package.

676

: 00:36:21

And they are cut up into

four smaller squares.

677

: 00:36:25

So essentially what I do is I will take.

678

: 00:36:29

A quarter of the trash.

679

: 00:36:31

Which is a quarter of a milligram.

680

: 00:36:35

Of the nicotine, which there is only

one milligram of nicotine per trope.

681

: 00:36:40

So I'm taking a quarter of that each.

682

: 00:36:43

Each time that I am consuming

the blue candidate team.

683

: 00:36:46

So I'm taking a quarter of a milligram.

684

: 00:36:48

Of nicotine.

685

: 00:36:49

Every time I consume the blue Kennedy,

which is a very, very small amount.

686

: 00:36:54

Now, like I said, nicotine does

have a strong effect on me, so I

687

: 00:36:58

do have to lower my dosage, but

nonetheless, it is a very small dose.

688

: 00:37:01

And just to kind of put it into, um,

you know, A more understood perspective.

689

: 00:37:08

About 1.2 to 1.8 milligrams, enter,

have a nicotine enter the body.

690

: 00:37:14

Uh, for each cigarette smoked.

691

: 00:37:16

So.

692

: 00:37:18

you have about the amount

of, uh, of a cigarette?

693

: 00:37:22

Probably actually less than a

cigarette, uh, per troph and then

694

: 00:37:26

I'm consuming a quarter of the trash.

695

: 00:37:29

Um, and even if you consume half of

it, like it's still much less than

696

: 00:37:33

consuming even just one cigarette.

697

: 00:37:35

And of course I'm only consuming

one a day and, um, that's only.

698

: 00:37:40

Two times maximum a month for me.

699

: 00:37:43

So it isn't a very small amount.

700

: 00:37:45

And I do that because I know that

there can be some downsides to

701

: 00:37:48

it, and I want to avoid those as

best I can and really only use.

702

: 00:37:52

Uh, the nicotine in blue canteen.

703

: 00:37:56

When I truly, truly need it to kick my

brain on because it is just really, really

704

: 00:38:01

lacking in the cognitive performance area.

705

: 00:38:05

So it is truly just a tool that I

use when I really need it in terms

706

: 00:38:09

of overall brain health and, um,

the constant use of nootropics.

707

: 00:38:13

You know, I'm going to refer back to

those earlier, things that I was talking

708

: 00:38:16

about, things like exercise, good sleep.

709

: 00:38:19

Meditation breath work.

710

: 00:38:20

And then of course, if I'm going to

take anything, that's good for my brain,

711

: 00:38:24

it's going to be things like lion's

mane, spirulina, fish oil, sometimes

712

: 00:38:29

maybe it will be some ashwagandha.

713

: 00:38:31

Like there's a tons of different

things that I will consume on a

714

: 00:38:34

regular basis that are going to

promote my brain health that are

715

: 00:38:37

going to either not have any downsides

at all, or very minimal downsides.

716

: 00:38:41

So nicotine is truly just a tool that

I will use to really kick the brain on.

717

: 00:38:46

And personally, I think.

718

: 00:38:47

That's probably how it should be used.

719

: 00:38:49

I don't think we should be

overdoing it with the nicotine.

720

: 00:38:53

And what I like about these

blue canteens is also.

721

: 00:38:56

That it turns your mouth blue,

um, because of the methylene blue.

722

: 00:39:00

So realistically, if you're going to

consume this, , you don't want to walk

723

: 00:39:03

around with a blue mouth all the time,

so you do have to be a little bit more

724

: 00:39:07

specific in the times that you take it.

725

: 00:39:09

Um, which I think also helps in

controlling how much of it I'm consuming.

726

: 00:39:14

So I don't want to

always have a blue mouth.

727

: 00:39:16

So.

728

: 00:39:17

Anyways, that's going to kind of

wrap it up for today's episode.

729

: 00:39:21

Um, I hope you received some benefit

from this and if there's any major

730

: 00:39:25

takeaways, I hope it's to understand

that there are a ton of practices that

731

: 00:39:29

you can do to make sure your brain is

performing at a really, really high

732

: 00:39:33

level that require no money at all.

733

: 00:39:37

They simply require some time and effort

and you can start doing them right now.

734

: 00:39:42

Today you could drop down, do some

meditation, do some breath work.

735

: 00:39:46

You could do some exercise.

736

: 00:39:46

Exercise, you could stay hydrated.

737

: 00:39:48

You can get some good sleep, right?

738

: 00:39:50

Like there's all these different

things that we can start doing right

739

: 00:39:52

now that are zero cost and are really

going to help your brain massively,

740

: 00:39:57

probably more than anything else.

741

: 00:39:58

And then on top of that, we want

to make sure that we are having a

742

: 00:40:01

good diet, you know, consuming these

different nootropic ingredients that

743

: 00:40:06

are beneficial for our brain and our

brain health, such as lion's mane.

744

: 00:40:11

Lion's mane is really great for

brain health as is our fish oil.

745

: 00:40:14

They'll make a three DHA and EPA oil

and things like spirulina and chlorella.

746

: 00:40:19

These are also going to be really

beneficial, uh, for our brain

747

: 00:40:22

health and overall brain health.

748

: 00:40:24

So.

749

: 00:40:25

I really want to highlight that if you're

going to do anything, I would really

750

: 00:40:28

highly recommend that you start there and

work with those because they're probably

751

: 00:40:32

going to have the most benefit overall.

752

: 00:40:35

Now if you really need it in a pinch.

753

: 00:40:38

Sure.

754

: 00:40:39

Feel free to try out nicotine.

755

: 00:40:41

If it's something that calls to you.

756

: 00:40:43

Um, it's something that I really

contemplated for a long time before

757

: 00:40:46

taking, and even to this day, it's

something that I'm very careful with.

758

: 00:40:50

It's not something I consume very often

and it lasts me a really long time

759

: 00:40:55

for that reason, which is awesome.

760

: 00:40:57

Um, it kind of stretches the dollar

there and honestly, when I need

761

: 00:41:00

it, it works really, really well.

762

: 00:41:03

So anyways, I will try to link TRO

scriptions as well in the show notes.

763

: 00:41:07

I am not affiliated with them.

764

: 00:41:09

I just think they're a

really great company.

765

: 00:41:11

Um, they have really high quality

products and, um, yeah, I personally

766

: 00:41:15

feel very comfortable using them.

767

: 00:41:17

And promoting them.

768

: 00:41:19

So, um, yeah, feel free to check them out.

769

: 00:41:21

Like I said, once again, zero monetary

ties to them or anything like that.

770

: 00:41:25

Um, just a really great

company, so, all right.

771

: 00:41:28

That is going to do it for today.

772

: 00:41:29

I hope you all enjoy today's episode.

773

: 00:41:31

And once again, please reach out to me.

774

: 00:41:33

If you want to hear or see

or experience anything.

775

: 00:41:37

anything.

776

: 00:41:37

more from, uh, from

this show in the future.

777

: 00:41:40

I would love to hear your feedback.

778

: 00:41:41

So please go ahead and reach out to

me at elemental Evan on Instagram.

779

: 00:41:45

Um, you can find us on YouTube as well.

780

: 00:41:48

I'll be working on putting more of

these episodes in the show format or

781

: 00:41:52

the video format as well up on YouTube.

782

: 00:41:54

So you can see it there.

783

: 00:41:55

And if you haven't already, please go

ahead and subscribe to whatever platform

784

: 00:41:59

you're listening, uh, or sorry, subscribe

to this podcast on whatever platform

785

: 00:42:03

it is that you're listening to this on

and leave a nice little review there.

786

: 00:42:07

for us, if you would be so kind.

787

: 00:42:10

Um, it goes a far way to help

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788

: 00:42:13

And also please share this

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789

: 00:42:16

benefit from hearing it as well.

790

: 00:42:18

Someone who needs to kick that brain on.

791

: 00:42:20

Um, who doesn't want a

better performing brain?

792

: 00:42:23

Um, probably everyone wants one.

793

: 00:42:25

So anyways.

794

: 00:42:26

All right.

795

: 00:42:27

I hope you all have a

beautiful rest of your day.

796

: 00:42:29

Um, please.

797

: 00:42:30

You already know the motto of the show.

798

: 00:42:32

Do everything with good intentions

and connect to your elements.

799

: 00:42:37

Much love to all of you.

800

: 00:42:38

Thank you for tuning in.

801

: 00:42:39

Have a beautiful rest of your day.

802

: 00:42:40

Peace.