Getting all the nutrients your brain requires everyday doesn’t have to be complicated.If you simply keep in mind a few specific nutrients, eating meals full of nutrient-dense foods can be simple.Every day our body and brain require essential and non-essential nutrients.Essential means it must come from our diet. And non-essential means our body and brain… [Read More]
I get asked frequently where to buy certain nootropic supplements. Especially by people new to nootropics.Because the term “nootropics” is starting to go mainstream. More and more people are finding you can heal and optimize your brain with certain dietary supplements.And supplement manufacturers are noticing the increased interest in brain and cognitive health. New products… [Read More]
“Brain fog” has become a blanket term we use when we’re not thinking clearly. Or we’re feeling fatigued, cranky, distracted, and our mental processing speed has slowed to a crawl.Brain fog is an unwanted and certainly inconvenient side effect of our always-connected lifestyle.Turns out that once you recognize the symptoms and learn a little about… [Read More]
In my many years of biohacking and using nootropics to optimize my brain, I have found basic blood work is fundamental to measuring my success. Lab tests give me a more accurate window into what these supplements are doing to my body and brain. More so than simply relying on how I feel. If you’ve… [Read More]
Lithium helps prevent mood swings, is anti-anxiety and antidepressant, promotes neurogenesis, protects from neurodegenerative disease, and is anti-aging Lithium is a soft, silvery-white alkali metal so reactive (it sparks when it touches water) that it’s not found in nature. Instead, it’s found in mineral compounds and in mineral water. Cosmologists believe that lithium was one of… [Read More]
Vinpocetine is known for increasing cerebral circulation, taming inflammation and oxidative stress, and boosting alertness, cognition, concentration, memory and mood. Vinpocetine (periwinkle extract, ethyl apovincaminate, Cavinton, Bravinton, Ceractin, Intelectol) is a semi-synthetic derivative of vincamine, an alkaloid derived from the lesser periwinkle plant (Vinca Minor L.). Vinpocetine was first isolated from the periwinkle plant in… [Read More]
Berberine is known for treating diabetes, improving cholesterol, lowering blood pressure, boosting mood and is a neuroprotectant Berberine (Coptis chinensis, Hydrastis canadensis) is a natural plant alkaloid that has been used for millennia in traditional Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine to treat diarrhea and gastrointestinal issues. Berberine is a unique and powerful dietary supplement with nootropic… [Read More]
Remember getting so lost in whatever it was you were doing that you lost track of time?Your productivity skyrockets and you feel a real sense of accomplishment for the rest of the day.Call it concentration, focus, or flow – just the memory of this exhilarating feeling and want more of it.A variety of techniques have… [Read More]
HVMN started out as Nootrobox, a nootropics company founded by Stanford students Geoffrey Woo and Michael Brandt in 2014.The company was renamed HVMN in 2017 and has venture capital backing by Andreessen Horowitz, Marissa Mayer, Tony Hsieh, Joe Montana, and Alex Krongard.The company is based in San Francisco, California and produces the Nootrobox line of… [Read More]
I’ve been using Mind Lab Pro™ for the last four years. This is my review of why I use it. And why you may want to consider trying it too. I often get emails from Nootropics Expert readers asking me what my favorite nootropic stack is. And what I use every day. This post is… [Read More]
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