I have down the alcohol part. Zero. But it seems my diet is highly carbohydrate. However, they are all of the complex variety. No simple. Do you make any differentiation between those two categories?Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2020 6:17 pmI don't have anything that can back me up. But, I don't believe that there is much (if any) direct nootropic benefit from either one if ingested in realistic quantities. At least that is my opinion after personally experimenting with both. The coconut oil has a large MCT component which converts to ketones pretty rapidly, so there could be some effect there, but as I mentioned that is a rough way to up your ketones. Not recommended in quantity. Likewise you can't take Omega 3's in any significant quantity (as a percentage of your daily calories). That much PUFA would do way more damage than good.
From a practical standpoint, any nootropic benefit from a dietary supplement would be measured at the noise level if you haven't already reduced carbohydrates and alcohol to a very small fraction of your energy intake. Most people report significant reduction in brain fog and increased focus after a few months of making that step. It would be like a smoker asking about workouts and nutrition to get in shape. Yes, there are some great things you can do, but first quit smoking. Unfortunately, that kind of dietary change can be extremely difficult and/or undesirable for a large part of the population.
I don't have brain fog and good focus.
In the last few years I've noticed something quite the opposite effect than I'd have expected with advancing age.
I've been in the same position for over 10 years and doing a lot of accounting work in it.
In accounting many of the tasks are super repetitive. Could be you do them annually, quarterly, monthly, weekly, or, even daily.
Therefore in that time span I've performed many of the same tasks over and over and over.
Of course many of them are not brain stimulating at all to do so I want to complete them using as little time as possible.
What's been happening in the past few years is that for many of these tasks that I've done for years and years I'm all of a sudden getting these flash insights into doing them faster, a different way, less steps. Basically taking less time to accomplish the mission or producing a better end result or both. Or, finally coming up with solutions to certain problems that that eluded me in the past.
This, of course, is something I've always done all the time - perform a task better. But the last few years have been without parallel for the depth and the number of these insights I've having. Far more than in any prior years.
Opposite of what you'd expect in that at this age even though I'd done these things so many times sometimes I'd think that I'd start to get fuzzy on some of the steps.
The only brain diminution I seem to have experienced is the "name thing" and that started sometime in my early 50s and is certainly not getting any better. I did read, though, recently that name recognition peaks at age 25. That "name thing" doesn't really bother me since that seems to be a common malady for those in my age bracket and really does not get in the way of life.
Since I started doing free weight (barbells) nine years ago at the age of 60 and dutifully doing them since then almost with fail three mornings while pushing myself to my absolute limits like I never have an any prior exercise program is it possible that the free weights have actually improved my brain? I've read that they are good for that. However, as soon as I wrote that I thought, if true, why have they only had that effect the last two years or so and not the preceding seven?
Vinny