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Video: Learn New Things Faster & Study More Effectively With Brain Hacks From ASAPScience

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Video: Learn New Things Faster & Study More Effectively With Brain Hacks From ASAPScience


[Keanu voice] Whoooaa…I Know Kung-Fu!:
At one time in our lives, we’ve all wanted or needed to learn something new.

Whether it was a requirement or just the pursuit of a great hobby, sometimes it can seem to go a bit too slow as our brains readjust.

And though geniuses like Carol Dweck and Elizabeth Gould would tell you that is the time you are actually re-making your brain & getting smarter,

We all need a little shortcut to get to the fun part sooner.

And so in this video, ASAP does their part to add something to mega-lists like the one by OEDB…

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Video: Dr. Neal Barnard On The Power Of Food To Save Your Brain From Alzheimer’s & Dementia

Filed Under: Aging, Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Video

Video: Dr. Neal Barnard On The Power Of Food To Save Your Brain From Alzheimer’s & Dementia


Science Was Wrong Again!:
We just learned that Science was wrong about adults not being able to grow new brain-cells.

In this video, Dr. Neal Barnard shares Dietary-changes that can actually improve your brain,

And most importantly help avoid Alzheimer’s, the disease that killed his father.

Having watched that whole process, he ranks it as one of the last things you’d ever want to happen.

So, here’s his list of 5 research-backed tools that may make a surprising difference…

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Video: Science Said You Can’t Grow New Brain-Cells. Science Was WRONG! Fancy French Lady Explains How You Can.

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Video

Video: Science Said You Can’t Grow New Brain-Cells. Science Was WRONG! Fancy French Lady Explains How You Can.


A Lose-Lose Situation Reverses?:
So for the longest time now, Science has painted a pretty static picture. After about 18-25 you only get worse, right?

Well teams of researchers are finding you don’t have to get stuck.

In-fact, the brain-map is changeable. And research is showing you can Improve it,

Not just with supplements or Lumosity, but by doing something science said was impossible.

Growing new freaking brain cells, baby!…

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All You Need Is Love! Snuggle-Hormone Does Something Interesting For Your Brain, Man…

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll

All You Need Is Love! Snuggle-Hormone Does Something Interesting For Your Brain, Man…
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Love, Actually Is A Brain Chemical:
A lot of recent research has been focused on brain-building through nootropics/supplements and special meditation.

Both have shown some interesting and unexpected results, especially on improvement in quality of life.

As researchers of all kinds try to improve that life-experience from Gilgamesh, to R.W. Emerson, to Eckhart Tolle, new & old ideas get discovered & re-discovered.

And one of them is an out-of-the-way chemical scientists thought restricted to basic-cable reruns of “Love Actually”…

(come on, admit it, you watch that over the holidays too.)

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Video: DNews Asks Which Creativity Drug Works Best. -Alcohol Or Marijuana?

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll, Video, Vitamins/Supplements

Video: DNews Asks Which Creativity Drug Works Best. -Alcohol Or Marijuana?


How To Optimize Free Creative Output:
Since some super-creative people have taken different psychoactives to help them work better, there has been a long debate about which is more effective.

And in this video, DNews looks into two of them. Marijuana and Alcohol.

It would seem at first that many writers tend to favor Alcohol, with guys like Fitzgerald, Hemingway, & Twain being on that list.

But on the other hand, many other artistic folk seem to favor Marijuana. To name a few of them: Carl Sagan, Alexandre Dumas, and Salvador Dali.

So which is the best “supplement” for creativity-boostage?…

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Now We Know Why Vegetarians Sound So Dumb & Dizzy. It’s Because Creatine Boosts All Different Kinds Of Brain POWAH!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Nutrition, Vitamins/Supplements

Now We Know Why Vegetarians Sound So Dumb & Dizzy. It’s Because Creatine Boosts All Different Kinds Of Brain POWAH!
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Not All Substitutes Are Equal:
All cheekiness aside, we just did a post on the sexy people over at Eater’s test of the newest vegetable-only burger, by Impossible Foods.

But one of the ideas we raised at the end was: Maybe it tastes close now, maybe even identical in the future,

-But does it give you the same-or-better Nutrition when you take everything into consideration?

Well, one of Red Meat’s components is a salt called Creatine. And sciency-researchers are finding out some very interesting brain-stuff about its new best friend…

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Video: The Science Of Us Checks Out Why There’s Something Better For Your Brain Than Mindfulness Meditation

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Video: The Science Of Us Checks Out Why There’s Something Better For Your Brain Than Mindfulness Meditation


There Is More Than 1 Type Of Meditation:
There is a lot of talk recently about Mindfulness.

That is: Meditating really hard on your immediate-present and not letting stray thoughts take over. -The Eckhart Tolle stuff.

And while there is nothing wrong with this type of meditation, another type more similar to Zoning-Out is also important to your mental abilities, and your mental health…

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If You’re Too Rushed To Even Go To Starbucks, Your Problem Is Now Solved: Enter GoCubes! -Regular Hexahedrons Of Nootropic-Caffeine Brainsplosion!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Nutrition, Vitamins/Supplements

If You’re Too Rushed To Even Go To Starbucks, Your Problem Is Now Solved: Enter GoCubes! -Regular Hexahedrons Of Nootropic-Caffeine Brainsplosion!


 
gocubes by nootrobox chewable coffee main page product screenshot with headerGet Your Fix Of Go-Go Juice While You’re On The Go:
We’ve all been there once or twice. No time for anything; even the AM-Jumpstart.

The morning coffee is a ritual, a checkin with yourself, and also the crucial happenings down at the passive-aggressively-staffed local café.

But sometimes you either had a night out, a night in, Jason-Bourne-grade post-drunk-amnesia, or you’re just running terribly late.

Well Nootrobox is about to solve all only one or two of those problems with their magical new Brain-Dyn-O-Mite: Go Cubes!…

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Note: For informational purposes only. Should not be construed as medical advice, diagnosis or substitute for professional care.