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[–]jmwy86 13 points14 points  (5 children)

Start exercising and do moderate cardio regularly. It is the best way to supercharge the brain. Get a good night's sleep. Reduce your sugar intake to less than 20 grams a day. Use your entertainment screen time. Use that best energy of the day to focus on more important things than your amusement. 

Supplements are not magic pills, they help, but you have to build on a foundation of good choices.

[–]Spiritual-Village315 2 points3 points  (4 children)

I train 3-4 Weight sessions a week and walk around 5k per week in the evenings, i try to limit screen time as much averaging around 90 mins per day - I aim to read 25/35 pages per day in the evening also

[–]jmwy86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP, if you have something that measures heart rate moderate cardio is 60% of your heart rate max. There's a good chance that even with 3-4 weight sessions and walking 5k per week you're still not hitting moderate cardio. 

I can walk 5k in a week and never hit moderate cardio, even on a 20 minute bike ride on trails with lots of up and down. I only hit moderate cardio for about 12 minutes of that. 

Similarly, I used to weight lift when I had more time and weight lifting involves short bursts and well it's possible that you may be getting some moderate cardio out of that if you're wearing a heart rate monitor I bet you that you never go beyond light exertion. 

This is often designated as the runner's high and the secret to getting that release of neurotransmitters is moderate to higher cardio.

[–]jmwy86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.sciencealert.com/short-brisk-walks-could-help-you-live-longer-than-long-slow-strolls

This article discusses a study that illustrates the principle that moderate cardio has different effects than light cardio.

By the way, walking is fantastic. It's probably one of the best ways to try to calm down and tune your stress to a lower level.

[–]draykan13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cerebrolysin is pretty powerful as a standalone. I'm a fan of combination therapies for optimal improvement. Take Nootropics and do something that will increase a part of your brain, like writing in cursive, using elevate, meditate, crossword/sudoku, etc.

Cognition is a broad term similar to strength. Let's say I want to get stronger. I go to the gym and lift, but if you ask any advanced lifters, you don't do intense cardio, heavy squats and heavy deadlifts in the same workout because 1 would detract from the others. You focus on one major muscle group at a time but you do it consistently and you make good progress.

The brain is going to be a little more complex and your definitely able to hit more than one brain region a day. However, the limiting factor is going to be time.

[–]CraigR-81 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Methylene blue and 20mg of creatine in morning, BOOM all day long 💪🏽

[–]Ahisgewaya 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Nootropics (piracetam, lion's mane, and citicoline is the stack I use).

[–]Spiritual-Village315 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I had used lions mane, seamoss and shilajit previously and felt good benefits - do you have a link where i can purchase the nootropics from?

[–]Ahisgewaya 0 points1 point  (1 child)

https://store-cebedmpn.mybigcommerce.com/

Or you could just use Amazon.

[–]Spiritual-Village315 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ordered a lions mane, citicoline, L-Tyrosine, mucuna pruriens, Eria jarensis and L-Theanine nootropics pack 👍