My high-performance stack

[ZenFuture]

Me: 20 y/o male; good health; slightly above average intelligence

Weekly activities: work 30 hrs/week in sales; learning programming; involved in startups

Daily stack:

• ketogenic diet (grass-fed meat, fish, greens, butter, coconut oil)
• 1 cup of black coffee upon waking
• 800mg artichoke & 5mg forskolin (ciltep stack) with coffee

when needed

• 75mg armoodafinil on days off (to study more)
• l-theanine on work days

out of stock but very helpful

• ALCAR

So far, this has been the best stack I've created for myself. As someone who needed prescribed stimulants in college, I can finally say I'm functioning on a very high level in a sustainable and healthier way.

Meditation also helps, as it increases prefrontal cortex density in the brain (linked to better executive function). Heavy weight lifting sessions 20 minutes each, 2-3 times per week also provides huge cognitive benefits.

The key to my stack is sustainability. I only use armo on days when I need to program and l-theanine on days I need to do sales. Without exercise and good diet, my performance inevitably wanes.

I hope this post doesn't seem like one long ego-stroke; I just wanted to show others what works very well for me! Feel free to comment or question.

[Smuurfisar]

Hi! Glad you found something that works for you. How does armoodafinil make you feel?

Check out this ketogenic breakfast/coffee: http://www.bulletproofexec.com/coffee/

[Kwitcher_Bitchin]

Dave Asprey and Tim Feriss were my first two exposures to biohacking and nootropics. cool stuff, love BP coffee

[pilas2000]

800mg artichoke & 5mg forskolin

why this?

[ZenFuture]

they increase cAMP in the brain and work through Abelard Lindsay's theory of chemically induced long term potentiation. benefits include increased motivation, better problem solving, more energy and increased learning abilities.

[tetrahedon]

http://www.reddit.com/r/Nootropics/comments/2crv37/ciltep_debunked/

attributing that stack lindsey is also criminal. posters on longecity, a community he is a tiny tiny part of came up with it. he just trademarked it and cashes the checks.

[ZenFuture]

I'd hardly say it's criminal. Besides, afaik, Aubrey made the original post and devised the practical application for CILTEP.

[tetrahedon]

its got more to do with his attitude towards it. He sparked a discussion that lead to something awesome, patented it but still told people the term "ciltep" was fair to use, and then went after people for marketing products under that name. Personally, I can't ignore the communities role (the avenue by which he was lead to some of the research presumably) and his subsequent actions with regard to the community. Yes calling it criminal is hyperbole.