5 Nootropics You Can Get at Your Pharmacy (and cheap)
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5 Nootropics You Can Get at Your Pharmacy (and cheap) – Thomas DeLauer
Imagine walking into a Walgreen’s or a CVS and being able to get your hands on like a limitless pill, like a powerful nootropic that’s going to increase your memory, and make you feel just almost invincible, and just give you just that feeling of mental acuteness that you need.
Well, that’s the purpose of this video. I’m going to give you five nootropics that you can just go and find at your local grocery store or your local pharmacy.
Now the five things. First off is Alpha-GPC. Alpha-GPC stands for alpha glycerylphosphorylcholine. Alpha glycerylphosphorylcholine is something that provides choline for our bodies.
Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that is the spark of energy. Without acetylcholine, we don’t get the the spark. It’s what actually is lighting things up and making energy transfer.
It’s very complicated. The long story short is that a acetylcholine is going to be very powerful when it comes down to brain performance. If you have low levels of acetylcholine, like muscles don’t contract right, the brain doesn’t send a signal right, it can really mess things up.
The Journal International Society Of Sports Nutrition took a look at test subjects broken into four groups, Alpha-GPC at 200 milligrams, Alpha-GPC at 400 milligrams, caffeine, and then a placebo.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595381/
They wanted to measure a few things like a subtraction test, which is how quickly they could subtract certain things, spatial awareness and memory. They wanted to measure even some physical performance, and they wanted to measure jitteriness, just the side effect.
Lion’s mane is a mushroom, but it’s something that you could now get your hands on just about anywhere. In fact, I’ve seen lines mean at CVS. I’ve seen lion’s mane at Walmart.
Of course, you can get lion’s mane at Whole Foods and things like that. Probably one of the least expensive nootropics that you can get your hands on, next to creatine.
The reason that it works in a nootropic effect is because it boosts what’s called nerve growth factor. Nerve growth factor, just like the name implies, it grows neurons. It grows brain cells. It literally helps saturate a brain cell to help it grow and recover. We need this, especially if we’re taxing our body a lot.
This first one is pine bark extract, known as pycnogenol. Pycnogenol is a specific form of antioxidant known as anthocyanins. Now, this pycnogenol, it’s interesting how it works. It really works in two particular ways. In one way, it affects the endothelial layer of a vessel, a blood vessel.
Basically, it allows the blood vessels to relax and produce more nitric oxide, which therefore allows more blood flow. It can cross through the blood brain barrier, so it allows more blood flow specifically in the brain, which means more oxygen delivery, more nutrient delivery, more micronutrient delivery, and more mineral delivery, and overall just feelings of wellbeing.
There’s a study that’s published in the Journal Of Neurosurgical Sciences. It took a look at just taking 50 milligrams of pycnogenol three times per day for 12 weeks. Get this. There was almost a 9% increase in mental performance.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924315/
There was a 14% increase in memory. Then, there ended up being a 30% decrease in reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress within the brain. Okay, so improvements in memory, improvements in mental performance all while making the brain healthier and more sustainable. Very simple. 50 milligrams of that stuff that you can get at Walgreens is going to make a big difference for you.
astly, a study that was published in the Journal Of Neuro Regeneration Research found that it can actually improve nerve STEM cells or neural STEM cells, so in particular areas of the brain.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4145911/
What that means is, if you have a few just dead brain cells, maybe from, I don’t know, sucking up helium when you were a kid or something like that, or holding your breath for too long, you might be able to regenerate some of that, because STEM cells are what are going to allow those things to regrow. It’s a little bit in its early stages, but it’s still nice to see that ginkgo has these powerful effects on the brain.
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26 Comments
O Mrtnz
What pills do I take to get biceps like yours???
MrPanetela
i'm new to nootropics;
i like to chime in on lion's mane
and Myelin sheath. One look and
i recognize what the myelin is!
It behaves like the old fashion
paper capacitors back in the day.
They would lay down a strip of
wax paper, then a layer of aluminun,
then another layer of wax paper.
there would be one wire connected
to the aluminum, and one wire to
the paper. Then they rolled it up.
It would store electricity
and releases it when needed.
I bet that is how the Myelin
is designed to functions. That is, it
helps to store and release a discharge.
I further bet, there is something between
the layers of Myelin that behaves like the
conductive aluminum layer. Hope you
do a little deeper dive on Lion's mane
and Myelin some day in the future.
hlb0111
Does anyone know how a woman can take creatine without gaining the water weight?
curtisinhouston
Alpha GPC and lion's mane are in my top 5 as well. Also the "same bat time, same bat channel" reference was funny and cool, though I doubt anyone under 40 would catch it..
Great content, thanks ?
Poppy Ozark
Ginkgo Biloba makes me cranky
Jon Jones
Sucking up Helium? I wish!?
I swore once too…I said 'blummin heck' , I was just so dark and reckless. Loving your work Thomas ?
Barbara Monsolino
Surprised you don't list Bacopa Monnieri…..
Domatez Gray
Which nootropic makes you good at family feud
GAILANN26
Thank you thomas
tim morani
Changed my life. I will never eat the same ever again. "Unless you physically trip and your face lands in a box 4.FO/Nootropics so sa fe and wor-king, there is no such thing as a 'slip'." Get that mind set and you'll win again and again.
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Sorprendente .
aron canapa
Just started taking the Walgreens brand neuriva and creatine, let's see if this helps me at all
RJMNZ
All you need is Genius Brand’s Genius Mushroom.
Mason Devereux-Smith
This man is jacked. ?
Libert S
Can I combine all of them?
ALKA SAXENA
I am looking for cdp choline…it's good for fatty liver too..and I am not able to eat eggs and fish due my digestion. I saw cdp choline at local pharmacy…but it needs prescription…and they say it's for Alzhemir. I am confused
WhatJustHappened
Swanson's "Brain Power" is a good, inexpensive nootropic.
Soumajit Chakraborty
Ok
Vladimir Vlad
Thank you!
Jesse Deacon Jones
Any other people with misophonia? Who can hear the dry mouth?
Markos
Ginko not work for me ,i think it's a placebo effect in other people .3 weeks of use and I absolutely didn't feel anything. Science says it "can" improve mental… "can"slow down …So I found that some other scientific research to protect against the weakening of mental functions is not 100% reliable. I prefer creatine, the russian drug aminalone, phenibut, mildronate. The other four you listed are 90% effective with proper nutrition. Tnx
Aasim Ahmed
3:14 The study you sited on Alpha-GPC says otherwise. The conclusion reads: "Acute supplementation with caffeine or Alpha-GPC had no statistical beneficial effect on measures of mood, cognitive function, or physiological performance"
A
Ginkgo for the thinko!!!
dan pham
I have CKD, doctor says I can't take ginkgo biloba, sad.
BiohacksHQ
Notice how we don't have Tylenol, Aleve, and Advil deficiencies. We always need the healthy stuff!
BiohacksHQ
Nootropics are dietary supplements built to safely optimize cognition by manipulating cognitive functions in the brain. They help the brain operate more efficiently by filling in the gaps in our cognitive functions.
BiohacksHQ
thanks for the insightful info!