Ask HN: What is one thing that improved your cognitive skills the most?

Post by NoPicklez » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 10:44 AM UTC

muzani wrote: post #20

NoPicklez wrote: post #16

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> Stop eating carbs, namely because it makes you sleepy and unmotivated. I replaced carbs with tons of fiber and vegetables, like red cabbage, matchstick carrots, and expensive fermented foods. There's nothing with carbs, just that you may have been eating too many to begin with. Many many vegetables contain carbs. People shouldn't stop eating carbs, but should reflect on their intake and adjust such that they're not…

I find the problem is more that processed foods tend to be overloaded in carbs. Most flavored drinks have lots of carbs. BBQ sauce and ketchup is basically carbs and water. Low fat food replaces fat with carbs. Hot dogs and burgers replace meat with carbs. And then you eat a hot dog with the bread and feel like it's the bread that makes you feel bad, when it's really both of them together.

Post by roflyear » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 1:25 PM UTC

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Or just if you're not somewhat privileged

Sufficiently privileged to know about the importance of sleep?

Post by d9000 » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 4:32 PM UTC

happymellon wrote: post #29

orange_fritter wrote: post #11

Hilariously my comment sounds like Radiohead's FITTER HAPPIER MORE PRODUCTIVE song but I swear I shot up 10 IQ points and work reputation by: Stop drinking alcohol, as said elsewhere. It takes about 2-3 weeks of sobriety to regain 80% of the capacity you lost. It's also extremely hard on your emotional regulation, work motivation, patience, and ability to concentrate long after you think you can't feel the effects. S…

> Perfect your sleep schedule. I used 10mg EXTENDED RELEASE melatonin about 1 hour before bedtime. Why are so many Americans reliant on melatonin? I don't know anyone who has significant sleeping issues, and no one who takes melatonin. However it comes up quite often in conversations with folks from the US. Are people there more likely to be stressed because work doesn't let them switch off?

Post by orange_fritter » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 7:54 PM UTC

NoPicklez wrote: post #26

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> Many many vegetables contain carbs. Nobody is saying to stop eating the dietary fiber subset of carbs.

They said "stop eating carbs", there's no distinction being made, which is the point I'm calling out. My frustration is with people and instagrammers who sprout "I quit sugar", "I quit carbs", when they haven't. They've just cut eating too much simple or processed sugars/carbs. It sends the wrong message.

Post by orange_fritter » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 8:07 PM UTC

yura wrote: post #12

orange_fritter wrote: post #11

Hilariously my comment sounds like Radiohead's FITTER HAPPIER MORE PRODUCTIVE song but I swear I shot up 10 IQ points and work reputation by: Stop drinking alcohol, as said elsewhere. It takes about 2-3 weeks of sobriety to regain 80% of the capacity you lost. It's also extremely hard on your emotional regulation, work motivation, patience, and ability to concentrate long after you think you can't feel the effects. S…

> Stop drinking alcohol, as said elsewhere. It takes about 2-3 weeks of sobriety to regain 80% of the capacity you lost. Capacity of what? And have you got any source on that?