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Ask HN: What is one thing that has improved your energy the most?
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Re: Ask HN: What is one thing that has improved your energy the most?
#42Meth
can confirm jk
Re: Ask HN: What is one thing that has improved your energy the most?
#431. chewing gum (studies show alertness promoted, or use as placebo)
2. morning light on a timer (regulates circadian rhythm)
3. hydrate (water but also coffee and coffee-as-tea when brewed twice)
Re: Ask HN: What is one thing that has improved your energy the most?
#44Switching to vegetarian diet. This gave me a huge energy boost for about 3 months. I wish I could recreate this experience. Intermediate fasting 16/8. I skip breakfast mo to fr. This gives me lots of energy until late afternoon. Alpha GPC and L-TYROSIN supplements for focus and alertness. Since I take those I can really easy go into the zone
Just so you're aware, as I stopped taking Alpha GPC because of this, but Alpha GPC has been possibly implicated in adverse cardiovascular events. "Recently, concerns have been raised about the potential of alpha-GPC to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) because it serves as a substrate for the synthesis of trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) in the gut, and TMAO is associated with adverse cardiovascular outc…
I am aware of this. I am doing my blood test every 3 months where i check TMAO levels too.
I managed to get the levels back to my base line with garlic extract. I think Andrew Huberman mentioned it somewhere.
Also important, I don’t take Alpha GPC every day. Maybe 3 to 4 days a week
Re: Ask HN: What is one thing that has improved your energy the most?
#45Having something small to look forward to. Right now it is an Arnold Palmer (half ice-tea, half lemonade). I have one per day.
That's my favourite non alcoholic drink also - it's really worth waiting for.
Re: Ask HN: What is one thing that has improved your energy the most?
#46Carnivore diet, it has stabilized my energy trough out the day. It sucked at first, specially since I have a bad history with sugars and carbs (lost over 55kg a few years ago).
Also, try to find things you like to do, this is crucial.
Moderate amount of excercise every day, nothing crazy but 60min a day followed with stretching.
Re: Ask HN: What is one thing that has improved your energy the most?
#47Staying completely free of caffeine and other toxics like that whether natural or synthetic.
I would love to do this, my biggest fear is bowel movement,coffee is the trigger and I'm honestly afraid of leaving it because of this.
Re: Ask HN: What is one thing that has improved your energy the most?
#48No caffeine after 3 PM (5 hr half-life, 25% remain at 1 AM), no water/drinks after 8 PM, going to bed at a regular time, and of course a mix of cardio/resistance exercise (see CDC for guidance). Aside from that the only other thing I've found helpful is, counter-intuitively, skipping meals. First few days your body remembers that you're "meant" to eat then (i.e. hunger), but after that you get a strange energy boost…
Why no water after 8pm? That sounds so bizarre to me, especially, if I hit the bed at around 11pm.
Re: Ask HN: What is one thing that has improved your energy the most?
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
This isn't specifically commenting about your, but I love how wildly different these comments are. The one currently below you said they improved when they switched to a plant-based diet. Everyone is different, but I just thought it was funny to see how different everyone is.
Worth trying and testing. After 32 years of eating vegetarian, this radical change was worth every penny.
How would you compare plant-based diet to the meat-based diet? Like the side effects, how did you experience it?
Re: Ask HN: What is one thing that has improved your energy the most?
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Worth trying and testing. After 32 years of eating vegetarian, this radical change was worth every penny.
How would you compare plant-based diet to the meat-based diet? Like the side effects, how did you experience it?
I am eating lots of plants along with meat, but I would say my 75% calories now come from meat. I dont have stomach acidity (i used to have it since grade 4), frequent migraines, IBS. I have increased mental clarity, better focus, better sleep.
I would attribute most of these changes to grains/gluten reduction than meat adoption.