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Unexpected ways to wake up your brain
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Re: Unexpected ways to wake up your brain
#42TL;DR
"Overall, regular caffeine consumers who'd been without caffeine overnight, were slower on the reaction time task, were sleepier and were less mentally alert than non-users,"
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#43TL;DR "Overall, regular caffeine consumers who'd been without caffeine overnight, were slower on the reaction time task, were sleepier and were less mentally alert than non-users,"
Apparently it was too long; you didn't read the most interesting bits: sage and electric shock have a measurable impact on improved brain functioning.
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#44Strange - doesn't mention Nicotine. I believe in patch or lozenge this has as much affect as caffeine [1]. Note that I'm not advocating smoking, just the nicotine itself. [1] http://discovermagazine.com/2014/march/13-nicotine-fix
Oh, just 250+ citations on nicotine here: http://examine.com/supplements/Nicotine/
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#45TL;DR "Overall, regular caffeine consumers who'd been without caffeine overnight, were slower on the reaction time task, were sleepier and were less mentally alert than non-users,"
"They did improve after they got a caffeine drink, but only up to the level the non-users had achieved without caffeine.
When the non-users were given caffeine to drink their reaction times increased but they also became more jittery and anxious."
Seems like an important part of the quote.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not the fit guy at all. I hardly ever exercise. But I sweat A LOT if I use the stairs to go to the floor below. So yeah, all bodies are different.
All bodies are different; I read the GP and thought, "yeah, no, I'm in fairly decent shape, and I have to work really hard for a good long while to break a sweat". I never have to use chalk while rock climbing, for instance. I think my body's adaptation at this point is that light physical exertion isn't even a warmup for me any more, and I've burned quite a bit of "insulation" off (biking in to work does make the fr…
WRT Chalk & climbing, propensity to sweaty hands differs from person to person, but for both myself and my climbing partner, need for chalk is almost all mental. When I've got a cool head and smooth moves, my hands are dry as a bone. When I'm freaking out on lead, my hands get progressively more slippery...
FWIW chalk improves the friction coefficient of your hands, and seems to reduce friction damage to the skin, so I try to use it anyway.
Re: Unexpected ways to wake up your brain
#47Where do you find 10 people who don't drink coffee?
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#48I've been off caffeine for 2+ years now, I always feel like I've been poisoned when I use it, jittery and completely unable to concentrate. Also interesting that they didn't mention any of the longer acting transporter blockers like methylphenidate or other "performance enhancing" drugs that have been widely reported to improve attention (the button pressing test is actually diagnostic for the action of these drugs).
Yes anyone else reading this who consumes any caffeine. Seriously ... give it up. Completely. It is a drug.
I did it and I now sleep better, need less sleep, feel more awake in the morning, and save money.
This is one of the best 'life hacks'
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#49My dad's trick for beating jet lag is going swimming at the hotel where he lands. I have a hunch there's something about being in standing height or deeper water that triggers your body to stay awake (since you would otherwise drown)
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#50There's one thing that fully wakes me up every morning better than a dozen cups of coffee ever would: biking to work.
One thing that wakes me up every morning is not drinking any caffein on regular basis. No coffee, energy drinks, tea, or soda.
So true.
That would be a combination of not being addicted to caffeine (so you are not in need of a fix) and the better REM sleep you had prior to waking up.
In my opinion!