NEAL THAKKAR
ENTREPRENEUR | ATHLETE _
The Magic of NootropicsAs a personal trainer, competitive bodybuilder, fitness model, former collegiate athlete, pickup basketball super-star, and most prestigiously, gym badminton legend it is safe to say that I am heavily involved in the fitness industry and athletics in general. Furthermore, I have worked within the supplement industry for a few years, and when it comes to anabolic enhancement, the industry is getting progressively more saturated, the products are becoming progressively more pointless, and the marketing is become progressively more intricate and strategic. The priority is NOT serving a consumer with a better product. Money is not being spent on research and development although these massive supplement companies may try to fool you into thinking so. Instead, the consumer’s money is being taken and allocated towards flashy ads and shinier packaging. (Look up “Shredz” and you will know what I am talking about. Yes Arvin, shots fired.) Along with personal training and my own athletic endeavors, I have academic, financial, entrepreneurial, spiritual, and social goals as I am sure many of you do as well. It can certainly be overwhelming to live such a multi-faceted life with goals of all sorts. This goal-oriented nature has led me to have a fascination with safe, sustainable performance enhancement, particularly in the realm of cognitive enhancement simply because I am a firm believer that THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE IS DICTATED MOST HEAVILY BY THE HEALTH OF YOUR BRAIN. What I have found is a direct inverse correlation between efficacy and safety when it has come to anabolic performance enhancement. Additionally, and more significantly, I have found that all aspects of success including athletic success have more so to do with the optimal performance of the mind; positive and negative bodily responses are simply just manifestations of optimal or sub-prime cognitive performance. “Nootropic,” also called smart drugs or cognitive enhancers—are drugs, supplements, or other substances that improve cognitive function, particularly executive functions, memory, creativity, or motivation, in healthy individuals. In 2015, the nootropic industry grew to over $1 Billion. Yup, certainly worth paying attention to. Whether you know it or not, you most likely take a nootropic every single day of your life: Caffeine. Substances like caffeine are more well known, but there are thousands of compounds that you most likely have never heard of that some of the most successful people in the world are using that could help you with increasing your short term performance, and decreasing age-related cognitive decline. For the record, Obama takes a powerful nootropic every day (Provigil), Dave Asprey (Wharton Graduate and CEO), takes up to 15 supplements a day for a cognitive edge, Barry Bonds took nootropics, Timothy Ferris has admitted to using them, and allegedly according to some sources, Elon Musk uses nootropics regularly. Along with posts that have to do with health and wellness, I will slowly be putting out content related to different nootropics and nootropic stacks that could really change your life. Have a healthy and productive week to all of my future brain hackers! :)
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
"All men dream: but not equally..."Archives
February 2017
Categories |