Brainbuilding with Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Can you take nootropics for BDNF? It's a similar question to: can you grow your brain? -- a question which may cause reasonable skepticism. After all, aren't neurons finite? What you get is what you get, so you better not … [Read more...]

Adapt and Conquer Stress with Adaptogens Raise your hand if you've ever felt stressed before. Now, raise your hand if you didn't actually raise your hand, because it's actually pretty weird to raise your hand upon the request of an online article -- that, by the way, has no … [Read more...]

Restore and Recharge for Clearer Thinking Foggy hills and mountains are things of beauty. Yet, a fog-filled brain is absolutely not beautiful. (Although, to be fair, I've never actually seen a foggy brain; only felt it... and it sucks!) When brain fog strikes, thoughts go … [Read more...]

Today's Nerds Can Bench-Press, Too Only nerds take nootropics, I thought? And also: nerds don't workout, right?? This may seem true, if you've reduced your entire worldview to 1980's teen movies. For the most part, the whole nerd vs. jock dichotomy is fiction; or, at the … [Read more...]

This is a somewhat painful article to write, because it relies on a giant leap in logic. The best analogy I can give: Try to explain the dryness of water. Doesn't quite work, huh? Water is inherently wet. Nootropics are inherently side effect-free. At least true nootropics … [Read more...]