Nootropics 101: How to Hack Memory, Creativity, and Motivation

June 17, 2016

In the past two weeks for the Keto Summit, I interviewed Dave Asprey, Mark Sisson and Professors Tim Noakes, Kieran Clarke and Tom Seyfried. These are just five of the 33 expert interview I have lined up. Each interview is around one hour or 10,000 words long. So much wisdom, sometimes decades in the making, is there anything I can do to help retain some of it in my long term memory? Quite possibly: nootropics are are drugs, supplements, or other substances that improve cognitive function, particularly executive functions, memory, creativity, or motivation, in healthy individuals. I’m completely new to the idea, and if you are too you’ll find this podcast both helpful and intriguing.

My expert guest is Ryan Munsey. Ryan is a former fitness model and gym owner turned writer, speaker, and biohacker. He's a mental and physical performance specialist with a degree in Food Science & Human Nutrition from Clemson University. An avid hunter, you'll often find him in the woods.

Here’s the outline of this interview with Ryan Munsey:

0:00:12    Optimal Performance Podcast.

0:01:12    Book: Primal Endurance: Escape chronic cardio and carbohydrate dependency and become a fat burning beast! By Mark Sisson and Brad Kearns.

0:01:17    Keto Summit.

0:05:50    House of Strength gym.

0:05:57    Ryan has written for EliteFts, T-Nation, Men's Fitness.

0:06:06    Natural Stacks.

0:06:07    Joe Rogan Podcast.

0:06:08    Dave Asprey of the Bulletproof Radio Podcast.

0:11:36    Mental and physical performance stacks.

0:12:25    CILTEP (use the discount code CILTEPNBT).

0:13:04    My transcriptions are done by the wonderful people at Cabbage Tree.

0:16:14    Eat to Perform podcast.

0:17:37    Modafinil.

0:18:20    Racetam family.

0:19:30    Smart caffeine.

0:19:46    Abelard Lindsay.

0:20:19    Phosphodiesterase type 4 (PDE4) inhibitor.

0:20:24    Khan Academy video: G Protein Coupled Receptors and cAMP.

0:21:44    Book: The Edge Effect: Achieve Total Health and Longevity with the Balanced Brain Advantage by Eric R. Braverman.

0:22:15    L-Alpha glycerylphosphorylcholine (alpha-GPC).

0:22:18    Choline.

0:22:22    ONNIT Alpha Brain.

0:22:28    Bulletproof Choline Force.

0:23:35    Dopamine Brain Food and Serotonin Brain Food.

0:26:19    CILTEP (use the discount code CILTEPNBT).

0:28:17    Grand master of memory Mattias Ribbing.

0:40:14    NAC podcast.