It's time! We're ready to start diving into my specialty: performance-enhancing nutraceuticals. And No, I'm not referring to steroids or Viagra. I'm talking about probably the most-overlooked and maybe the most secretive performance-enhancing nutraceuticals available: nootropics, aka cognitive enhancers!
Let me just briefly tell you the story about how I stumbled upon this class of nutraceuticals. While in college, I quickly developed a strong dislike for the classroom. Not only was it utterly inefficient, but it also was almost entirely ineffective for learning purposes. I could not comprehend why students got up every morning at 7 A.M., sat through over 6 hours of lecture, and then went home only to relearn what was lectured in class. Am
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Vinpocetine!
This nootropic is included in almost every cognitive-enhancing product available. It should be a staple in every nootropic regimen.
Background
Vinpocetine comes from the plant Vinca minor. It's been used as a pharmaceutical in Europe and Japan for over 20 years to treat cerebrovascular diseases under the trade names Cavinton and Intelectol. In the U.S., scientists have actually been researching its benefits in patients that have had strokes. Even though the verdict is still out, there have been some very positive studies that have been published supporting its use as adjunct treatment for strokes. How it worksScientists have found numerous different ways in which vinpocetine not only has neuroprotective effects, but also cognitive-enhancing effects. Some of them include:
Its ability to inhibit sodium channels within brain cells thereby protecting the cells from hypoxia (lack of oxygen)
Its ability to inhibit phosphodiestarase type 1 leading to an increase in the concentration of cyclic AMP which is thought to result in its vasodilator effects
Its ability to counteract the effects of free radicals
Its ability to protect the brain cells from the excitatory neurotransmitters glutamate and
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All of life, from parties to movie nights, there has been bad ones and there has been good ones. Of course, I am talking about pizza, what other food would be worth mentioning. Pizza has been universal to all types of people, from the die- hard meat lovers filled up savory sausage or to the vegan, with clusters of crunchy baked vegetables. Nevertheless, when people come in the room and see a tasty, mouthwatering pizza, everyone will be drooling buckets for a bite. Pizza has become my favorite food due to authentic feeling it gives, the endless combinations and the way it brings people together.
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Lupus is known as “the cruel mystery” in the world of disease/medicine. 1.5 million Americans are currently diagnosed with Lupus, with the number possibly being a lot higher since it is one of the most difficult diseases to diagnose in the WORLD (5 Million some form of Lupus)
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Increased levels of phosphocreatine and glutamate allow for increased production of ATP in the mitochondria of neurons. One of the functions of ATP is to fuel the sodium potassium pumps which work to stabilize membrane potential in neurons. By stabilizing this membrane potential, neurons can maintain ion level homeostasis for a longer period of time, thus enhancing the neurons resistance to metabolic stress.
Like those used to manage high blood pressure. An example is Metoprolol. It is a beta-1 selective drug that binds to the beta-1 adrenoceptors to block the adrenergic effect of adrenaline and noradrenaline, which is a G- protein signal transduction pathway (Pharmacotherapy, 2005). The cascade of events that happens leads to reduction in the heart rate and the strength of pumping this in turn reduces the cardiac output and thus the blood pressure. This effect is however, dose-dependent and an overdose could easily result in cardiac collapse.
Hello my name is Nick and I am giving my speech on Alzheimer’s Disease. I was thinking of what I could do for a speech. Then I thought I wanted to inform people on something that little know about. Then it hit me. Alzheimer’s Disease it has affected my life so much and I know so much about it. So I am going to tell you how it has affected my life in more ways than one. Before I start I want you to imagine something. Look around you know everyone right? All these faces you see practically see everyday take all that you know about them and forget it. Can you do it? I can’t. So try to imagine now that it could happen to you years down the road and the disease gets so bad you cant remember your kids, your mother, or even your family. You probably are thinking right now, it will not happen to me. Well that is what my grandfather said about 6 years ago and now he cant even remember my name.
Sodium is vital for biochemical processes in the body. One of its many functions is to maintain osmotic pressure of extracellular fluid to regulate water excretion and retention. It aids in the regulation and the transmission of nerve impulses in the nervous system by generating a voltage for action potentials which stimulate effector organs such as cardiac muscle, to contract. It also uses baroreceptors to sense changes in blood pressure and is a primary player in the Na+/K+ ATPase cellular
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It provides protection to the brain in extremely high temperature conditions allowing camels to survive in deserts.
I discovered my deep interest for nutrition when I took the Introduction to Nutrition course my first year of college. Filled with enthusiasm over what I learned in class, I was eager to share the information with others in hopes of helping them make changes for improving their overall health. Everything I learned about nutrition fascinated me, and the desire to dig deeper into the subject was instilled in me. My deep appreciation for the complexity of the human body combined with my desire to understand how food affects it moved me to study nutrition. During the first years of my undergraduate education I acquired an ...
We always hear the phrase "cigarette smoking kills", but do you ever wonder if vaping does too? First lets discuss the term "vaping". Vaping from the word vapor or vaporizing which means heating liquids to create vapor. So let me start off by clarifying the technology being used in these devices called vape. Vape is made up of various metals such as brass, nickel, zinc and alloy. These vapes also have different parts that function altogether to make it work, kind of like a human body. First we have the mod, the mod is the main body of the vape. It is where the atomizer and the battery are connected. Mods have different types such as pen, tube, and box. These mods vary in sizes and exerts current to the atomizer. They come with different wattage
To conclude shortly, I am definitely glad that I had this class and assignment, they both have made me look at my own diet from a new, enlightened perspective. What I gathered from the project itself is that I should always make sure I am on top of my bodies nutritional needs; it is extremely easy to miss out on vital nutrients when dining. It showed that I need to take care to eat enough vegetables, oils, nuts and seeds which my diet is often severely lacking in. I will continue to monitor my own diet as this program does; in order to achieve sustenance and health for a life-time.
Smoking - the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter. Nicotine - a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 1 0 H 1 4 N 2, found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide. Cigarette-a cylindrical roll of finely cut tobacco cured for smoking, considerably smaller than most cigars and usually wrapped in thin white paper.