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Skin Nutrition Botanicals Tea Tree Power + Caffeine + B5 Revive Serum Mask You can obviously see I have another bottle 😂 I use this during the day, once in the AM right after my toner (for this go around). I feel like it does a bit since it perks my face up, if that makes sense. No scent, regular serum like texture. It does have castor oil and niamiacide which I know some folks are sensitive too. I have used half a dozen bottles of these and they were in the original batch routine when my skin was at its best! A bottle lasts me between 4-6 weeks depending if I use it twice a day or once a day! I'll continue grabbing these. Other than that, feel free to post your thoughts! submitted by /u/Coconut-Giraffe to r/dollartreebeauty [link] [comments]

Dermasil Multi-Vitamin Eye Serum (Vitamin C, Caffeine, Matrixyl 3000) If anyone has photos of the box and ingredients, that'd be great if you could post! I know they have a new and improved version! This is the older version with the crappy roller ball. This will last you literally a year. I only got to use it for about a quarter of the year before I made the mistake of popping out the roller, forgetting about it and spilling the rest of it. I think 3-4 months of use means I know how it works and it was great once I realized it did something. The ball sucks and I had to play around with it until giving up. I wish I had decanted it. Nonetheless, I think this is a good buy. After losing it to a huge spill, I noticed my eyes are a lot more puffy in the mornings now that I'm out. I applied it once a day in the AM for months. Oddly enough, I don't remember it stinging my eyes when I got some in it, so that's nice. No scent. Serum like texture. Other than that, I really like this! I'd repurchase if I ever see it again (which I haven't). Feel free to post your thoughts! submitted by /u/Coconut-Giraffe to r/dollartreebeauty [link] [comments]

Has anyone found a replacement for the YTTP Vit C and Caffeine face serum? My skin LOVED it, but they reformulated it. I tried their new bright cell and it makes my skin unhappy. (Red faced for hours and just doesn't feel nice). In addition I don't have like how it feels on my face nor do I like the new scent (litsea cubeba). I am really hoping that someone else loved it as much as I did and has found something else that their skin loves. submitted by /u/Emalia_17 to r/SkincareAddiction [link] [comments]

Is there any benefit to using caffeine serum under my eyes at night before bed? Or is its effect temporary and therefore only adding value in the morning? I'm using The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG Eye Serum. Afterwards, I put on StriVectin Anti-Wrinkle Intensive Eye Cream Concentrate for Wrinkles PLUS. submitted by /u/WVT920017 to r/30PlusSkinCare [link] [comments]

Not theory. Not 10 tips for mental clarity. Previous post was removed but I made some edits to ensure it doesn't break any rules. These are the interventions that produced measurable changes in my cognition when I tested them one at a time with a 2 week baseline between each. I used Cambridge Brain Sciences daily at 7am to track working memory, reasoning, and verbal ability. Same time, same conditions, fasted. Here is what actually did something. Tier 1: The stuff that worked immediately and obviously CO2 management. Bought a $40 CO2 monitor. My bedroom was hitting 1,800ppm by 5am with the door closed. A Harvard study showed cognitive scores drop roughly 50% at 1,400ppm compared to 550ppm baseline. I cracked the window 2 inches. Never exceeded 700ppm again. Morning grogginess I had blamed on sleep quality for years was largely gone within 3 days. Cost: $40 once. Morning electrolytes before caffeine. 500ml water with 1/4 tsp salt and a squeeze of lemon within 20 minutes of waking. Before coffee. Before anything. Research shows 1 to 2% dehydration impairs working memory and you will not feel thirsty at that level. After 8 hours of sleeping you are dehydrated. Most people's first move is coffee which is a mild diuretic. You are draining an already dry system. This took 3 days to notice. Working memory scores up about 15% on testing mornings where I did this versus did not. Phone in another room during deep work. Ward et al. 2017 in JACR showed the mere presence of a smartphone on your desk reduces available cognitive capacity even face down and on silent. I tested this for 2 weeks phone on desk versus 2 weeks phone in kitchen. The difference in sustained focus was not subtle. Verbal fluency scores were consistently higher on phone-away days. Tier 2: The stuff that took 2 to 4 weeks but the effect was real Ferritin optimization. Mine was 22. Doctor said normal. It is not normal for brain function. Soppi 2018 showed cognitive symptoms at ferritin 15 to 30 that resolved above 50. I took iron bisglycinate 25mg every other day. Not daily. Research shows alternate day dosing has better fractional absorption because hepcidin peaks 24 hours after a dose and blocks absorption of the next one. At week 6 my ferritin was 58. Processing speed on cognitive testing improved noticeably around week 4. Vitamin D loading. Mine was 19 ng/mL in February. Supplemented 5,000 IU daily for 8 weeks then dropped to 3,000 IU maintenance. Retested at 52 ng/mL. The fog improvement was gradual. Not a single moment where it kicked in. More like I looked back at my scores after 6 weeks and realized the bad days had stopped. If you live above 35° latitude and have not tested your D levels you are probably deficient October through March. Magnesium glycinate 400mg before bed. Slutsky et al. published in Neuron 2010 showing magnesium enhances learning and memory. Serum magnesium is a garbage test because it only drops when you are severely depleted. Most people in western countries are sub clinically deficient. The sleep improvement was the first thing I noticed. Deeper sleep within 3 nights. The cognitive effect followed the better sleep by about a week. Do not use magnesium oxide. Bioavailability is terrible. Glycinate or threonate. Tier 3: The stuff people do not want to hear Caffeine elimination. I tapered from 400mg per day to zero over 8 weeks. Days 1 through 3 at each step down were rough. By week 10 at zero caffeine my baseline cognitive scores were higher than my best caffeinated scores. Caffeine does not add energy. It blocks adenosine receptors. Your brain compensates by building more receptors. Now you need caffeine to reach the baseline you would have had without it. I was borrowing from tomorrow every single day for 12 years. 30 minutes of cardio. Not negotiable. Not replaceable with supplements. A single session increases BDNF by 200 to 300%. One session. BDNF is the protein that drives neuroplasticity and repair. A year of regular walking increased hippocampal volume by 2% in clinical trials. That is 1 to 2 years of age related brain shrinkage reversed. Nothing in a capsule does this. Nothing. Cutting alcohol entirely. Not reducing. Cutting. A 2017 BMJ longitudinal study followed 550 people for 30 years. Even "moderate" drinkers at 14 to 21 units per week had significantly increased hippocampal atrophy. Ebrahim et al. showed alcohol destroys deep sleep architecture at any dose. I wore a sleep tracker. Zero deep sleep on drinking nights versus 80 to 90 minutes without. That was enough data. I stopped. Tier 4: The testing that found the actual root cause Full panel bloodwork. Not a CBC. Not a basic metabolic. This is what I asked for specifically: ferritin (not just hemoglobin), B12, folate, 25-OH vitamin D, RBC magnesium, TSH plus free T4 plus TPO antibodies, fasting insulin, HbA1c, CRP. Two things came back off that my DR never would have caught. The ferritin at 22 and the vitamin D at 19. Both technically in range. Both functionally impairing my brain. What did not work: Lion's mane. Took it for 8 weeks. No measurable change on cognitive testing. Maybe it works for some people. Did nothing for me. Alpha GPC. Same. 8 weeks. Nothing on testing. Noopept. Slight subjective feeling of clarity. Nothing on objective testing. Stopped. Modafinil. Worked acutely. Tolerance built within 2 weeks. Sleep quality tanked. Net negative after a month. What people do not want to accept: The boring stuff works. The exciting stuff mostly does not. Fixing your air, water, iron, vitamin D, magnesium, sleep, movement, and removing alcohol and excess caffeine will do more for your cognition than every nootropic stack on this sub combined. I know because I tested both. One at a time. With a cognitive testing baseline. The supplements are a rounding error on top of the fundamentals. Fix the fundamentals first or you are optimizing a system that is broken at the foundation. Studies referenced: Allen JG et al. CO2 and cognitive function scores. Environ Health Perspect. 2016. DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1510037 Armstrong LE et al. Mild dehydration affects mood in healthy young women. J Nutr. 2012. DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.142000 Ward AF et al. Brain Drain: smartphone presence reduces cognitive capacity. JACR. 2017. DOI: 10.1086/691462 - Soppi ET. Iron deficiency without anemia — a clinical challenge. Clin Case Rep. 2018;6(6):1082-1086. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1529 Slutsky I et al. Enhancement of learning and memory by elevating brain magnesium. Neuron. 2010. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.12.026 Topiwala A et al. Moderate alcohol consumption as risk factor for adverse brain outcomes. BMJ. 2017. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j2353 Ebrahim IO et al. Alcohol and sleep. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013. DOI: 10.1111/acer.12006 submitted by /u/Sureokgo to r/getdisciplined [link] [comments]

Not theory. Not 10 tips for mental clarity. Previous post was removed but I made some edits to ensure it doesn't break any rules. These are the interventions that produced measurable changes in my cognition when I tested them one at a time with a 2 week baseline between each. I used Cambridge Brain Sciences daily at 7am to track working memory, reasoning, and verbal ability. Same time, same conditions, fasted. Here is what actually did something. Tier 1: The stuff that worked immediately and obviously CO2 management. Bought a $40 CO2 monitor. My bedroom was hitting 1,800ppm by 5am with the door closed. A Harvard study showed cognitive scores drop roughly 50% at 1,400ppm compared to 550ppm baseline. I cracked the window 2 inches. Never exceeded 700ppm again. Morning grogginess I had blamed on sleep quality for years was largely gone within 3 days. Cost: $40 once. Morning electrolytes before caffeine. 500ml water with 1/4 tsp salt and a squeeze of lemon within 20 minutes of waking. Before coffee. Before anything. Research shows 1 to 2% dehydration impairs working memory and you will not feel thirsty at that level. After 8 hours of sleeping you are dehydrated. Most people's first move is coffee which is a mild diuretic. You are draining an already dry system. This took 3 days to notice. Working memory scores up about 15% on testing mornings where I did this versus did not. Phone in another room during deep work. Ward et al. 2017 in JACR showed the mere presence of a smartphone on your desk reduces available cognitive capacity even face down and on silent. I tested this for 2 weeks phone on desk versus 2 weeks phone in kitchen. The difference in sustained focus was not subtle. Verbal fluency scores were consistently higher on phone-away days. Tier 2: The stuff that took 2 to 4 weeks but the effect was real Ferritin optimization. Mine was 22. Doctor said normal. It is not normal for brain function. Soppi 2018 showed cognitive symptoms at ferritin 15 to 30 that resolved above 50. I took iron bisglycinate 25mg every other day. Not daily. Research shows alternate day dosing has better fractional absorption because hepcidin peaks 24 hours after a dose and blocks absorption of the next one. At week 6 my ferritin was 58. Processing speed on cognitive testing improved noticeably around week 4. Vitamin D loading. Mine was 19 ng/mL in February. Supplemented 5,000 IU daily for 8 weeks then dropped to 3,000 IU maintenance. Retested at 52 ng/mL. The fog improvement was gradual. Not a single moment where it kicked in. More like I looked back at my scores after 6 weeks and realized the bad days had stopped. If you live above 35° latitude and have not tested your D levels you are probably deficient October through March. Magnesium glycinate 400mg before bed. Slutsky et al. published in Neuron 2010 showing magnesium enhances learning and memory. Serum magnesium is a garbage test because it only drops when you are severely depleted. Most people in western countries are sub clinically deficient. The sleep improvement was the first thing I noticed. Deeper sleep within 3 nights. The cognitive effect followed the better sleep by about a week. Do not use magnesium oxide. Bioavailability is terrible. Glycinate or threonate. Tier 3: The stuff people do not want to hear Caffeine elimination. I tapered from 400mg per day to zero over 8 weeks. Days 1 through 3 at each step down were rough. By week 10 at zero caffeine my baseline cognitive scores were higher than my best caffeinated scores. Caffeine does not add energy. It blocks adenosine receptors. Your brain compensates by building more receptors. Now you need caffeine to reach the baseline you would have had without it. I was borrowing from tomorrow every single day for 12 years. 30 minutes of cardio. Not negotiable. Not replaceable with supplements. A single session increases BDNF by 200 to 300%. One session. BDNF is the protein that drives neuroplasticity and repair. A year of regular walking increased hippocampal volume by 2% in clinical trials. That is 1 to 2 years of age related brain shrinkage reversed. Nothing in a capsule does this. Nothing. Cutting alcohol entirely. Not reducing. Cutting. A 2017 BMJ longitudinal study followed 550 people for 30 years. Even "moderate" drinkers at 14 to 21 units per week had significantly increased hippocampal atrophy. Ebrahim et al. showed alcohol destroys deep sleep architecture at any dose. I wore a sleep tracker. Zero deep sleep on drinking nights versus 80 to 90 minutes without. That was enough data. I stopped. Tier 4: The testing that found the actual root cause Full panel bloodwork. Not a CBC. Not a basic metabolic. This is what I asked for specifically: ferritin (not just hemoglobin), B12, folate, 25-OH vitamin D, RBC magnesium, TSH plus free T4 plus TPO antibodies, fasting insulin, HbA1c, CRP. Two things came back off that my DR never would have caught. The ferritin at 22 and the vitamin D at 19. Both technically in range. Both functionally impairing my brain. What did not work: Lion's mane. Took it for 8 weeks. No measurable change on cognitive testing. Maybe it works for some people. Did nothing for me. Alpha GPC. Same. 8 weeks. Nothing on testing. Noopept. Slight subjective feeling of clarity. Nothing on objective testing. Stopped. Modafinil. Worked acutely. Tolerance built within 2 weeks. Sleep quality tanked. Net negative after a month. What people do not want to accept: The boring stuff works. The exciting stuff mostly does not. Fixing your air, water, iron, vitamin D, magnesium, sleep, movement, and removing alcohol and excess caffeine will do more for your cognition than every nootropic stack on this sub combined. I know because I tested both. One at a time. With a cognitive testing baseline. The supplements are a rounding error on top of the fundamentals. Fix the fundamentals first or you are optimizing a system that is broken at the foundation. Studies referenced: Allen JG et al. CO2 and cognitive function scores. Environ Health Perspect. 2016. DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1510037 Armstrong LE et al. Mild dehydration affects mood in healthy young women. J Nutr. 2012. DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.142000 Ward AF et al. Brain Drain: smartphone presence reduces cognitive capacity. JACR. 2017. DOI: 10.1086/691462 - Soppi ET. Iron deficiency without anemia — a clinical challenge. Clin Case Rep. 2018;6(6):1082-1086. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1529 Slutsky I et al. Enhancement of learning and memory by elevating brain magnesium. Neuron. 2010. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.12.026 Topiwala A et al. Moderate alcohol consumption as risk factor for adverse brain outcomes. BMJ. 2017. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j2353 Ebrahim IO et al. Alcohol and sleep. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013. DOI: 10.1111/acer.12006 submitted by /u/Sureokgo to r/selfimprovement [link] [comments]

Not theory. Not 10 tips for mental clarity. These are the interventions that produced measurable changes in my cognition when I tested them one at a time with a 2 week baseline between each. I used Cambridge Brain Sciences daily at 7am to track working memory, reasoning, and verbal ability. Same time, same conditions, fasted. Here is what actually did something. Tier 1: The stuff that worked immediately and obviously CO2 management. Bought a $40 CO2 monitor. My bedroom was hitting 1,800ppm by 5am with the door closed. A Harvard study showed cognitive scores drop roughly 50% at 1,400ppm compared to 550ppm baseline. I cracked the window 2 inches. Never exceeded 700ppm again. Morning grogginess I had blamed on sleep quality for years was largely gone within 3 days. Cost: $40 once. Morning electrolytes before caffeine. 500ml water with 1/4 tsp salt and a squeeze of lemon within 20 minutes of waking. Before coffee. Before anything. Research shows 1 to 2% dehydration impairs working memory and you will not feel thirsty at that level. After 8 hours of sleeping you are dehydrated. Most people's first move is coffee which is a mild diuretic. You are draining an already dry system. This took 3 days to notice. Working memory scores up about 15% on testing mornings where I did this versus did not. Phone in another room during deep work. Ward et al. 2017 in JACR showed the mere presence of a smartphone on your desk reduces available cognitive capacity even face down and on silent. I tested this for 2 weeks phone on desk versus 2 weeks phone in kitchen. The difference in sustained focus was not subtle. Verbal fluency scores were consistently higher on phone-away days. Tier 2: The stuff that took 2 to 4 weeks but the effect was real Ferritin optimization. Mine was 22. Doctor said normal. It is not normal for brain function. Soppi 2018 showed cognitive symptoms at ferritin 15 to 30 that resolved above 50. I took iron bisglycinate 25mg every other day. Not daily. Research shows alternate day dosing has better fractional absorption because hepcidin peaks 24 hours after a dose and blocks absorption of the next one. At week 6 my ferritin was 58. Processing speed on cognitive testing improved noticeably around week 4. Vitamin D loading. Mine was 19 ng/mL in February. Supplemented 5,000 IU daily for 8 weeks then dropped to 3,000 IU maintenance. Retested at 52 ng/mL. The fog improvement was gradual. Not a single moment where it kicked in. More like I looked back at my scores after 6 weeks and realized the bad days had stopped. If you live above 35° latitude and have not tested your D levels you are probably deficient October through March. Magnesium glycinate 400mg before bed. Slutsky et al. published in Neuron 2010 showing magnesium enhances learning and memory. Serum magnesium is a garbage test because it only drops when you are severely depleted. Most people in western countries are sub clinically deficient. The sleep improvement was the first thing I noticed. Deeper sleep within 3 nights. The cognitive effect followed the better sleep by about a week. Do not use magnesium oxide. Bioavailability is terrible. Glycinate or threonate. Tier 3: The stuff people do not want to hear Caffeine elimination. I tapered from 400mg per day to zero over 8 weeks. Days 1 through 3 at each step down were rough. By week 10 at zero caffeine my baseline cognitive scores were higher than my best caffeinated scores. Caffeine does not add energy. It blocks adenosine receptors. Your brain compensates by building more receptors. Now you need caffeine to reach the baseline you would have had without it. I was borrowing from tomorrow every single day for 12 years. 30 minutes of cardio. Not negotiable. Not replaceable with supplements. A single session increases BDNF by 200 to 300%. One session. BDNF is the protein that drives neuroplasticity and repair. A year of regular walking increased hippocampal volume by 2% in clinical trials. That is 1 to 2 years of age related brain shrinkage reversed. Nothing in a capsule does this. Nothing. Cutting alcohol entirely. Not reducing. Cutting. A 2017 BMJ longitudinal study followed 550 people for 30 years. Even "moderate" drinkers at 14 to 21 units per week had significantly increased hippocampal atrophy. Ebrahim et al. showed alcohol destroys deep sleep architecture at any dose. I wore a sleep tracker. Zero deep sleep on drinking nights versus 80 to 90 minutes without. That was enough data. I stopped. Tier 4: The testing that found the actual root cause Full panel bloodwork. Not a CBC. Not a basic metabolic. This is what I asked for specifically: ferritin (not just hemoglobin), B12, folate, 25-OH vitamin D, RBC magnesium, TSH plus free T4 plus TPO antibodies, fasting insulin, HbA1c, CRP. Two things came back off that my DR never would have caught. The ferritin at 22 and the vitamin D at 19. Both technically in range. Both functionally impairing my brain. What did not work: Lion's mane. Took it for 8 weeks. No measurable change on cognitive testing. Maybe it works for some people. Did nothing for me. Alpha GPC. Same. 8 weeks. Nothing on testing. Noopept. Slight subjective feeling of clarity. Nothing on objective testing. Stopped. Modafinil. Worked acutely. Tolerance built within 2 weeks. Sleep quality tanked. Net negative after a month. The takeaway nobody wants to accept: The boring stuff works. The exciting stuff mostly does not. Fixing your air, water, iron, vitamin D, magnesium, sleep, movement, and removing alcohol and excess caffeine will do more for your cognition than every nootropic stack on this sub combined. I know because I tested both. One at a time. With a cognitive testing baseline. The supplements are a rounding error on top of the fundamentals. Fix the fundamentals first or you are optimizing a system that is broken at the foundation. Studies referenced: Allen JG et al. CO2 and cognitive function scores. Environ Health Perspect. 2016. DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1510037 Armstrong LE et al. Mild dehydration affects mood in healthy young women. J Nutr. 2012. DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.142000 Ward AF et al. Brain Drain: smartphone presence reduces cognitive capacity. JACR. 2017. DOI: 10.1086/691462 - Soppi ET. Iron deficiency without anemia — a clinical challenge. Clin Case Rep. 2018;6(6):1082-1086. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1529 Slutsky I et al. Enhancement of learning and memory by elevating brain magnesium. Neuron. 2010. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.12.026 Topiwala A et al. Moderate alcohol consumption as risk factor for adverse brain outcomes. BMJ. 2017. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j2353 Ebrahim IO et al. Alcohol and sleep. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013. DOI: 10.1111/acer.12006 Brain fog is kinda my thing so if you want to know more feel free to follow my profile and my r/whatisbrainfog subreddit where I will be releasing a site dedicated to it. submitted by /u/Sureokgo to r/HubermanLab [link] [comments]

Not theory. Not 10 tips for mental clarity. These are the interventions that produced measurable changes in my cognition when I tested them one at a time with a 2 week baseline between each. I used Cambridge Brain Sciences daily at 7am to track working memory, reasoning, and verbal ability. Same time, same conditions, fasted. Here is what actually did something. Tier 1: The stuff that worked immediately and obviously CO2 management. Bought a $40 CO2 monitor. My bedroom was hitting 1,800ppm by 5am with the door closed. A Harvard study showed cognitive scores drop roughly 50% at 1,400ppm compared to 550ppm baseline. I cracked the window 2 inches. Never exceeded 700ppm again. Morning grogginess I had blamed on sleep quality for years was largely gone within 3 days. Cost: $40 once. Morning electrolytes before caffeine. 500ml water with 1/4 tsp salt and a squeeze of lemon within 20 minutes of waking. Before coffee. Before anything. Research shows 1 to 2% dehydration impairs working memory and you will not feel thirsty at that level. After 8 hours of sleeping you are dehydrated. Most people's first move is coffee which is a mild diuretic. You are draining an already dry system. This took 3 days to notice. Working memory scores up about 15% on testing mornings where I did this versus did not. Phone in another room during deep work. Ward et al. 2017 in JACR showed the mere presence of a smartphone on your desk reduces available cognitive capacity even face down and on silent. I tested this for 2 weeks phone on desk versus 2 weeks phone in kitchen. The difference in sustained focus was not subtle. Verbal fluency scores were consistently higher on phone-away days. Tier 2: The stuff that took 2 to 4 weeks but the effect was real Ferritin optimization. Mine was 22. Doctor said normal. It is not normal for brain function. Soppi 2018 showed cognitive symptoms at ferritin 15 to 30 that resolved above 50. I took iron bisglycinate 25mg every other day. Not daily. Research shows alternate day dosing has better fractional absorption because hepcidin peaks 24 hours after a dose and blocks absorption of the next one. At week 6 my ferritin was 58. Processing speed on cognitive testing improved noticeably around week 4. Vitamin D loading. Mine was 19 ng/mL in February. Supplemented 5,000 IU daily for 8 weeks then dropped to 3,000 IU maintenance. Retested at 52 ng/mL. The fog improvement was gradual. Not a single moment where it kicked in. More like I looked back at my scores after 6 weeks and realized the bad days had stopped. If you live above 35° latitude and have not tested your D levels you are probably deficient October through March. Magnesium glycinate 400mg before bed. Slutsky et al. published in Neuron 2010 showing magnesium enhances learning and memory. Serum magnesium is a garbage test because it only drops when you are severely depleted. Most people in western countries are sub clinically deficient. The sleep improvement was the first thing I noticed. Deeper sleep within 3 nights. The cognitive effect followed the better sleep by about a week. Do not use magnesium oxide. Bioavailability is terrible. Glycinate or threonate. Tier 3: The stuff people do not want to hear Caffeine elimination. I tapered from 400mg per day to zero over 8 weeks. Days 1 through 3 at each step down were rough. By week 10 at zero caffeine my baseline cognitive scores were higher than my best caffeinated scores. Caffeine does not add energy. It blocks adenosine receptors. Your brain compensates by building more receptors. Now you need caffeine to reach the baseline you would have had without it. I was borrowing from tomorrow every single day for 12 years. 30 minutes of cardio. Not negotiable. Not replaceable with supplements. A single session increases BDNF by 200 to 300%. One session. BDNF is the protein that drives neuroplasticity and repair. A year of regular walking increased hippocampal volume by 2% in clinical trials. That is 1 to 2 years of age related brain shrinkage reversed. Nothing in a capsule does this. Nothing. Cutting alcohol entirely. Not reducing. Cutting. A 2017 BMJ longitudinal study followed 550 people for 30 years. Even "moderate" drinkers at 14 to 21 units per week had significantly increased hippocampal atrophy. Ebrahim et al. showed alcohol destroys deep sleep architecture at any dose. I wore a sleep tracker. Zero deep sleep on drinking nights versus 80 to 90 minutes without. That was enough data. I stopped. Tier 4: The testing that found the actual root cause Full panel bloodwork. Not a CBC. Not a basic metabolic. This is what I asked for specifically: ferritin (not just hemoglobin), B12, folate, 25-OH vitamin D, RBC magnesium, TSH plus free T4 plus TPO antibodies, fasting insulin, HbA1c, CRP. Two things came back off that my DR never would have caught. The ferritin at 22 and the vitamin D at 19. Both technically in range. Both functionally impairing my brain. What did not work: Lion's mane. Took it for 8 weeks. No measurable change on cognitive testing. Maybe it works for some people. Did nothing for me. Alpha GPC. Same. 8 weeks. Nothing on testing. Noopept. Slight subjective feeling of clarity. Nothing on objective testing. Stopped. Modafinil. Worked acutely. Tolerance built within 2 weeks. Sleep quality tanked. Net negative after a month. The takeaway nobody wants to accept: The boring stuff works. The exciting stuff mostly does not. Fixing your air, water, iron, vitamin D, magnesium, sleep, movement, and removing alcohol and excess caffeine will do more for your cognition than every nootropic stack on this sub combined. I know because I tested both. One at a time. With a cognitive testing baseline. The supplements are a rounding error on top of the fundamentals. Fix the fundamentals first or you are optimizing a system that is broken at the foundation. Studies referenced: Allen JG et al. CO2 and cognitive function scores. Environ Health Perspect. 2016. DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1510037 Armstrong LE et al. Mild dehydration affects mood in healthy young women. J Nutr. 2012. DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.142000 Ward AF et al. Brain Drain: smartphone presence reduces cognitive capacity. JACR. 2017. DOI: 10.1086/691462 - Soppi ET. Iron deficiency without anemia — a clinical challenge. Clin Case Rep. 2018;6(6):1082-1086. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1529 Slutsky I et al. Enhancement of learning and memory by elevating brain magnesium. Neuron. 2010. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.12.026 Topiwala A et al. Moderate alcohol consumption as risk factor for adverse brain outcomes. BMJ. 2017. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j2353 Ebrahim IO et al. Alcohol and sleep. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013. DOI: 10.1111/acer.12006 Feel free to follow on r/whatisbrainfog where I will be releasing a free website dedicated to my findings over the last 10 years. submitted by /u/Sureokgo to r/Biohackers [link] [comments]

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So I’ve always disliked the texture of foundation and the look of it sitting on your skin. Even with high end foundations like NARS or Armani it still bothered me and that’s when I found out about skin tints. I saw the Maybelline Super Stay 24H skin tint trending and decided to buy it from my local clicks and also picked up the L’OREAL Accord Parfait serum concealer because I wanted something hydrating. I am so thrilled at the quality of these products. The skin tint sits beautifully on the skin and honestly just makes it look like you have really good skin instead of makeup. The serum concealer blends beautifully and adds a brightness to my under eyes. I have fair neutral skin so the tint shade is in 02 and the concealer shade is 0.5D light. submitted by /u/SeraphineValexx to r/drugstoreMUA [link] [comments]

I have a caffeine eye serum (The Ordinary), and I know it's good for slightly tightening the skin, reducing puffiness and such, but if used everyday for years, will the skin under the eyes eventually become dry or compromised in other ways due to restricting water, blood vessels, etc? I only use the serum a few times a week in the day to look a bit more refreshed, but to me, it seems more like a spot treatment / temporary cosmetic fix rather than something to incorporate into a daily long term skin routine. I don't know if I'm completely wrong though! submitted by /u/Footsie_Galore to r/45PlusSkincare [link] [comments]

Has anyone else experienced skin irritation that looks like red bumps in a line on the under eye area when using the caffeine solution? or is this just me? Should I discontinue use? submitted by /u/PinkFox13 to r/TheOrdinarySkincare [link] [comments]

Hi all, I have been using this serum on my scalp and just wanted to share! I’ve done it twice now and I feel like my hair is stretching longer between washes with it! I just started but will keep you all updated in any observations submitted by /u/nuclearoyster to r/dollartreebeauty [link] [comments]

Over the last 20 years, I’ve been traveling back and forth the Philippines from Australia. Usually my travels involve meeting up with relatives and friends from grade school. This time however, I focused on a trip that is more from a tourist’s lens as it was my husband’s first time visiting. Honestly, I can understand why other tourists would prefer traveling in other SEAsian countries if you think ROI/financial, which is disappointing since there’s also so much beauty in the country. The Good Flights Qantas currently has affordable flights to Manila from the main cities. If you want to experience Business Class flights for a fraction of the price, I suggest flying either QF 97, QF 98 or QF 19, QF 20 flights Accommodation In Manila, the accommodation is quite affordable. Stayed mainly in Ortigas/Pasig area, and found lots of Airbnb listings. We found absolute gems, but all in all, very comfortable. Airbnb is also very accessible everywhere. I got a massive Airbnb in Pampanga to accommodate for relatives for a weekend getaway Local Sights Holy crap. There are so many beautiful sights in the Philippines. Even near/in Manila, there’s so many things to see. Highlights: Mt Pinatubo hike, local beaches north of the country (e.g. Claveria and Sta Ana), views of Taal Volcano from Tagaytay, and seeing the views of Manila from Antipolo were the highlights. For a more city-esque tour, I’m a big fan of Intramuros, but from this last trip, I went to Rizal Park and the surrounding museums. OMG the green space is beautiful, and the museums are worth going to. I learned more about the history of my ancestors from those museums. It was so cool seeing Spoliarium in person too. I also went to Pinto Art Museum. My goodness, there is a really good art scene in the Philippines, and lots of well-maintained Hispanic-era/Colonial era houses and buildings. It was a feast for the eyes. If traveling during Christmas/New Years around Manila, please do it after New Years. Dedicate a couple of days before people start working again. Traffic was free-flowing and manageable! Weather Definitely the best season to go weather-wise is Christmas time. Yes it’s a bit of a rainy season, but I’m not sweating buckets all the time. Shopping (Retail Therapy) The mall culture in the urban areas are abundant. I stayed near Arcovia most times, and from there, there’s around 6 other shopping areas nearby within a 20-30 walking distance. Wet Markets (Palengkes) are fun. I suggest you go with a local to avoid paying the “tourist tax”. If not, enjoy haggling (I know that’s my mum’s favourite hobby lol). Please buy fruits from the market. They are affordable and sweeter than the ones in the groceries. Filipino Hospitality 100% the best thing about the people. It’s a different hospitality to Japan. It’s like, everyone you meet in the Philippines is a friend you haven’t spoken to in a while, and it’s always a delight talking to them. The banter is GOLD. The Not-so-Good (or could be improved on) Transportation There is really no proper public transportation in the Philippines. In Manila alone, one can survive only using Grab as it costs the same as taking public transport in Sydney on a weekly basis. However, if I want to travel with a big group, and if there’s PWD, the only way is to rent a van with a driver. There are buses available. I paid 20 pesos (~$0.50 AUD) for a 7-8 km trip. But this won’t show up in Google Maps as a mode of transportation. 15 pesos for jeepney (cost dependent on route and distance). 70-100 pesos for tricycle (auto rickshaw) for around 2km distance. You will need to have a local show you the ropes first before you start taking it yourself, so you have a working baseline too and not pay too much of the “tourist tax”. Traffic is slow moving however, and all these modes of transportation do not really have a stop or a station. They will literally stop in the middle of the road to pick up/drop off passengers Infrastructure Talked about transport infrastructure above. Probably another thing to add here is - pedestrian connectivity by foot is non-existent. PWD facilities are suboptimal. Be ready to pay for restrooms/ CRs (20 pesos), and kindly please keep your rubbish with you until you find a rubbish bin in a mall. There are no water bubblers here so best for you to bring your own reusable bottle, and top up at home. Buy the 6L or 8L bottles from Lawson or 7-11 Flights Local flights are legitimately more expensive than flights to other countries such as Taiwan, Vietnam and Malaysia. It makes sense why locals travel overseas instead for a holiday. Seems like the choice is between Cebu Pac and PAL. Food and Coffee Ok so I love the food in the Philippines, but… if you’re only buying food from Jolibee or McDo, or street food, then you’ll be ok budget-wise. But eating good quality food here is comparable to Australian prices at times. I had good quality food in KL for a cheaper price. I asked my cousin about her experience in Vietnam recently, and she said good quality food there is cheaper than Philippines If you are PWD or Senior citizen, you may get a discount though. But not sure if it is applicable to tourists as well. For coffee - I thank Zus Coffee and Pickup Coffee for being available and abundant. Basically value for money if I want a caffeinated hit. The other coffee places are comparable, or even more expensive than Australian coffee - so I suggest either buying local beans and brewing “at home” yourself if you have the tools, or going to local coffee shops. I found a really nice cafe in Cagayan that’s a part of https://www.suyoilocossur.gov.ph/philippine-coffee-guild-pcg/ so this might be a good baseline to research good cafes locally. Please avoid Starbucks or other similar “foreign” brands. Not value for money. The Ugly The Tourist Themselves HOLY FRICK. How many entitled white men are in this country!!! PLEASE HUMBLE YOURSELF. I don’t know if it’s because the Filipino mindset towards foreigners is “Customer is God”, or whether these people think they’re better than Filipinos (they’re not, they’re just privileged). I hate seeing their entitlement. This is me mainly ranting, but this really grinds my gears Aggressive Sales Agents (for Condos?) Please stop approaching me. ALSO, stop being so pushy!!! The pushier you are, the less likely one wants to consider buying a property!!! Stop it. Why is everyone selling condos here anyways? So many… Divide Between Rich and Poor You will see this a lot, but mainly in the urban areas. In the provinces, this is not really a thing. It will break your heart. It is disappointing. If you decide to be generous, please be smart about it. It was interesting coming from India before the Philippines, as the caste system there is similar to whatever wealth system there is in the Philippines. Everything is Money This is reality. If you want to get away with things, or get someone to do something for you, it comes at a price. Of course, this is also very similar to countries like Indonesia and India. It’s just not something that’s normal to tourists. I do not support giving tips, but this is one of those countries where I don’t mind giving tips (within reason). The Random Tarpaulins Filipinos love their tarpaulin signs, to celebrate people passing their board exams, graduating, etc. Random af gift to get this done there. You should consider LOL Prescription Glasses My husband paid for Japanese-quality prescription glasses for 4000 pesos ($100 AUD), and this is mid range. You can buy one for $75 AUD and it’s high quality. We went shopping between Owndays and Jins. Really good for Skincare Korean or Japanese quality skincare is so affordable here. Even if you go to Watsons to stock up, it is so good. There’s a Muji face serum that’s really good as well, but is marked up $15 higher in Australia than the Philippines, so I bought heaps haha. Don’t forget to explore local make up brands too. They are of high quality. Sunnies Face is one I can think of the top of my head Local Coffee Beans and Chocolate for Drinking (Tablea) Buy it. Support local. Go to r/coffeeph for ideas Foods to Try Halo-Halo, Leche Flan, Bulalo, Vigan Longganisa, Kwek Kwek, Kare-Kare, Sinigang, Laing, Sisig, Adobo Kangkung, Chicken Tinola with Moringa Leaves, Taho, anything Calamansi - my husband enjoyed these dishes and desserts Some photos from my recent trip. Enjoy! submitted by /u/crumbmodifiedbinder to r/phtravel [link] [comments]

7 month update here. I started my full hair stack on June 1 2025 and I’ve stayed really consistent, so I wanted to show where things are at now. It’s been a rough year overall with the divorce and then a car accident where someone slammed into the side of my car, so I’ve just been trying to level up a bit and take care of myself, one thing at a time. For the photos, the top shot is before treatment in late May 2025, and the bottom shot is from the end of December 2025. Same spot and same lighting. The thin patch has shrunk a lot and the coverage looks way more natural now. If I only saw the after, I honestly wouldn’t think thinning right away. I have been able to stop using Hair Fibres which is a huge relief for me. My current stack is oral minoxidil 5 mg daily split AM and PM, oral dutasteride 0.5 mg daily, topical 5 percent minoxidil twice a day, microneedling with a 0.5 mm roller a couple times a week and a 1.5 mm stamp once a week, Nizoral 2 percent three to four times a week with Head and Shoulders on the off days, plus some support stuff like vitamins A B C D E, collagen, silica, MSM, iron, zinc, biotin, omega 3, saw palmetto, topical keratin and panthenol products, a weekly hair mask, and sometimes caffeine melatonin or peptide serums, and silk pillowcases. Results so far are pretty crazy to me. The crown looks way thicker, and overall my hair just looks healthier and darker. Side effects have been super mild, basically just a couple forehead pimples. Everything else is chill. I’m only about 7 months in and I’m pretty pumped about where it’s heading, especially the crown. When I line the pics up side by side it feels kinda dramatic. Plan is to just stay consistent and keep going. If anyone has questions I’m happy to help. Good luck to everyone fighting this battle, gents. 💪 submitted by /u/Dry-Adhesiveness4136 to r/tressless [link] [comments]

Has anyone tried the under eye caffeine serum on your scalp? I don’t really have dark/puffy under eyes so I’ve got a whole bottle just sitting there and I was just thinking maybe it could help since I see caffeine hair products. Any thoughts on trying it out? submitted by /u/TijayesPJs443 to r/TheOrdinarySkincare [link] [comments]

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Do you guys get good results from this serum? I have pretty severe dark circles and I've been looking for a product I can add to my every day and reduce them, and id rather not spend the money if its not worth it. Thank you! submitted by /u/keena_1437 to r/TheOrdinarySkincare [link] [comments]

SKINCARE ROUTINE 🧔🏻 AM - BYOMA Jelly Cleanser - PeachSlices Snail Mucin Toner - BYOMA Facial Spray - BYOMA clarifying serum - BUBBLE DayDream Serum - GoodMolecules Super Peptide Serum - NO B.S Caffeine Eye C ream OR The - Ordinary 5% Caffeine Eye Serum - PeachSlices Snail Mucin Moisturizer - LaRouche Posay SPF 50 Sunscreen PM BYOMA Jelly Cleanser PeachSlices Snail Mucin Toner BYOMA Facial Spray BYOMA Sensitive Retinol Serum OR Minimalist Glycolic acid GoodMolecules Super Peptide Serum OR NO B.S Vitamin C Serum KLIENS Avocado Eye Cream ERUCIN Skin Balance Night moisturizer submitted by /u/Pissing_Possum to r/Skincare_Addiction [link] [comments]

I’ve been using this for about 2 weeks however admittedly missed a couple mornings. I haven’t noticed any difference or results either it and I’m wondering if this is just a miss for me or is consistency super vital with skincare?? I imagine each product has a different timeline with results and maybe I’m just impatient? Thanks submitted by /u/New-Extension-3916 to r/30PlusSkinCare [link] [comments]

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