When you are fasting for cognitive enhancement do you need nootropics or smart drugs?
The way I understand it fasting is the ultimate cognitive enhancer.
I have never experienced the mental clarity people describe. I’m usually tired and my thinking isn’t as clear. It’s not terrible but I can tell I’m not performing at my best. My job involves a lot of complex problem solving. When I’m fasting I “save up” less intense tasks to do during my fast. My longest fasts are 5 days.
In my view most people have a ton of things they should do before supplementing, like cutting out alcohol, tightening up their nutrition, getting proper sleep etc. If you aren’t doing these things no supplement is going to help, regardless of what the paid podcasters tell you.