In this episode, I explain the biological roles of the four major neuromodulators—dopamine, epinephrine (aka adrenaline), serotonin, and acetylcholine—and describe how these neuromodulators impact a wide variety of mental states and behaviors, including focus, creativity, motivation, drive, learning, alertness, mood, relationships, and feelings of well-being. Then, with that foundational understanding in mind, I describe a potent toolkit of science-supported behavioral, nutrition, and supplementation tools that can be used to increase baseline levels of individual neuromodulators and that can be modified for specific goals. This episode summarizes low-or-no-cost, actionable, science-based tools that can benefit anyone in order to enhance their levels of brain chemicals and improve mental health, physical health, and performance.
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Timestamps
00:00:00 Optimizing Neurochemicals to Improve Health
00:03:40 Momentous Supplements
00:04:30 Sleep & Maintaining Healthy Metabolism
00:09:52 Tools: How to Wake Up Earlier, Night Owls
00:19:32 AG1 (Athletic Greens), Thesis, InsideTracker
00:22:05 Nervous System Overview
00:31:32 How Neuromodulators Work
00:34:24 Baseline Neuromodulator Levels, 3 Daily Phases
00:42:15 Hormones Modulate Neuromodulators
00:52:12 The 4 Major Types of Neuromodulators
01:01:45 Tool Kit 1: Increase Baseline Dopamine & Focus
01:08:52 Tyrosine-rich Foods & Dopamine
01:10:59 Dopamine Supplementation: Mucuna Pruriens, L-tyrosine & Phenylethylamine
01:16:00 Deliberate Cold Exposure & Dopamine
01:21:12 Tool Kit 2: Additional Tips to Increase Dopamine
01:26:10 Tool Kit 3: Increase Epinephrine (Adrenaline) & Alertness
01:34:34 Tool Kit 4: Increase Acetylcholine & Attention/Learning; Choline-rich Foods
01:37:29 Acetylcholine Supplements: Nicotine, Alpha GPC, Huperzine
01:44:47 Tool Kit 5: Behavior to Increase Focus & Acetylcholine
01:46:56 Tool Kit 6: Behavior to Increase Serotonin & Feelings of Well-being
01:50:51 Tools: Tryptophan-Rich Foods & Serotonin
01:53:31 Tools: Serotonin Supplements: Cissus Quadrangularis, 5-HTP, Myo-inositol
02:02:14 Use the Neurochemical Toolkit to Meet Individual Goals
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