Limitless Mindset

David R. Hawkins’s Power vs. Force is one of those books that makes you pause, tilt your head, and think: Did I just stumble across a secret manual for decoding reality? Or is this spiritual snake oil with footnotes?

Hawkins claims to have discovered a way to objectively distinguish truth from falsehood using nothing more than the body’s response to statements. The tool is Applied Kinesiology, a technique where a subject’s muscle strength is tested while holding a thought, statement, or stimulus in mind. If the statement is true, the muscle “goes strong.” If it is false, the muscle “goes weak.”

That’s right, you can test the veracity of anything about the present or past (did your mind immediately jump to how you might use this to make money?)

That may sound like pseudoscience. To be fair, it often is dismissed as such. But Hawkins builds an entire cosmology around it: a Map of Consciousness spanning levels from shame (20) to enlightenment (1,000), with courage (200) as the threshold that separates destructive “force” from life-enhancing “power.”

The book blends metaphysics, psychology, spirituality, and sociology in a dense and sometimes meandering way. It is half spiritual guidebook, half philosophical treatise, and half bold scientific claim (yes, that is three halves, Hawkins’s math is not always tight either).

I conceived of an N of 1 experiment to test the bold claim that Applied Kinesiology makes: Since I have my whole genome sequenced, I can muscle test specific statements about my DNA and then check them against the raw report. If my body can consistently verify the truth or falsity of genetic facts, I can verify by checking my own genes, which would be a powerful confirmation of Hawkins’s central claim.

But first, let’s unpack Power Vs. Force...

Medium-chain triglycerides are 1/3rd of the ketogenic breakfast of champions!

This article is mostly going to focus on decoding what the human studies are saying about MCT and how this squares up with the anecdotal experiences of Biohackers online. For more of my own personal experiences, thoughts, and comparisons, please see the written and video reviews in the sidebar.

Summary of recent MCT science

You’ve probably heard before about all the fantastic health benefits of MCT oil, as there are a million podcasts and articles about them, so here I summarize some recent MCT findings. There are over 40 items of human research published in the past five years alone...

A 2021 British study confirmed other research on the satiating properties of medium-chain triglycerides - it reduces “energy intake” needs in both healthy and overweight people. You’ll feel full and pleasantly free of food cravings.

A 2019 American clinical trial published in the esteemed journal PLoS One gave MCT oil to non-diabetic subjects for 6 weeks to measure the effect on insulin resistance and found that...

MCT were well tolerated and weight remained stable... Fasting REE, respiratory quotient, and body composition were stable during the intervention. There were no significant changes in mean fasting glucose, insulin, insulin resistance, fasting total ketones

So, at least according to this study, the MCT oil itself didn’t have that much effect on insulin sensitivity - that’s what you do the fasting for!

A 2021 Japanese paper suggests MCT oil as an alternative source of energy in the brain of [Alzheimer’s Disease] patients.

Interestingly, a 2021 Chinese study used MCT oil as a massage oil, and they found that massaging it into the skin of preterm low-weight babies helped the babies to grow (a little). The study notes (importantly), No adverse events were noted in the massage groups, and concludes...

The results indicate that preterm infant daily massage with MCT oil is an effective intervention for weight gain that should be recognized as part of low-birth-weight infant developmental care.

Fasting vs MCTs?

A big question that biohackers have about fasting is...

Do I still get all the benefits from fasting if I’m drinking coffee with butter and taking supplements?

To simplify a bit, yes. It’s not exactly the same as doing a 24-hour water (or dry) fast, where you get the full autophagy benefits, but it still does signal some scarcity to the body and will help you shed pounds (or should I say kilos - as I reside in Europe?).

Sources

Don’t simply pick-up whatever MCT oil is on special on Amazon or at your local health food store (rookie mistake). Here are a few credible sources that meet my high standards...

I like PureBulk.com as they provide a clean certificate of analysis verifying the purity of their MCT oil. Bulletproof (the originators of Bulletproof Coffee) takes a lot of pride in their Keto products, so their (spendier) XCT MCT Oil is worth trying.

If you’re a Biohacker ballin’ on a budget, good news: a natural source of MCT is coconuts, my $1 diet-hack.

Downloadable MCT?

You may be interested in taking it as an infoceutical - a non-pharmacological, side-effect-free version of the supplement that takes advantage of the phenomenon of water memory, which is imprinted on water via quantum collocation and electromagnetism using this device...

Infocueticals typically have 1/3 or half the effect of the actual medicine being imprinted. If you’re skeptical of Infopathy, that’s understandable; it’s a game-changing application of a little-known scientific phenomenon. But I’d urge you to evaluate the scientific evidence (presented in my biohacker review) that downloadable medicine is no longer science fiction...

Biohacker Review: MCT Oil Powder - 1/3rd of the breakfast of champions!

I’ve been starting my mornings with some extra Ketosis-powered pep in my step after sipping MCT-infused coffee. I dump about a half scoop of the powder into my coffee along with some Irish butter and cinnamon. On 24-hour fast days, I’ll do a full scoop - this helps keep hunger cravings at bay. The Jucy Watermelon flavor I didn’t love, but the coconut-flavored powder tastes great; that’s what I’ll be reordering! Bulletproof-style coffee is the way that many high-performance biohackers around the world choose to start their days; it provides many of the benefits of fasting without the arduous cravings. The butter and MCTs provide the fat and amino acids you need to absorb the Nootropics and supplements you take in the AM.

Stack it with Ketones?

Day 1 - Tastes heavenly!

I woke up very early, excited to try the Ultra Human’s (since discontinued) Ketones+MCT supplement. It’s a generic white powder that takes on a pinkish hue when mixed into a glass of cold water, and it tastes heavenly! The powder clumps a bit, so you’ll need to stir a bit as you sip. I started with a low dose and dumped about a quarter of a scoop. As is keto practice, I did an intermittent fast, skipped breakfast, and waited till the early afternoon to have lunch.

* Subjectively, I’m not sure how much it affected my appetite or general state. I’m pretty accustomed to a caloric restriction, and the urge to eat in the morning is not overwhelming for me.

* I did combine it with a single capsule of Tao, which is a quintessentialNootropic; I was very focused and energetic for at least several hours.

* Interestingly, later that evening during my cardio workout I got an incredible oxygenated headrush. When I did pull-ups and leg exercises, the parts of my body being exerted tingled intensely. Usually, that doesn’t happen to me while working out!

I’ll report back on the subjective effects of taking it when I work out in the morning, and taking it alone without any Nootropics.

1 Month

I’ve been starting my mornings with this delicious stuff for about a month now.

* It has nicely complemented my morning fasting.

* I find that it makes me more energetic, wakes me up, and relieves a bit of the impulse to eat or snack while fasting.

* I combined it with Amino Code by Ultra Human. I can’t tell a big difference in taste between the two, nor is there a big experiential difference.

A keto-powered vacation

I took the two products with me on an 8-day vacation to the Black Sea coast. People tend to totally cheat on their diets while on vacation because they booze at night and then wake up hungover and binge on pizza, junk food, or snacks.

* We did a bit of cheating on our diet and drinking, BUT not every day, and taking the Keto boosters in the mornings, we managed to resist the temptation to splurge on junk food in the morning.

* We stayed pretty active the whole time and did activities every day.

* I managed to read most of the book I brought.

* On vacation, we had quite vigorous sex at least twice a day - for 8 days! This was a pretty good male performance for me. This probably has more to do with my liberal usage of Horny Goat Weed, though, than the Keto boosters.

* A girl who is a kickboxing instructor issued me a bit of a video challenge. In response, one morning, I created this silly video of me practicing martial arts on the beach.

What is Beta-Hydroxybutrate (BHB)?

From Dr. Lee Know’s recent book...

In particular , researchers have identified the beneficial role of beta - hydroxybutyric acid ( the one ketone body that’s not actually a ketone ) . It is produced by a low - calorie diet and might be the key to the reduced risk of age - related diseases seen with calorie restriction . Over the years , studies have found that restricting calories slows aging and increases longevity , but the mechanism behind this remained elusive . New studies are showing that beta - hydroxybutyric acid can block a class of enzymes , called histone deacetylases , which would otherwise promote free - radical damage . (2844-2849)

Intermittent Daily Fasting

Five days a week, try to practice what the world’s leading anti-aging researchers and biohackers recommend enthusi…

It’s rough out there for a single guy trying to meet a not-awful attractive girl. I know what you’re going through.

You are either…Sick and tired of wasting your time trying to meet girls online or in the real world, who are astoundingly flaky and hard to get out on a date. You seem damned to flounder in the friend zone, where nobody wants to touch your dick.OrActively dating, but the girls are so monotonously predictable in their shallowness, smartphone addiction, and their general lack of putting in an effort towards having some semblance of a new relationship.OrDisappointed by the shoddy quality of the options you have. The girls you could date are just not attractive or feminine enough to get you excited.

Whatever the case is for you, you’re growing cynical about women. The reward is just so minuscule for the effort you put in dating or trying to date women.

And since you’re reading this, you’re probably “red pilled” on women; you get that women are dangerous because of…

* Their amazing capacity to drain our bank account balances and lighten our wallets.

* All the crazy, demented, narcissistic women out there.

* Unplanned pregnancies and nasty STDs.

* The life-ruining threat of a false accusation that looms over heterosexual men in the hysterical #MeToo era.

* Their propensity to cheat and lie.

* Divorce and the tyrannical, man-hating family court system.

* The minefield of dating and romance scams which must be avoided.

The red-pilled man has heard enough ridiculous, enraging stories of the “fairer sex’s” inglorious and skanky antics that he knows that sleeping with the wrong girl is metaphorically (and perhaps literally, considering all the relentless venereal diseases out there) akin to sticking your dick in a blender.

This book is unapologetically a right-wing, traditionalist take, but I realize that might not be exactly how you align ideologically. You might be more liberal, progressive, or libertarian in your views, and you may be thinking…It’s not the 1950s anymore. How is an “old-fashioned,” right-wing, traditionalist take on dating and courtship going to help me in the current year?…as you’re about to put this book down. First, I’ll remind you of what Aristotle said:

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

I’m not trying to shove any advice down your throat. You’re already well aware of the mainstream liberal take on dating, sex, and relationships; you get it from television, you get it from numerous popular gurus, you get it streamed via Netflix, you get it from New York Times bestselling relationship books, you get it from your college professors, you get it from TED Talks, and you can even get it next to the gum in the magazines sold at the grocery store. Shouldn’t you at least entertain the counterpoints to what’s so mainstream?Secondly, I’m a very happily married man who (almost certainly) has a better sex life than you. I won a great woman’s heart and undying commitment; she respects me immensely, and we have hot sex all the time. This is a result of integrating a traditionalist mindset, which upholds truth, beauty, and the sanctity of family, with the cutting edge of accelerated personal growth tools and strategies. It’s fine to disagree on politics or ideology, but you can’t argue with the result...

Red pilled in jail

In my early 20s, I was arrested and spent three days in jail for an unpaid speeding ticket. Here’s the good thing about jail: it can be very educational. In the Arapahoe County Jail south of Denver, I spent hours talking with the other prisoners. Hearing their stories about how they ended up there. The commonality among many of them was that their troubles started with or were exacerbated by women. Having sex with, partying with, living with, and making babies with the wrong women resulted in a cascade of consequences that ended up with them locked up, sleeping on a hard bed in a cell, and sitting across from me, eating yet another jailhouse meal of barely identifiable slop. It was a sobering lesson that was probably well worth going to jail for three days to learn. Although frankly, I didn’t heed the warnings unwittingly issued to me by my fellow inmates as much as I should have. I would go on to stick my dick in several “blenders,” but fortunately, the blend button was never really pushed. Dumb luck, along with a modicum of common sense and self-control, kept me from really getting scorched (metaphorically speaking - I did, in fact, catch on fire once during a date and was badly scorched - that story is in the next chapter) in the ensuing decade that I danced with fire.

Given the danger involved with women and the seeming impossibility of meeting a decent girl, a lot of men are going MGTOW; retreating into the digital opium den, pixel pleasure-world of endless internet porn and video games. And many decent, ambitious men, given the state of the sexual marketplace, choose to just focus on their careers. They imagine that in just a few years, when they’re making good money and can afford to status signal a little with a fancy apartment, shiny car, or really fly clothes, then they will take the dating thing seriously, their dream girl will appear, swoon at the sight of all their cool shit, and they will live happily ever after. In the current year, many men are, in quiet desperation, doing something almost totally unprecedented in the history of life on this planet: they are shrinking back from their genetic duty to reproduce - nothing else with DNA does that!

But you wouldn’t be reading this if you had already given up hope on women, and for that, I applaud you. The challenges your male ancestors faced included being sent off to fight in brutal wars, surviving frigid winters in the unforgiving wilderness, or breaking their backs plowing fields to put just a little food on the table for their families. Contrasted against the harsh history your genes have been through, the challenging task of meeting, romancing, and seducing a virtuous woman is really not that bad.

Storytime - A malicious madre in Medellín

I was in my coworking space in Medellín, Colombia (where I lived for almost 3 years) when my buddy Phil, an English guy also living there, texted me…

“Mate, you would not believe what I’m dealing with! Buy you a beer tonight?”

I agreed, and a few hours later Phil swung by my coworking space and we cracked open some beers at a nearby patio. Phil had stuck his dick in a blender and was really starting to regret it. Sometimes we all need a friend to listen to our woes, so that’s what I did. Phil was another expat like me, living in Colombia and enjoying las mujeres. Phil was tall, charming, spoke fluent Spanish, was a great salsa dancer, and had that regal northern European look that the Colombianas find so exotically attractive. He had gotten a Colombian woman pregnant, she had recently given birth to a daughter, they had broken up, and now she was doing everything in her power to make his life hell. As Phil finished his third drink, he told me how this utterly spiteful woman had stolen his passport and told him that she had sold it to some local criminals, whom he would have to buy it back from. But what made Phil angry was that she was an awful, egregiously irresponsible mother to their daughter. She would do things like go out partying with her friends and just leave the very young baby alone at home. As Phil bemoaned his predicament with this awful woman, I stopped him and asked:

“Man, didn’t anyone ever tell you not to stick your dick in crazy?”

He sighed and responded:

“I suppose I should have known better when she said we didn’t need to use condoms after the second time we had slept together…”

I would try to impart a bit more common sense to my friend, given the dire straits he now found himself in, but mostly, he just wanted someone to listen while he drowned his sorrows.

…

Jonathan the Biohacker, so sapient and so deep,He’s always there to answer your questions, you see.From Racetams to LSD, he knows it all,And he’ll share his wisdom with anyone who calls.Just ask Jonathan, he’s the man to know,He’ll help you on your journey and make you glow.

Listen to this on the go (while strolling the autumnal streets, pumpkin latte in hand) here with the Castbox app.

Q&A #8 Questions

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Hi Jonathan I would like to ask you what is the best nootropic in your opinion and what is better Oxiracetam with Phenylpiracetam or Noopept with phenylpiracetam.

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Recommendations

Caballo - The Racetam-rich smart drug I created. Caballo is now EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE to clients of our flagship transformational program, Anakainōsis.

Semax and Selank

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I’m fascinated, yet confused, by your research. I’m hoping you can help me. I’m 52 years old, and I’ve had 2 minor strokes. I’ve recently moved to Israel, and I’m struggling to learn Ivrit (modern Hebrew). I take SSRI medication, so I have to be careful about which supplements I take. What do you recommend?I take Zoloft and Depakote for bipolar depression.

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Recommendations

Piracetam - The original smart drug

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Hello! I’ve been following your channel for quite some time and I have actually been wanting to make my own brand of nootropics for quite a while. I was wondering if you can give me some tips or guidelines in order to do that as I do not know where to start and just have certain combined “stacks” in mind. Also, I am curious if you formally studied neuroscience in a University and how you feel about independent research labs as an alternative to a 4 year degree. I am mainly interested in nutritional neuroscience in relation to mental health and consciousness and would like to get advice from somebody knowledgeable.

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Hey Jonathan, love your work. Do you have a video or article on microdosing LSD? I’m interested in it as a nootropic. If not could you direct me to best resources on this subject? Thank you

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Resources

Read: Biohackers should be skeptical of Psychedelics

LSD MICRODOSING RCT by Gwern

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

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You said Semax increases BDNF by %500. Is that for the 1% or .1% solution?

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Read

SEMAX® A Revolutionary Neuropeptide

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Hey, I’m extremely new to nootropics. I’m only recently been using Citicoline and noopept along with some adaptogen to manage my adhd symptoms. What would be the recommended dose of oxiracetam?

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Learn more

Oxiracetam - The discipline molecule

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Your vids have been going pretty deep, and addressing, some very deep visceral truths that are ahead of their time (just calling it now). Are you into jordan peterson?. I would really like your perspective on “maps of meaning”. Thank you for your work, sir.

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I started Jordan Peterson’s Self Authoring program, BUT never finished it because it takes so much time!

Lean Life Coaching biohacking consulting

As mentioned in the podcast, this is a very lean biohacking consulting/life coaching program. Here’s how this would work...

* The Biohacking Consultation is 1 hour and 45 minutes total - which is actually two consulting calls.

* First Call 1 hour - Discovery & Strategizing call, I need to ask you some questions, we’ll discuss your history, and outline a biohacking strategy and action plan to overcome your issues.

* Second Call 45 minutes - Follow-up call in 30 - 90 days to see how you’re doing with the plan we outlined; how you’ve improved, what you’re struggling with, etc

There are a few important reasons we split the time up into two calls

* It’s a significant motivation hack for you to follow through on the biohacking habits and plan we’ll outline because you’re accountable to me in 30 - 90 days.

* I’m incentivized to come up with an effective biohacking strategy for you because I have to talk to you after you’ve been following it for a month or two.

* It timeboxes us with a deadline of 30 - 90 days for you to make improvements and accomplish your goals.

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Take a few minutes to answer a few questions. If your issues are far outside my areas of expertise, I’ll decline the consultation. My time is finite and very valuable, so I only want to spend it consulting the people I can help. Thanks in advance for your understanding!

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Creativity is what makes me a dangerous man.

Creativity is how we liberate ourselves from the pattern of the past. It’s how we break through glass ceilings in our personal and professional lives. It’s how we leave a mark on culture. It’s the key ingredient in the better storytelling that the world badly needs to galvanize toward a more utopian future. It’s what we desperately need to build and preserve wealth in the insidious economy of modernity. And human creativity is, I might argue, our only hope of staying ahead of AI as it devours more and more of the digital world.

Creativity is a skill that can be honed and multiplied by Biohacking, so, as I put the finishing touches on my fourth book (the sequel to Hourglass - expect it out in Q4), I had the opportunity to do a short presentation and Q&A on Biohacking Creativity at an event here in Sofia.

Here’s an interesting factoid: In Greek mythology, Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, was the mother of the Muses. Creativity is downstream from memory. And some of you might be saying, “I have a crappy memory!” That’s probably because you are using it incorrectly. When you use your memory correctly, your powers of creativity will be multiplied. We’ll circle back to that!

But first, a little about me - For over 14 years, I’ve been on an obsessive quest to find real-life NZT-48 - the “limitless” drug. I’ve trialed over 200 smart drugs and Nootropics while studying the science of human performance enhancement and self-experimenting relentlessly with a bunch of weird and wacky personal development things. I’ve documented this in hundreds of articles and videos on my website LimitlessMindset.com and in my books.

After trying +200 Smart Drugs, I’ve found a “Stack” (a combination), this is the “pharmacological dream team“ for creativity: Nicotine, Caffeine, and L-Theanine.

1) Nicotine is the best creativity smart drug: It’s no coincidence that Ayn Rand, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Tolkien, and many other great novelists were voracious smokers. Of course, don’t smoke or vape. I’ve been taking Nicotine for almost a decade now as a gum, lozenge, or in a USP solution. This is actually a way less addictive form; I cycle on and off Nicotine a few times a year, as I like to reset my tolerance to it to maximize the creative bang for the buck, as I’m diving back into a new creative project.

2) Caffeine has synergies with Nicotine and mitigates some of its potential negatives.

3) L-Theanine is the active ingredient in green tea. It delivers relaxation without sedation, quieting that judgmental part of the mind that gets in the way of creativity.

Next, Flowstate - you’ve heard of this. We get a lot more creative while in flow. Flowstate is stimulated by Skill/Challenge/Immediate feedback. So in your creative time, intentionally push yourself to the edge of your competence. The pharmacological dream team we discussed earlier also helps. And, I’ll give you a hack for flowstate: extreme athletes (the guys in wingsuits) often credit their peak performance to flowstate. This is because of Skill/Challenge/Immediate feedback, and in the case of the wingsuit guys, the visceral sensation of gravity powerfully stimulates flowstate. Fortunately, you don’t have to risk your life, though, because you can simulate gravity with a VR headset while playing a fast-paced, running, gunning, jumping, or flying game. Play that for 15 minutes, then dive into a creative project.

Another way to get into flow is by stimulating and entraining an alpha or theta brainwave state. I do this every day with binaural beats. And - let’s make this one weirder - I will entrain my brain with theta, alpha, or gamma by using a PEMF device on my head.

Your dreams (when you remember them) are wildly creative, right? I’m sure you’ve heard of Lucid Dreaming. It’s like Inception in real life, and there’s a bunch of hacks for it - you need to get in the habit of “reality testing.” But dreams are only useful as a creativity scratchpad if you actually remember them. So you need to journal your lucid dreams. The best way to do this is with a voice recorder app. I usually don’t recommend sleeping with your phone, but if you record your dreams as soon as you have them, you’ll get some pretty wild stuff: Mine include being a dictator of an underwater society, speed dating grandmas, and there was an “encounter” with Lara Croft from Tomb Raider.

Let’s get weirder. With a Tantric practice, men can channel their sexual energy into creativity. Gents: You must retain your “male essence” for 2-3 weeks, and you’ll get a lot more creative. To take this to the next level and make it more fun, look up “Tantric Self Cultivation” and the “Cool Draw.” But I’ll share no more details to keep this PG-13. Watch the first module of my Tantra course for men: 9 Steps to Becoming a Tantric Man

Finally, I told you that Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, was the mother of the Muses. So practice Mnemonics, the ancient art of training memory, because “even average memories are remarkably powerful when used properly.” And I’ll give you a quick example: you can remember the number 91852719521639092112 if you can visualize “a beautiful naked blond jumps up and down.”

That’s an example of phonetic number pegging, which you can learn from books like Moonwalking With Einstein. Mnemonics are fun, work better if you have a dirty mind, and are a major upgrade for your creativity!

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A Nootropic mushroom for risk-averse Biohackers with a wide range of cognition-enhancing effects.

Hericium Erinaceus, or the Lion’s Mane mushroom, is a unique member of the mushroom family that shows nootropic properties. The mushroom gets its name from its appearance when it reaches maturity, which looks like a Lion’s Mane. This article aims to take a closer look at the Lion’s Mane mushroom. This includes what it might help with and what the science behind it says. It will also take a look at what users have to say about Lion’s Mane.

This article is mostly going to focus on decoding what the human studies are saying about Lion’s Mane and how this squares up with the anecdotal experiences of Biohackers online.

The Lion’s Mane mushroom is large and white, with a hair-like texture that cascades downwards. There are countless other names for these fungi, so you may have seen it described under a different title. It is also sometimes referred to as the Yamabushitake mushroom, the Satyr’s Beard, or the Monkey Head mushroom. Its effects have been used for thousands of years, particularly by Buddhist monks. After centuries, it seems like modern medicine is finally discovering the benefits of this fungus. So many years later, and it still holds promise to this day in giving users a myriad of benefits.

Scientific Research

In the notable 6-month double-blind placebo-controlled human study done on Lion’s Mane, the dosage administered was 3 grams daily. You would have to do about eight capsules daily of Neuro-Stack to get that much, although the study was done on cognitively impaired middle-aged and elderly Japanese patients. You probably need a whole lot less of the stuff. In human research, there are several remarkable effects of Lion’s Mane...

Michelangelo is reported to have said: “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high, and we miss it, but that it is too low, and we reach it.”

This isn’t a mindset 101 podcast, so I don’t have to tell you to aim high; to ride the edge of your capacity. You already know that fortune favors the bold.Think of your grandest goals - in your career, in business, in your creative or artistic expression, and with your family - it’s my contention that whatever you endeavor to do in life, you’re not honoring those goals sufficiently if you are not regularly challenging your body. For our minds rot when our bodies go unchallenged.I interview a man who has taken THAT to the extreme and arrived at a surprising mindset takeaway - which we’ll share at the end of this podcast. Jeffrey Weiss, an Ironman, triathlete, and ultramarathoner - pushing through grueling 20-hour night races - at 63 years old. And in all his free time, he’s an attorney and author. He sent me his new book, Racing against Time: On Ironman, Ultramarathons, and the Quest for Transformation in Midlife.

Here’s the mindset TLDR from the book: take on big, hairy, audacious goals that inspire you to push all the way to your limits, but then quit when you are ahead. But read the book anyway, as it will inspire you!

Mentioned in this interview

Boost testosterone with shining red light on your balls or having tantric sex

Flowstates

Fitness trackers: Garmin Smart Watch and Oura Ring - see my interview: A Biohacker’s Guide to Living Fully for Every Beat 🎙️ Dr. Torkil reveals “the best” HRV wearable

Cold shock biohacks: Cold showers and the smart drug Phenylpiracetam

Schisandra Chinensis for enhancing night vision

Acro-Yoga video

David Goggins’ Books: Can’t Hurt Me and Never Finished

Hourglass - A science fiction novel about philosophy by Jonathan Roseland

The UNcivilized Podcast with Traver Boehm discusses INSANE multi-month dark retreats - an extreme personal growth endeavor

Documentary: The Endurance - Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition

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Mrs. Limitless and I took a few hits of Zamner Juice from Nootopia and addressed the October audience questions - from “Smart drugs are banned in my country” to “you’re a satanic puppet!” and everything in between.

Disclaimer

What you find on this website is NOT medical advice. I’m not a doctor. I’m just an experienced unlicensed self-experimenter practicing free speech in talking about my own extensive experiences and my interpretations of published science. Please see my guide on How to Biohack Smart and Safe. You should consult a doctor about any biohacking you’re doing and ideally, also get a second opinion.

#37 Questions

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I just started another year at university, and got interested in entrepreneurship. It got really hard to do everything I have in plan, and I think taking piracetam would help me do more of what I want. I live in Croatia, and here I can’t buy it. Do you have any advice on how to get some high quality piracetam? Are there ways to ship it to Croatia?The short answer is for increasing “RAM”, and the length of my focus.For the long answer, I will give you some information about where I stand with my goals and biohacking.I am a math student, and studying it knows to be exhausting. After 3, or 4 hours of studying I need a longer break, or want to take the afternoon off. Besides it, I am interested in other things, such as music, and going out, I also started to read about entrepreneurship, so now I help people, and want to find ideas and problems to solve, etc.I have already done some things for my productivity and overall mental and physical health. Some are drinking water and getting light as soon as I wake up, drinking coffee and green tea (got that from your site ), limiting/excluding foods bad for the brain, heavy lifting and cardio training, information diet, limiting cheap dopamine (quick, effortless dopamine), and making a night routine that consists of dimming the lights, keeping screens off or in low blue light mode, drinking camomile tea, and sometimes ashwagandha. Mostly the basic stuff, but I feel the difference when I am not following this routine.I am looking for something that will aid my ability to focus and perform mentally demanding tasks and increase the time I am able to invest in them. I would use it 2-3 times a week. I would like to make an order from your site, but changing the country limits almost all the products due to the country’s laws about substances.

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Recommendations:

European Piracetam sources: United Pharmacies (UK) and RUPharma

Intellimeds offers Racetams: Phenylpiracetam is recommended for math

Modafinil: RUPharma or ModafinilXL

Increase the “RAM” of the mind with Dual N-Back brain training

Download Piracetam into water with the IC Pad by Infopathy

Croatia in the Biohacker Connect

Q

What would you recommend as a nootropic if one would be interested to start?Start with the end in mind, but unfortunately don’t know at all what they could help you achieve in the first place. Verbal fluency would be something though. I’ve been following Dave Asprey since 2014 when he started blogging, but never got the chance to read more on the topic.

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Recommendations:

Nicotine

Piracetam

Nootopia

Q

I’m interested by CX- compounds made by Cortex Pharmaceuticals. All of them seems to be AMPA receptor positive allosteric modulators binding ionotropic glutamate receptors. My question is : are there ampakines acting on dopamine too ? (Selective inhibitors). And the other one is : is there a risk of overexcitation and dead cells binding glutamate receptors ?

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Recommendations:

Take Ampakinic Racetams: Aniracetam and Oxiracetam

Read study: Aniracetam enhances cortical dopamine and serotonin release via cholinergic and glutamatergic mechanisms in SHRSP.

Q

sexually deprived in my marriageI (25m) am struggling to maintain loyalty at this point with my wife (23f). When we first started dating the sex was spontaneous, amazing , and adventurous. Out of many reasons I decided to tie the knot was because I had finally found a woman who could match my high frequency sex drive. Fast forward some time we decided to take the next step in marriage and planned for our first child. A bundle of joy any man could ever ask for. Things were different and slowly began to change the way we conducted ourselves. No more naked walking around the house, no random sex on the living room couch while watching game of thrones. This began to destroy me little by little. Almost like I had never realized truthfully how important sex was for me. It was a release of pent up emotion, a way of telling my partner how much I needed their love. At first i would try and create a intimate mood , verbally or physically layout my intentions across the table, and then go in for the prize, but end up getting denied because my wife was too tired. She would promise me tomorrow, or maybe this weekend. Tomorrow would come or the weekend, and she would say I’m to tired, but I will give you head. So that’s fine with me... but eventually she began to get too tired to do that also... we communicated about how turned on I was at all times. I needed to release this sexually pressure pent up inside of me . She believed that releasing this pressure once per week should have been enough for me, but it was not. I decided to move on to Porn so that I would practically stop begging my wife for sex. This worked out for only about 3 weeks before I got caught. Let it be known that I suck at deleting my browser history.. this tore her heart apart! We argued and fought about my decision to watch porn , and she believed that it was the worse thing to do in a relationship. She became insecure and thought that I wanted to see other people in bed. I pointed out to her that it was just a crutch for me to release this tension but she never got it. My wife actually threatened divorce because she caught me watching porn... fast forward now for months I have decided to quit. No more adult film watching. I then instead of watching porn, decided to film my wife and I. I would use those videos in times of need to be able to get off. At first my wife was okay with this... eventually she was not. So the lack of sex, no freedom to watch porn , or create adult film, and what it seemed like a mountain full of built-up sexual pressure pushed me to new feets of sexual “desire”..... one night I decided after an argument with my wife about sex, to visit a strip club in South Florida and I haven’t been the same since. I have been filled with the desire to cheat on my wife. I have created so many scenarios in my mind in which cheating might work out, but I know that it is wrong. I cannot stop myself from thinking about it 24/7. I constantly look at tik tok videos that promote female beauty, I constantly get distracted on Instagram staring at woman and occasionally click on to their link tree. I have started subscribing to only fans accounts, even to people I was in high school with. I’ve started watching porn again pretty frequently, and I cannot for the love of God stop being flirtatious with any girl who gives me a chance to flirt. I know that this is all wrong but I can’t stop. I’ve tried and it doesn’t work. I don’t know what to do. I really feel like I will end up cheating on my wife.

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Recommendations:

Get her hormones checked with an endocrinologist

Take herbal adaptogens that support libido, like Schisandra Chinensis

Frame control protocol: How to Stay Loyal to Your Woman - 6 steps to resilient sexual-spiritual risk mitigation

Install the News Feed Eradicator app to block the distracting newsfeeds

Redirect sexual energy with tantric techniques

Q

GF (37F) found my (32M) “pros/cons” list about her/our relationship and she’s devastatedI like to make lists. It helps me clear my head, organize my thoughts, not forget things, etc. I make lists for all sorts of reasons. Tasks I have to do for work, tasks I have to do for my personal life, my grocery lists, my favorite winter vacation cities, etc. I have about two dozen lists saved in my note…

Pain is a prison for many.Pain from our bodies: necks, elbows, knees, and backs that cry out without rhyme or reason.Pain from a universe that seems intent on punishing us.Pain from the hungry ghosts of personal history. The pain of the past that insists on being ever-present.Pain can be a teacher, but a harsh teacher whose instruction often remains mystifying.Pain is a constant companion for multitudes whose bodies refuse to relent in tormenting them.

New science, thinking, and innovative practices are erasing the line between physical and emotional pain. The predicament of pain demands radical thinking. Dr. Hany Demian is a doctor who has made it his life’s work to liberate the suffering from pain - he’s a regenerative medicine pioneer, CEO of BioSpine, and a former trauma doctor, whose work is transforming how we understand recovery. He’s a hardcore Biohacker himself, and he’s actually going to take some of your questions about pain at the end of this podcast.

About BioSpine

The BioSpine Institute is a leading medical practice in Florida specializing in minimally invasive spine surgery and non-surgical treatments for neck and back pain, focusing on helping patients avoid major procedures with lengthy recovery times. With multiple clinic and surgery center locations across the state, including Tampa, Orlando, Lakeland, Spring Hill, Fort Myers, Deltona, and Sarasota, the Institute is known for its innovative, cutting-edge techniques that utilize small, micro-incisions (often less than an inch) to treat spinal conditions, resulting in less pain, minimal scarring, and a significantly faster recovery, often allowing patients to return home the same day as their outpatient surgery. This commitment to advanced surgical technology and a multidisciplinary, outcome-focused approach has established BioSpine as a trailblazer in the field of modern spine care and regeneration.

Mentioned in this interview

Supplements & Peptides

BPC-157 - “The Wolverine Drug” for Accelerated Full-Body Healing Hack

TB-500 - Another peptide with rapid healing properties that some world-class athletes use alongside BPC-157

CJC-1295 (Ipamorelin) - This is a powerful combination peptide that stimulates the body’s natural production of growth hormone, promoting anti-aging effects like improved cellular repair, faster recovery from injury, and enhanced sleep quality.

GHK-Cu - This copper peptide is a whole lot more than a “beauty hack.” A naturally occurring tripeptide, GHK-Cu is essential for tissue regeneration and healing, demonstrating the ability to remodel connective tissue, significantly accelerate wound healing, and restore more youthful patterns of gene expression.

Tirzepatide / Mounjaro - This dual-action pharmaceutical peptide, approved for diabetes and weight loss, acts on two key hunger and metabolism hormones (GIP and GLP-1) to promote significant fat loss, reduce inflammation, and improve overall metabolic health.

Methylene Blue - Methylene Blue is a seriously underrated, surprisingly effective, safe, and very affordable anti-aging agent, along with being a subtle Nootropic.

NAD Boosters - Which fuel the epigenome to bring our bodies back into balance and DNA repair.

N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) - A glutathione biohack for those who have succumbed to vice...

Books & Resources

Emotional Freedom Techniques for pain relief - explained in the book, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionary System for Stress-Free Living

You Are The Placebo - on “faith healing” by Dr. Joe Dispenza

“Tactical empathy” as explained by Chris Voss in his book, Never Split the Difference

Hourglass - A science fiction novel about Biohacking by Jonathan Roseland

Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed and My Sister Stole My Mother’s Boyfriend

Mini-series about the Opioid crisis: Dopesick

Connect 🔗 with Dr. Demian

https://drdemian.comhttps://www.instagram.com/drhanydemianhttps://x.com/DrHanyDemianhttps://www.youtube.com/@drhanydemainhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/hany-demian-5b79b659/

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