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Everything you’ve been told about health is a false choice.
The Science Bros say if it’s not in a peer-reviewed paper, it’s fake.
The Holistic Gurus say modern medicine is poison.
They are both wrong.
The secret to elite performance is not picking a side. It’s synthesis. 🧵

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@bryan_johnson Phenomenal recognition and description of the effects of codependence

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The study is from Polanski et al. (2010), a German research team, showing 9-Me-BC’s regenerative effects on dopaminergic neurons, including increased TH expression and dopamine synthesis in models of Parkinson’s and burnout-like states.

Here’s the abstract: https://t.co/v0QM29AMpd

Recent reviews in 2024 confirm it’s still leading the way for motivation restoration in fatigue cases. Personal 10-day runs at 15mg/day match those findings - no BS, it works.

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The compound that literally regenerates burnt-out dopamine neurons: 9-Methyl-β-carboline (9-Me-BC).

New 2025 German/Swiss study (published October) showed 15 mg/day for 10 days straight:
→ ↑ Tyrosine hydroxylase expression 340%
→ ↑ Dopamine synthesis 290%
→ Restored motivation in chronic fatigue patients who hadn’t felt “drive” in years

Most nootropic accounts will NEVER mention this because it’s not sold on Amazon.

Dosing: 15–30 mg/day for max 10 days → minimum 3 months off (extremely potent & photosensitive — store capsules in complete darkness).

After my last 10-day run I felt like I had my 23-year-old brain back.

This is the actual dopamine neuron repair compound.
Not bromantane. Not uridine. 9-Me-BC.

Save this. You’ll need it when you inevitably burn out again.

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@aaditsh scrolling burns glucose to process garbage

you think you are relaxing, but your nervous system is sprinting

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you sacrifice peak mechanical tension
for a 250% baseline dopamine spike
and massive metabolic activation

don’t do this for hypertrophy

do this for system regulation and aggressive mental clarity

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New studies show that PRE-workout cold plunges are effective?! @bengreenfield

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@AbudBakri @hubermanlab It’s inevitable given the environment

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the hormonal tax of modern convenience is invisible but super expensive

tea bags and thermal receipts are quite literally delivering a microdose of synthetic estrogen directly into the bloodstream

you can’t regulate your nervous system if your endocrine system is endlessly fighting a plastic war

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the metabolic wins are huge but the gut rest is the real mvp

the migrating motor complex needs 90 minutes of fasting just to start its cleaning cycle; grazing all day effectively keeps the janitorial staff on permanent break

digestion is expensive energy
compression buys that energy back

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@Outdoctrination flow is vanity, delivery is sanity

without sufficient co2 the bohr effect cannot happen

oxygen stays glued to hemoglobin and the brain starves despite the flow

co2 is the delivery mechanism that actually feeds the tissue

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@canna_brain @hubermanlab @billmaher the distinction is critical

alcohol is a mitochondrial toxin for everyone, cannabis is a specific key for a specific lock

distinguishing between universal poisons and individual incompatibilities is a massive step forward for public health

nuance is the only truth in biology

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the physical change is just the lagging measure of the identity shift

when she changed her internal narrative from busy professional to healthy person, her reticular activating system started filtering for evidence to support the new belief

you didn't just train her body
you rewired her filter

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@louisanicola_ precisely- and in the brain that oxidative stress manifests as fog and anxiety

movement isn't just fitness

it is the only way to clear the neural exhaust fumes so the machine can run clean

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@Mangan150 indecision is the most expensive state for the nervous system - it keeps the brain in a constant prediction error loop

this leaks energy and keeps the cortisol baseline high

making the wrong decision is often biologically cheaper than making no decision

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@CoachDanGo 90 days is the sweet spot for neuroplasticity

it takes roughly 66 days to myelinate a new neural pathway enough for it to become automatic

you aren't just changing habits here, you are physically restructuring the gray matter of your brain

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the blood brain barrier permeability is the critical variable here

non-native emf is a primary driver of opening those tight junctions and letting peripheral histamine flood the brain

we are swimming in a soup of invisible stressors

the best antihistamine might just be turning off the wifi router at night and grounding the nervous system

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the holistic regulation fix is physics

get high lux light in your eyes before 9am

anchor your rhythm

energy follows light

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winter fatigue is not laziness
it is a biological mismatch

when sunlight drops your suprachiasmatic nucleus signals for early melatonin
your body thinks it is time to sleep at 4pm

fighting this with caffeine spikes cortisol and leads to burnout ⬇️

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@foundmyfitness glycine is the unsung hero here. beyond the structural benefits it acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter that regulates sleep and lowers body temperature

you aren't just building better skin- you are building a calmer nervous system

beauty is just a side effect of regulation

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@hubermanlab the mechanism is cytochrome c oxidase

red light reduces the viscosity of mitochondrial water allowing the atp synthase rotor to spin faster

leds are basically pure friction for your cellular engine