Resilience

Top Cognitive Enhancements Continued - #7: Ashwagandha

Jun 28, 2026

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6 min read

Top Cognitive Enhancements Continued - #7: Ashwagandha

Ashwagandha's use in medicinal practices predates western medicine by thousands of years. But until the COVID pandemic, few knew of it. Why has it become nearly ubiquitous, seemingly over-produced, and definitely over-marketed since then? What does it do? Should we take it or leave it?

Michael Cummings

Brain Health

Top Cognitive Enhancements Continued - #6: Huperzine A

Jun 21, 2026

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5 min read

Top Cognitive Enhancements Continued - #6: Huperzine A

We explored reasons to take the top five recommended supplements last week. This week we begin unpacking the next five, starting with the least recommend "direct" cognitive enhancer, Huperzine A. Why is it at the bottom of the top recommendations?

Michael Cummings

Brain Health

Jun 14, 2026

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7 min read

Top Five Brain Health Supplements For Cognitive Performance

Three supplements to augment the MIND diet nutrients, plus the ten consistently recommended by top websites and video influencers, is too many! Here are the Top Five that can be taken together safely, and the research backing them. Plus how to stack and time them for specific types of cognitive activities.

Michael Cummings

Structural Brain Health

Top Cognitive Enhancement Supplements Recommended Online

Jun 7, 2026

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5 min read

Top Cognitive Enhancement Supplements Recommended Online

Confused and overwhelmed with supplement recommendations? Let's find consensus among top web and social supplement recommendation sources, to help you un-confuse and de-hype the noise, and make better choices for your brain.

Michael Cummings

Brain Health

May 31, 2026

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6 min read

Top Ten Brain Health Supplements

How to build Structural Brain Health first on deep health habits, second on whole foods, and last but not least on brain health supplements proven by research to improve cognitive function.

Michael Cummings

Brain Health

May 24, 2026

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4 min read

Top Ten Brain Health Nutrients

There's more to brain health than supplements. In this second edition of the Structural Brain Health series we'll go up one level from brain health foundations, and build our Brain Health ground floor, from nutrition up.

Michael Cummings

Brain Health

May 17, 2026

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7 min read

The Top Ten Brain Health Foundations

Google Trends and Reddit tells us why the brain health and nootropic supplement market is projected to grow in double digits without helping people as much the marketing claims. And how to get what others miss!

Michael Cummings

Resilience

The Attenborough Effect: The Science of Longevity Rewards Purposefulness

May 10, 2026

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5 min read

The Attenborough Effect: The Science of Longevity Rewards Purposefulness

How chronic inflammation, late-stage consumerism, and a 100-year-old naturalist all point to the same uncomfortable question. Are we our "self" yet?

Michael Cummings

Synthetic Peptides

A Fly In The Ointment: What Peptides Influencer's Aren't Telling You

Apr 30, 2026

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5 min read

A Fly In The Ointment: What Peptides Influencer's Aren't Telling You

Do TikTok biohacking influencers have a secret? Are they and their China-based peptide suppliers sacrificing your health to enrich themselves?

Michael Cummings

Apr 17, 2026

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4 min read

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Top Cognitive Enhancements Continued - #7: Ashwagandha

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Top Cognitive Enhancement Supplements Recommended Online

Top Ten Brain Health Supplements

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The Attenborough Effect: The Science of Longevity Rewards Purposefulness

A Fly In The Ointment: What Peptides Influencer's Aren't Telling You

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