Anyone else find that excessive caffeine makes you overall more tired?

Summary Orexin controls how tired you are Ways to increase orexin 1. Exercise 2. Intake of Caffeine 3. Modafinil (not recommended ) 4. Fasting 5. Low carb diet 6. High protien diet 7. Lose weight Other things to think about 1.Deficiencies in vitamins , minerals(like salt levels), electrolytes and hormones. 2.Sleep patterns should be consistent and healthy 3. Dehydration can be a cause of fatigue and tiredness

It's weird how everyone's body works so differently. I avoided caffeine most of my life because I never wanted to be dependant on it and I always had such high levels of energy throughout the day. But turns out, even when I drink coffee or an energy drink I rarely ever feel more alert. Like I'm caffeine resistant or maybe just have a higher tolerance.

I like that these topics are presented in a format I can understand: Simpsons references.

This is my third time going into a no-carb, no-sugar diet, and the biggest reason I'm doing it is because I love all the extra energy I have. I sleep better, I have better digestion, more energy, and I steadily lose weight.

I've observed this in myself. When I take a break from intermittent fasting and eat whatever I want whenever I want (especially carbs), I feel more tired throughout the day

If I find myself getting drowsy and losing steam around midday, I sometimes take a quick power nap. You don't even have to fall asleep - just resting with my eyes closed for 10-15 minutes will give me a boost in energy. Just make sure you set an alarm so you don't overdo it. If you nap too long, you'll wake up still feeling tired instead of refreshed

Apparently, they meant to title the video as "The many complex reasons you're always tired"

I really did not expect this video to explain why I had so much energy and alertness during my eating disorder days.

"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day" is a slogan, but it doesn't say when it should occur or what it should consist of! I have been skipping "breakfast" regularly since I was allowed to do so. Eating early in the day usually made me feel sluggish, even nauseated. Since I have pretty much quit this habit, I have never regretted it, but still enjoy my "breakfast" nights, where I eat traditional breakfast foods after work. I usually don't get hungry until about 11 a.m. and sometimes feel tired after lunch. I will see what lowering my carb intake can do to offset this.

Cold showers, looking at sunlight in the morning, being outside, meditation, and breathing exercises are other things that keep me alert

Laughing stimulates alertness hormone adrenaline. That's why being a teacher I keep that in mind whenever my lecture gets booring I crack a joke and it makes a big difference in postures of my pupils 😂

This video has made a genuine impact on my life. Changing my diet in the morning to one entirely fat/protein based has stopped me crashing for the 3 weeks this videos been out. By the time I get to lunch time where I have carbs again, I have enough momentum from the morning that my drive still don't falter. My energy levels are through the roof. Thank you 'What I've Learned'!

Maybe it's not true for everyone but zero carb and zero sugar made me realize the fog I was living in before...

Could you do a “Day of eating” video , I’d be quite interested to see which foods you have made a staple in your diet especially if Keto

My pattern when I hold myself to it is 1. Wake up around equatorial sunrise of my longitude (I live at 45 N so this means well before the sun is up in December and long after it's up in June). I have a sun lamp set on a timer to help with this that lights up my room as if I had an east facing large window. 2. Go for a morning run. The colder it is the faster I have to run to stay warm. 3. Quick calisthenics and meditation 4. Shower, starting warm and progressively getting colder until it's so cold I'm focusing on embracing the cold instead of reaching for the valve. 5. Protein and fat based light breakfast, typically eggs. (sometimes caffeine, no more than three days a week) 6. Go about my daily activities outside or near a sunlit window as much as possible. 7. 20 minute nap in the early afternoon, on my lunch break if I'm working a 9-5. 8. More time in or near the sun if possible. I put my desk near a large south facing window for example. 9. Carb heavy dinner, my main meal, around equatorial sunset. 10. Sleepytime tea a little before bed as well as no blue light and minimal room lighting after dinner. 11. Another round of meditation. 12. At around 9:30 solar time (time zones can be weird, man) sleep in a cool room, I'll crack the window in cold months or just set my AC as low as economically possible in warm months.

i've had a similar experience: - on a high fat or high carb diet i was constantly tired and unable to focus - When doing intermitted fasting skipping dinner caused me to be unable to sleep, i now skip breakfast and lunch to be more focused during the day and then eat later - when i get over a certain body weight i get visibly more tired other things i noticed were: - lots of salad and vegetables, especially raw ones, give more energy - When feeling sluggish a 1-minute-long cold shower helps - a fixed time to wake up helps with consistency in energy - for some reason energy drinks make me more awake than coffee, even if it's the same amount of caffeine (but then make me more tired after the crash) - i probably have celiac because gluten, even if it's low amounts like in soy sauce, make me so tired that i almost pass out - proteins that are difficult to digest lower my energy a bit too - caffeine improves my cognitive abilities and focus, but sometimes leads to unorganized or undirected action)

Staying hydrated also helps stay alert. So easy to overlook when you're in constant rush nowadays.

Your video back in 2017 changed my life by introducing me to intermittent fasting and cutting out sugar. Never put sugar in tea anymore and have been more alert than before. Quality content again, thanks!

I've found taking 5 minutes to stretch once or twice throughout the day really helps me stay awake. Even if I don't feel sore from a recent workout or anything, it's amazing how tight my legs, chest and back can get.

Another part of why you're sleepy after a meal is that eating triggers an anabolic state (repair, rest and digest) in your metabolism while being alert and energetic requires you to be in the catabolic state. This is shown in activation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, in insulin and glucagon levels and in bloodflow to brain and digestive tract.

To anyone struggling: You’re stronger than any test, paper due, breakup, money issue, or any battle you’re facing. Keep your head up.

TIPS DOWN HERE: Through my years of finding the ultimate natural productive state. I did find that fasting gets me so much work done. Im a very lean person and discipline feels easy to me. Been doing this for years. TRY THIS: 1. Dont eat breakfast till you’ve completed your morning chores and yet maybe morning work. Effect: it trains your mind to do these things in repitition thru the action-reward system in your brain like how you train a dog to do tricks before he gets his treat. The more you do this, the easier it gets. 2. EAT HEAVY DINNER because this is your reward for everything you’ve done for the day, and will make you more productive tomorrow and have energy for tomorrow’s morning fast. Also, food coma is a great way to get to sleep and avoid those sleepless nights. 3. We all need coffee to help us sometimes. HAVE YOUR COFFEE BLACK without sugar. It hits different.

I had chronic fatigue for 12 years from age 13 to 25. It's NOT tiredness, the feeling is a lot more physical and deep in the body rather than the head. And indeed, I could fall asleep instantly. Rarely, even standing up. Somatic Experiencing, a physical therapy for PTSD, is what finally resolved my chronic fatigue, that was caused by trapped energy in the nervous system. Definitely a completely different situation than the info in this video, which is also very useful. I don't usually experience tiredness unless I stay up all night, tho I'm also used to the extreme fatigue I had for years.

It's best been said by a wise man known as lil Baby; "I'm tired of being tired of being tired"

fasting makes u more alert because in nature u would need that extra alertness to find food.

As a person with low blood pressure, this is why we're recommended a low carb diet, as we already tend to suffer from low energy/feeling sluggish. Also, our blood pressure getting low enough will literally cause some of us (me) to crash (faint aka syncope.) Edit to add that we're also encouraged to get plenty of water and to add salt and caffeine to our diet. So now I'm wondering if there's a connection to orexin and low blood pressure. As a bonus, we're also recommended to get plenty of b12 and b9 (folate,) so maybe check to see if there's any studies that show whether those two help boost orexin? Lastly, we're told to limit our alcohol as it can be dehydrating.

Also, I've noticed that whenever I eat rice or pasta or any carbs for that matter, I really get so sleepy and tired.

I would like a video about dopamine and how it makes us perceive time and how to maintain a steady level throughout the day, Huberman has talked a bit about that.

I also eat a low carb diet as my first meal which often includes eggs with lots of fat such as butter, ghee to maintain mental clarity and I eat a high carb diet at night which often includes pasta or potatoes to enduce sleepiness and relaxation. I find that works best for me.

Cold showers and cold exposure really wakes me up and keeps me feeling alert for a few hours.

Noon nap is just perfect for keeping energy through the rest of the day

When I first started keto with IF, I would wake up feeling like I can conquer the whole anything that came my way. Consistent levels of energy throughout the day with tremendous focus, I couldn't do that at first. So yeah, I'm sticking to low carb and fasting. Best decision I made for my health.

*reads the title* Oh great, finally something I can fully relate to...

I gave up vegetable oil after the previous full length WIL video, my energy levels have gone through the roof, I'm in my early 40s but feel like I did when I was in my 20s, it has genuinely changed my life, plus food cooked in beef dripping or butter tastes amazing, also I seem to be losing weight, albeit gradually, but I haven't really made any other changes. I have been eating one meal a day, 2 or 3 days a week for years now, so I think that helps too, and I don't eat high carb food everyday. Since giving up the vegetable oil, I don't need to have as much caffeine to function, I still have a morning coffee, because I like the taste, but then just have water after that, and energy levels seem far more stable now.

I was drinking up to 10 cups of coffee a day the usual was 4+ I maintained this for 6 years. I went cold turkey, and cut it out of my diet 99% ( I had a cup here or there when the headaches got to much) It's been hands down the best thing I've ever done for my life, I still miss coffee, the taste the smell, but my energy levels just to live my life have skyrocketed. I come home from work and have the energy to play with my daughter, I've slowly reintroduced exercise and managed to lose over 10kgs. Cutting out coffee changed my life

Fasting is a big one. If you can get around the cravings, you do become very alert after a while. Also, you can mitigate the affects of eating by walking afterwards or working out. Body builders get around eating a ton of carbs because the are burning so many calories

That's exactly what I told a friend recently! I started doing intermittent fasting, a few months ago and I felt such a energy spike at around 2pm at work. But sometimes we like to order food at my workplace. As soon as I've eaten, I am usually tired for the rest of the workday.

Waking up early, taking cold shower in the morning has helped stay energetic till noon. In the noon, if I try to sweat by brisk walk it helps as well. I dont rely on foods to stay awake.. just indulge in some task that’s interesting or exertive..

I started excising a few months ago, and the amount of energy I have compared to before is insane, I am in my mid 20s, and I thought age was just getting to me, but now, I can run a full productive day on 4-6 hours sleep and have the energy to push on. This is also paired with eating better, reducing how much I smoke, etc.

I find my energy levels and focus diminish if I don't drink enough water throughout the day

I think maintaining consistent behaviors like time of when you wakeup and getting sunlight while awake are the best tricks I've found. Developing eating habits that revolve around physical exertion is another.

The reason I was always tired was because I was stressed and neurotic. Once I learned how to embrace and let go of negative emotions, my vitality gradually returned over time! Instead of being so bogged down all the time

I just thought I'd share my own experience after having tried fasting for the last 2+ weeks because of this video. I started fasting two weeks after I saw this video on the day it was released. I restricted my eating hours to 8 hours before sleep (didn't eat any solid food in between but would always have coffee with butter when I'm hungry, and if available, some broth) because I noticed I was getting extremely tired after every meal, and because of that I couldn't get anything done. Two weeks after watching this video, I restricted my eating window the next day without much preparation or practice in advance (not recommending this!) except making sure I drink more water, take more salt, take supplements, and have better meals when I'm eating. In my experience, staying hungry wasn't as challenging as I thought it'd be, especially because of butter coffee (which I have 1-2 times in the span of the 8-10 hour fast). The sensation of hunger usually comes at the time of day you'd usually be eating and subsides after a short while. What really surprised me was how fast it worked and how it's still been working ever since. The effects were present on the very first day, and I had a lot more energy than I normally would throughout the day until I have a meal again and I'd get drowsy for a while, but nothing like what it used to be. The first night I couldn't sleep, not because I was hungry, but because I just had way too much energy. After a while, I noticed that I could get around with a bit less sleep than I'd usually have and I could sleep a lot better. So the effects have been very very positive for me.

I was using the eat carbs only at night method before bed without even realizing this because I get serious energy drops when I eat during the day. Realized this all through trial and error, so I can testify to this video for sure. EDIT: just started eating canned tuna and other high-protein foods every morning and my energy levels have never felt better!

I've learned that sodium actually makes me tired, to the point of feeling sick. After this happens, I take potassium to balance it out and I bounce back within minutes, and it's like there was never anything wrong.

I just started going for a walk FIRST THING. It is such a wonderful feeling that I am easily able to do it consistently. When I come back, my senses feel very alive. And I don't feel like eating. I usually don't eat til midday or later.

I think the coronation between the “fasting “ and energy level has to do with an ancient biological tie to survival and hunting.

As a doctor i learned something new of the science of tiredness and the significance of orexin. I really loved how you explained it in a simple way and i can implement it in my daily life. 👍

I love the fact that Andrew Huberman is getting so popular. Some kind of collab with WIL would be terrific.

A consistent sleep schedule really deserves a lot more than a few sentences at the end of this video. It is a huge factor.

I sleep well when I lift heavy weights three times a week. I lift in the morning in a fasted state and continue fasting until about 2pm. Most of the time, I break my fast with a large, low carb lunch. I do not experience “lunch coma” afterwards. Most of the time, I eat a low carb dinner around 7:30pm and feel very sleepy by 9:00pm. I sleep about 7.5-9.5 hours per night, depending on how much mental energy I expend at my job and whether or not I lifted weights that day.

I think my habit of drinking too much coffee makes me more tired.

I listened to Dr. Huberman a lot and he focuses primarily on Epinephrine as a alertness neuro-thing. Can you, maybe explain how Orexin, Epinephrine, Dopamine and stress hormones in general work separately and together?

I've been doing intermittent fasting for a few years now. I feel like it has helped a ton with my general energy level.

I abuse caffeine and intermittent fasting intentionally in order to crash before midnight. I've grown up with industrial white lighting at home as a kid, so by 25 I was sleeping at 10am and waking up at 4pm just in time for grad school. Afterward, a tutoring gig had a great coffee machine in the office, and I discovered the powerful, clarifying effects of drinking sufficient coffee, over 2-3 cups of strong coffee. Before I had drank a single cup hoping for effect. After being attachéd to the army, now I wake up around 05:55 every morning, even weekends, and force blue light and caffeine on my person right away. I take breaks from coffee at least once a week. My regular coffee intake is a bit odd, about 68 ounces of water to dilute coffee, about 45 cc. This makes me fully alert and can get my thoughts to action immediately, whereas when I'm sober I procrastinate and daydream. By 20:00, I'm usually showering (whether I've played jujitsu or not) and eating dinner, mostly keto of course. Soon after, I should be falling asleep, unfortunately lately I've been doing so to yt videos. My go-to, however, is reading fanfiction. Saving the World the Right Way by paxbanana is a certified hood classic. Eating high protein & fat food OMAD at dinner, having coffee fasted all day, and having been fully awake since 6 all contribute to me crashing by a suitable, socially-appropriate bedtime. Until coffee, I had tried my best to keep to a 24-hour schedule, with inconsistent results. It's easy to blame screens, but regardless of hypotheticals, LED screens are a facet of life if you're reading this right now. Maybe one day I'll live in a homestead with a woman and a gun, but until I'm at full financial independence and retirement, computers and coffee will shape my life.

Personally, I always feel tired and sluggish when I don't eat. I usually eat specifically to boost energy and improve my performance, and this isn't even food high in sugars. I think it's eating too much, and what is eaten. Not just simply eating to make you tired.

Fasting: energy and focus way up. I compare to when my animals are hungry, they're jumping all over the place and are singularly focused on getting me to feed them, lol. Keto: very steady energy. Used to take naps all the time, now I don't feel like I need to Stopped drinking caffeine completely: Sleep is WAY better, steady energy throughout the day. Anxiety is gone. I used to have panic attacks almost every day. I've had maybe one or two since removing caffeine. It's been about 3 months now.

One thing I can add as a woman with an autoimmune disorder and low blood sugar. I need carbs or I crash HARD. I tried keto for a bit and felt horrible. I think men and women are very very different. My husband needs protein like nothing else. But I can't go without carbs. Also caffeine doesn't affect everyone the same. I can't have ANY caffeine after 3:30pm or I can't sleep. My husband can have caffeine and go right to bed and wake up refreshed. Very weird. Everybody's different. 💕

What blows my mind is all the info and research you do is impressive....but then on top of that the clips from movies and shows is alot of work

I have haemachromatosis, and you describe falling asleep at the desk for narcolepsy is very similar to an iron overload where narcolepsy symptoms play out. Before I was diagnosed, I would have these bouts of extreme drowsiness and almost falling asleep at my desk around 3pm. Haemachromatosis if left untreated, leads to diabetes.

I love how the automatic subtitles always say erection instead of orexin

I definitely noticed I’ve been feeling more tired lately and I thought it was from all the stress and juggling 3 jobs, which I’m sure is a factor, but I noticed I have put on some weight that I’m really not happy about, I typically don’t go to bed until around midnight, and I know carbs are an issue for me, especially when stressed you want them snacks for pleasure. This gave me something to really think about.

I"d love more content on improving performance, on gut-brain topics & on how diet or sleep may affect depression, anxiety & paranoia :)

So Dr Gerald Geraldson was right after all!

If I start reading a book at 8:00 I can almost always fall asleep within a few minutes of going to bed at 9:00. Getting 8+ hours of sleeping starting around 9:00 is the single best thing I've done to function well during the day.

I've always struggled with energy in the afternoon and many times would be falling asleep driving home from work at 4 PM. If I didn't take a nap, I would certainly fall asleep for a while after dinner. I consume too much sugar during the early part of the day, so that's probably the issue. Sometimes if I get going on a project after work, I get my 2nd wind and feel fine. Caffeine doesn't seem to phase me sleep wise, I don't know why.

I was born to be tired. For all of my life, I have been sleepy and tired and I never had personal energy, ambition, or motivation the way most people take for granted. My parents sent me to a shrink on account of my lack of motivation. I slept through school and almost flunked out, so I couldn't go to college, and I had to work day labor in factories, where I was said to be too slow. People made fun of me and some people hated me. When I can get away with it, I sleep for 12 to 14 hours or more a day.

I literally feel like a different person while in ketosis it's so strange. I think I do 3 times as many things during the day as I use to.

I only eat once a day sometimes stretching it into longer intervals, but I generally know when I feel tired it's do too water intake or lack of salt. Bouillon cube with hot water on longer fasts!👌

i appreciate you can just hover over the video chapter stubs and skim review this like an article, i legit dont see that very often and find it really considerate and helpful

Great video and tips! 👏 One major correlation I think makes people a lot more tired is how much time they spend in the scroll hole (Mindless scrolling social media). Many think this is a break but its actually a lot of work and decision making for the brain and depletes it fast. Solution = Learn to focus your mind! 😉

Everyone!! Something to consider. If you are suffering from insomnia and find that drinking an energy drink makes you sleepy, it might be because you are supplementing a vitamin B deficiency, which, once your B levels are rectified, allows your body to properly put you to sleep. There’s a chubbyemu (or side channel of his) video that details this.

This is sick! I kinda knew a lot of these things, but knowing why is awesome. This video has inspired a new game plan! Intermittent fasting, skip breakfast, eat protein and fat for lunch, eat healthy-ish carbs for dinner. The carbs help put me to sleep. I’m thinking for healthy carbs: rice n beans, potato, veggies, etc. For lunch, I might honestly be eating eggs, avacado and meat. People always see breakfast as the time to eat eggs, but I’ll be breaking my fast at noonish instead of 7am!

As a type one diabetic, this video has explained so much to me, the literal thing that is keeping me alive is also the thing that’s making me tired all the time, so I need to find ways to reduce the amount of insulin I’m taking. Thanks so much for this man you may have just saved my life

I GIVE UP DRINKING COFFEE FOR ABOUT A MONTH. IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO ME BECAUSE WHAT I GAINED THROUGH THIS PROCESS WAS BEYOND IMAGINATION FOR ME. MY SLEEP QUALITY IMPROVED. I'M NO LONGER A CAFFEINE ADDICT. AND MANY OTHER BENEFITS WHICH YOU HAVE TO FIGURE THEM OUT BY YOURSELF .

A video about magnesium and its link to stress, anxiety, and depression would be great. Dr. Tracy Marks recently posted a video about it, and hearing your take on it would be awesome.

Omg this video just explained everything I was concerned about. Always felt like eating takes too much time in a day

Learn from me. I sought methods of boosting my orexin. The downsides were brutal. I lost an hour or more each day dealing with my "solution" to raising my orexin levels. My muscles burned and ached, and I found myself sweating visibly. I had to drink a lot more liquids to keep myself from getting dehydrated, and wear special clothing just to air myself out. I lost a lot of weight during this time. My joints were often sore, and I had to wear special shoes just to prevent injuries I was more prone to in my feet and legs. I occasionally developed painful pus and blood blisters on my feet as well. My doctor said my resting heart rate had become "shockingly low" at 40bpm. As you may have guessed, my solution was running. It was and still is awesome. It just makes the rest of the day better. The soreness and pain gets better if you just stick to it. So yeah. Learn from me.

It's also important to talk about sleep apnea. It's way more serious than just some snoring

This explains how i was energetic the whole day on keto. But now that I'm back on carbs I'm always sleepy, I'll only eat carbs at night for now on to help me sleep like in 8:50

One thing I'll mention on the subject of sleep I used to be an insomniac until I started working night shift. I honestly think some people are hard wired to have better sleep at different times... I consistently sleep 8 hours a night now, compared to the 3 or 4 I would get when I had to wake up at 7am, despite going to bed at 9pm.

💚🏜️ yes, while fasting I need way less sleep. Love your concise information 💚

In support of this, my anecdotal experience is that fasting has always boosted my energy and lowered the amount of sleep I needed to feel rested. Only exception was a failed attempt at a 7 day fast that ended with me eating an entire pack of pepperoni (the saltiest thing in the house). A previous 7 day fast had gone off without a hitch and I felt fantastic at the end of it. No hunger whatsoever.

I am an "owl". Now that I am retired I can manage tiredness by choosing when to work, eat and sleep. That means tasks are done in the morning, one balanced meal a day, at lunchtime, followed by about 4 hours sleep. The next 12 hours is reading, writing, internet, games, etc, followed by another 4 hours sleep. Two weak, black, unsweetened coffee in the morning, one or two after the post prandial nap. This suits me well and I seldom feel tired during my waking hours, which is a huge contrast to my prior working life, when I was forced to conform to the eating and sleep pattern of the "larks" and suffered, if not from full narcolepsy, periodic overwhelming bouts of fatigue.

I've definitely had days in college where I would have 2 or 1 meals in given day. Juggling between school and work, I just didn't have the time to sit down and spend 30 minutes eating. I'm very competitive with my grades too. I always wanted to get the highest grades that I could achieve. It was a lot of hard work, not gonna lie. But I have no regrets.

I fast every day of the week and chillax on the weekends, my fasting started out as a spiritual thing and I discovered how amazing it is for the body. My typical fasting liquids are Gatorade, water and pineapple juice. And most of the time when I eat my big meal in the evening it’s like I took a handful of sleeping pills. The thing I realized about fasting is our bodies were created to go long amounts of time without food but due to food becoming easier to get we lost that awareness. I’m confident in biblical times it was normal for some folks to go days without a significant meal. Great informative video

Whenever I'm tired, I actually find physical exercise helps me more than resting and sleeping. That just makes me more tired. Exercise, even if it's moderate, just wakes me up. (And makes me tired when I need to be)

I've been meditating for over a year now and i feel like meditation makes me more sleepy when i do it in the day so i stick to meditating at night. Plus i feel like i sleep deeper when i meditate 1-3 hours before sleep

Whelp, that explains why when I was exhausted and burnt-out, my doctor did blood work and I was low in B12 and Iron. 😬 also vitamin D.

I used to have modafinil like once a week to be alert during my college days, I thought by mind power will improve somehow and I'll be active for at least 12 hours since the exams were nearer. But all it did was make me miserable because while your brain can become active, your body becomes tired and I definitely do not recommend it to substitute for sleep, you'll feel like a waking dead body. I only recommend modafinil if you're working on a project that is time sensitive and requires you to be active for 16 hours or driving somewhere (but it'd be better to not take up any such project that requires such deadline, and if it's not an emergency, get a motel and take adequate rest). Better not take any modafinil at all. You'll not become any smarter than you currently are.

Do not forget about psychological factors. My constant anxiety and over-analysis of things is what makes me tired. I've modified my diet, improved my sleep, and exercised. These helped maybe 10%. But really, looking at my psychological state is what worked for me. So, don't discard it.

When it's time to work, it's time to work. Conversely, when it's time to rest, you do that and that alone. Blurring the line between the two produces subpar results at best. Of course, there are leisure activities and non-work responsibilities, but when it's really time to slow down and take care of the body, that gets your full attention.

Inducing a grateful, exited mental state keeps my energy levels high even after 12 hours in front of the computer. I'm also very lucky to work with fun people.

01:46 My friend the *tiger* is always giving me this wonderful feeling of being *alert*

Wow what an enlightening video, thanks for the great summary with well delivered findings 👍🏼👍🏼

Exercise always has the most profound effect for me as far as maintaining energy levels. The effect is doubled if I exercise outside in daylight, like I feel so great when I'm skateboarding outside and listening to music.

I've experienced the exact opposite. Eating a lot of protein at one time makes it near impossible to stay awake. But, regardless of the amount of carbs I eat, I'm just fine. In fact, around 3 years ago I noticed that if I don't have carbs I struggle to stay awake throughout the day. Carbs are essential for me to keep alert.

>scream at yourself >tell yourself you are at full power You usually think you are something, and then become that. You don't notice things, you make them happen. If you feel tired, it is not you being tired and noticing it. You are deciding to now become tired. Same with unhappy, lonely, depressed, hungry. You are actively choosing and engaging with one mindset and owning it.

This summarizes my last 4 years with intermittent fasting, low carb/paleo/keto diet, coffee, and salt intake. I used to gain weight, feel cold and sleepy all the time, my memory was a mess too.