Think Tank: The Neuro Blog
Is Anger Ruining Your Life? Best Ways to Deal with It
Nowadays, we are expected to have the ability to control our anger- but this is often more easily said than done. If you are among the many people who struggle to control their anger and it is threatening the quality of your relationships, perhaps you should look for ways to improve the management of your anger.
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Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 is an essential vitamin that works to maintain your nervous and circulatory cells. It's the most chemically complex of all the vitamins. Taking more B12 will help give you more energy and reduced stress! Neuro contains 100% of your daily value of B12, so take a chew! ~ Hi! We’re Team Neuro, aficionados of all things brain-related, from creativity to working out. With backgrounds in art, science, and athletics, we love delving into all the potentials of the human body. We also created the world's first sugar-free nootropic energy gum that utilizes the effects of caffeine and L-theanine, made to help you optimize your mind — anywhere, anytime. Find out more here.
Learn moreDo Animals Work Out?
You don’t tend to think of animals as being the most exercise-conscious things. Sure, predators spend a lot of time chasing things and prey spends a lot of time running away. That all serves a purpose. They aren’t doing it for fun or to shed that last couple of pounds. They’re doing it to eat or not get eaten. But, maybe we’re wrong...
Learn moreWhat is L-Theanine?
L-theanine is a calming amino acid that helps transmit nerve impulses in your brain and stimulates relaxing neurotransmitters like GABA. It can be found naturally in certain plants used as teas, mainly green tea leaves. It induces relaxation without drowsiness. Studies have been done with green tea, a natural source of l-theanine, and have shown that it works well in combination with caffeine. Neuro gum and mints provide l-theanine along with caffeine to give you a balanced boost without the jitters. This compound has also been shown to help boost mood and cognitive performance. Try it out!
Learn more8 Brain Hacks That Can Make You Smarter
Brain Hacking, or the practice of taking the brain and its capacity to a higher level has nothing to do with arcane rituals, spiritual prowess or the institutions of higher learning. Basically it all comes down to exercising the most basic self control techniques that can allow you to unlock some impressive potential that exist in us all.
Learn moreWhy Sugar is America's Biggest Problem
Sugar. It has a lot names, a lot of derivatives, a lot of negative effects on your body, and it’s in a lot of foods. Sugar is such a common substance in packaged foods that we have come to accept it as a completely normal part of our diet. I’m not going to mince my words: a vast majority of Americans are totally addicted to sugar.
Learn moreTen Amazing Things You Didn’t Know About Caffeine
The reason we need coffee to feel alert is that its main ingredient, caffeine, is a powerful stimulant. It stimulates the nervous system, as well as the heart and muscles, giving us a boost and making us feel more awake. Although drinking too much coffee could have a few adverse effects to your health, its positive effects definitely outweigh them. In fact, regular caffeine consumption has the following amazing benefits for your health...
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Brains Over Beauty
Beauty without a brain is nothing but a hollow shell masquerading the streets with half-baked tricks and good-for-nothing treats. Traditional images and ideas unwisely celebrated by the dominant culture attributes majority of the visual world to the complex workings of the eye...
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Getting Things Done
Getting Things Done, or GTD is the name of a productivity technique or time-management method. It's also something most of us want to know how to do effectively every day. Get things done. GTD was created by a man called David Allen, who sells a book titled Getting Things Done. If you feel like you need to read more than a hundred pages on the concept to really feel motivated enough to pick up a fairly simple method, by all means, check out his book. Otherwise stick around and we'll have you up and running in no time.
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