[goertzen]

The following will out perform every fancy nootropic:

Drink as much water as you can. Breathe clean air. Walk. Get as much sleep as you can. Lift something heavy regularly.

[papito]

Everything is correct except for the first one. Hydration is HEAVILY dependent on age. Younger bodies can hold on to way more water, and that decreases as we age. This is the primary reason why we get worse hangovers as we age.

Drink water while it makes you feel good, but for the love of God, do not force-hydrate yourself, especially if you are not 40.

https://www.thecut.com/2016/06/why-your-hangovers-just-keep-...

[alfor]

Get sunlight daily. We need infrared to keep our inflammation under control, not just UV for vit-D.

[sambeau]

And, UV for our skin to produce NO to reduce our blood pressure

[jamiecurle]

An excellent point.

If I was being a pedant (which I tacitly now am), I'd be tempted to add two things:

1 - mindfulness meditation. Building the ability of the mind to hold attention is arguably just as useful as training the muscles. Especially for longer term knowledge workers who "get a bit bored of this staring at the screen thing". Like me. This comment is evidence of my ability to procrastinate.

2 - eat wide and well. Up to the individual to decide what that translates into, but eating wide and well will give you all the range of macro and micro nutrients you'll need for optimum cognitive performance.

[peanuty1]

Except there is such thing as drinking too much water.

[the_sleaze9]

Let's add "Everything in moderation" to the end of the wholesome anti-aging routine

[canadiantim]

Incorrect. This is a fanciful notion quite frankly that is more a romantic idea than anything grounded in reality

[throw1234651234]

What's incorrect? You don't think sleep increases working memory and long term brain health? Exercise doesn't fix everything? Water isn't the best thing to drink? Don't dispute universal givens without strong evidence.