Many believe that these alternatives are even better than caffeine! What nootropic can provide the motivation and stimulating benefits of caffeine? Caffeine has become one of the go-to stimulants to boost focus and energy levels. However, prolonged intake of caffeine often results in anxiety, tolerance, and other side effects. Watch the whole video as I share my favorite caffeine alternatives, how to take them, their benefits and side effects.
Hey there everyone this is michael duggal the new short break reviewer and during this video today you will learn about alternatives to caffeine as a nootropic supplement there’s actually so many of them at least five and i’ll share with you my favorites how to take them as well as the side effects because what we know
About caffeine is that it’s absolutely great for energy levels for alertness especially for motivation yet for many users it does have negative side effects which include anxiety energy crashes and of course building up a tolerance and the first one that i will talk about is ephedrine ephedrine became very very
Popular for fat loss especially when pairing it with caffeine and my experience with ephedrine for the most part was pretty positive i found that it did increase levels of focus however it didn’t last as long as caffeine did and unfortunately there’s not enough research to confirm how safe ephedrine may be especially for
People with any heart issues or any issues whatsoever with mental illness i would stay clear of ephedrine it’s definitely not the right fit for you but it most definitely can’t be ignored there was a specific period when i was actually off caffeine and i was only using ephedrine i was taking eight milligrams
Two to three times per day and i really liked that i was able to focus i was able to read a lot faster i was able to like retain information it seemed better because i was able to get through a lot of studying and this kind of goes back to what are you using caffeine for specifically because that it will help you with
Your studies that personally didn’t work for me i noticed that when i was under the influence of caffeine i was able to get through material very quickly like my textbooks however i was not retaining anything in my memory and overall i determined that caffeine was actually doing more harm than it was good but
When it came to ephedrine i had a much better experience when i was using it for studying plus i had noticed i was able to use ephedrine uh later on in the evening and have it not keep me up like how caffeine would so ephedrine what i didn’t like about it was that it didn’t really did like i love taking caffeine pre-workout
With ephedrine i didn’t get that same boost of physical energy i definitely couldn’t bust prs i definitely wasn’t getting any benefit with cardiovascular activity so that’s why i stopped using ephedrine i do feel that it is somewhat underrated let’s talk about alternative number two and that would be yohimbine
And all things being considered i would probably give yohimbine a thumbs down where i do like it is i like it for physical energy but you really have to be educated on the use of yohimbine i think it’s more appropriate for most people they just feel so anxious and so uneasy when they’re using yohimbine and your
Heart rate like significantly increases i’m telling you won’t be able to lift weights your heart will just be like beating through your chest it’s very uncomfortable but it can’t be ignored because some people do see good results with their mood and that’s been my experience as well actually there was a
Period where i was in a little bit of a career slump you can say and i was using caffeine along with a little bit of yohimbine every single day and i was feeling like much more better much more optimistic a little bit like euphoric to the point that it made me a lot more courageous than i was accustomed to and
That felt good and that really helped me to get out of that specific period but with yohimbine like you really need to understand the dosage you have to know under what circumstances to take it what circumstances you shouldn’t take it like with yohimbine there’s no point taking it along with the meal it’s like almost
Useless unless you take it faster or several hours after a meal because if your insulin levels are high you just simply won’t feel yohimbine working and watch this video over here if you want to learn more about yohimbine it’s a very tricky and interesting nootropic, but it does yield results and the next
Nootropic supplement we’ll talk about is theacrine and the way a lot of people look at theacrine is like it can give you exactly what you can get from caffeine without giving you the anxiety and the uneasiness and i’m gonna be the person to tell you the truth to tell you that it’s horribly overrated but it’s better than the
Other two alternatives i mentioned because it overall seems healthier and there’s some research which does support that and where theocrane got a lot of attention is for its effects specifically that people believe it can give you the same physical and mental energy as caffeine will without giving you the anxiety and
I would say that’s a little bit over hyped i don’t think theacrine is all that effective um even if i were to take like 200 milligrams of theacrine it’s not been my experience that it even feels like 100 milligrams of caffeine like caffeine is just way stronger especially for your mood and i’ve tried using theocrine
Pre-workout it’s not that beneficial i have found that it does to some extent help with cardiovascular exercise this is a bottle here this is from nootropics depot and um it will give you like the alertness which you like some tiredness during the day if you’re be said that theacrine could be a good fit
Because it may work on different receptors than caffeine would so you can kind of like easily recite your tolerance but it’s just so subtle to the point you’ll ask yourself what’s the there may be something to be said about using uh theocrine along with caffeine pre-workout i’ve had some success like mixing uh 200
Milligrams of caffeine pre-workout and adding 100 milligrams of theocrane i found that i get a better energy boost plus i don’t crash as hard and a lot of people believe that with the theacrine they can take it even a pretty high dose like 200 milligrams plus of theocrine and they won’t experience any energy
Take caffeine but that’s not been my experience and it’s been my experience like with pretty much every stimulant out there that the more stimulated crash feels like is brain fog you don’t want to do anything you feel a little bit lethargic you feel fatigued and you cannot really think clearly which is of course a
Very uncomfortable place to be and the next alternative i want to talk about is dynamite dynamite i put in kind of like the same category as theocrine it’s expensive probably not necessary i see theocrine more like mental clarity and more like mental energy whereas i see dynamite milligrams of dynamite for example will
Get you a bit of physical energy that’s more comparable to something like caffeine with dynamite most people seem to use that one pre-workout like as an alternative to caffeine or even adding onto caffeine i’ve seen a lot of pre-workout blends these days containing both caffeine and dynamine yet most people
Seem to get away from dynamite realizing it’s really not doing too much like there’s not many negative side effects that people often report about and same with theocrate but at the same time it just doesn’t do that much to justify the expense and then of course you’re experiencing the crash now let’s talk about a
Couple of nootropic supplements that i actually and the first one is going to be l-tyrosine and l-tyrosine is actually not a stimulant it’s an amino acid that’s found in proteins like chicken breasts like egg whites even turkey but when you take l-tyrosine by itself so without other amino acids that are competing
During the digestion process you will actually feel more alert you’ll feel like your concentration is better and your motivation is much higher and this one actually really worked for me what happened was i did take a whole year off of caffeine after going to a tony robbins seminar back in 2018 and like l-tyrosine
Was the one thing that helped me get through that because i took all tyrosine pre-workout it still will really help with all my exercise of course l-tyrosine is one of the most common ingredients you’ll see out there in like energy drinks or pre-workout supplements because it really does work with minimal side effects
So i used it then but i also use it in the early afternoon even late afternoon because it’s like anytime you feel fatigued or your concentration isn’t that great you can take about 750 milligrams of l-tyrosine and like right away you notice that your attention is there your concentration is there you’re
Motivated because it works on the neurotransmitter dopamine and really significantly raises it to get things done and so the ideal dosage for most people is 500 milligrams up to one gram per serving you can take that two to three times per day and what’s great about tyrosine specifically is that you can get away with
Taking it four hours of sleeping for me anyway i can take l-tyrosine whereas i can’t take something like caffeine because caffeine would keep me up about tyrosine in this video over here and the other alternative i want to share with you is phenolparastam which is definitely very different than these
Other supplements because with felon parasite you only need to take it once a day for me that’s a dosage of about 100 milligrams and you’re so stimulated you’re so alert to the point that it can be counterproductive so you want to understand what other nootropics you can take to pretty much like put the brakes on it
A little bit so you can have good judgment you can think clearly yet you can still execute at a very high level but i really like fennel price time it kind in that it’s not like super intense in any specific times like caffeine is but you notice working throughout the whole day and uh only take it in the
Morning or early afternoon because trust that this stuff will keep you up at night and if you take too much of it you will definitely feel wired not only that but you’ll also feel like very warm sometimes i’ll take too much fennel perhaps time that i’ll need to take cold showers not once but like twice a day just to kind
Of cool down my body temperature so that i can still be productive and i’ve talked more about phenylprosthetic in this video over here it’s one of the best nootropic supplements out there definitely look into it and i would love to know what is an alternative that you specifically use as a substitute for caffeine
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