Alpha GPC is one of the most powerful nootropics out there for boosting motivation memory better
planning skills and at the end of the video I'm going to share with you my rating of this
nootropic supplement I've been using Alpha GPC over eight years now and if you're new to the
channel consider subscribing I'm Michael Duggal the nootroper reviewer and let's take a deep dive
into the benefits of alpha GPC Alpha GPC is a chole energetic compound and what it does is
it increases the level of a specific chemical in the brain called acetylcholine and acetylcholine
is responsible for things like memory learning and better thinking virtually every area of cognition
will be improved with the use of alpha GPC and the way that I first came across Alpha GPC is
because I was looking for a natural supplement that I could use to eliminate fatigue and just
have those longer productive work days and although it's not stimulating like caffeine
is you definitely do notice an effect within a few days some people notice the effect instantly
what you should experience is slightly better energy levels clearer thinking and Alpha GPC
really feels like you're recharging your battery so it's like as you're going about the day adding
some Alpha GPC in there just really does help to have some clear mindedness for you to just
be as productive during the second half of the day as the first half of the day and one thing
that really surprised me was that Alpha GPC pairs well with pretty much all the tropics
out there in fact there seems to be a Synergy with a lot of nootropics that if you pair a nootropic
along with Alpha GPC you'll find that the initial nootropic works even better so the mental benefits
without the GPC they were discovered way earlier were looking back into the early 90s but what's
really interesting now is within the past five to ten years we actually have a lot of emerging
research showing that Alpha GPC can also be effective with physical performance but they
clearly found a difference between the alpha GPC group versus the placebo group it's effective at
increasing lower body Force production after six days of supplementation therefore Sports
Performance coaches can consider adding Alpha GPC to their diet this study measured isometric
strength so these are strength related exercises that don't require any Movement Like a plank for
example though regardless of whatever style of exercise you prefer I do feel Alpha GPC may help
a little bit nothing too significant but I think it may be more effective for those of you that
don't ingest caffeine pre-workout will it help to boost your testosterone levels I really don't
think so that hasn't been my experience though I really believe that the mechanism of action
in which it may improve testosterone levels is through helping people with their workouts or
even just encouraging them to get to the gym in the first place because as shown in this more
recent study Alpha GPC can significantly improve motivation levels specifically motivation levels
in the evening so what they did in the study was they took healthy individuals between age 22 to
59 years old and the study subjects were assessed three times a day based on subjective feelings of
motivation to which they all pretty much answered that and there were clear findings that the group
that was taking Alpha GPC versus the placebo experienced higher motivation levels and you
really come across a lot of success stories if you just browse on Reddit or you browse on quora
for people's experiences and examine.com has done a great job to compile a number
of studies to really show us what the intended benefit would be of taking a specific nootropic
and prior we had a lot of research showing that Alpha GPC could be effective with those that may
be experiencing some memory loss or early signs of dementia so it definitely is really exciting
that now we have some research showing that it can as well work with healthy young individuals
like myself Alpha GPC is specifically a form of choline but the way that you can actually get
holding through your diet eggs but it's not the egg white it's the egg yolk one large egg
contains about 150 milligrams of choline and what so is if you were to cook the egg unfortunately
two-thirds of the choline is going to be gone the main difference between consuming your choline
through egg yolks versus Alpha GPC is that is that the form of choline and egg yolks as fat soluble
but the form of choline in Alpha GPC is water soluble and you're going to hear mixed opinions
about this I personally feel the effects more so when I consume Alpha GPC over egg yolks however
we recently did have somewhat of a concern about Alpha GPC and choline ingestion because of this
specific study here Association of alpha GPC with subsequent stroke risk after 10 years and
specifically what happens is when you consume any form of choline it increases trimethylamine oxide
also known as tmao and as tmao goes up a stroke likelihood also does go up so fortunately eggs
produce a very low amount of tmao which means that risk stroke should be minimized and what they had
found through using different forms of choline as well as egg yolks was that assuming that tmao may
have under desirable effects of course it would given that it could increase the likelihood of
having a stroke egg supplementation may be best suited for choline supplementation in adults
fortunately there are ways to reduce tmao levels for all of you Alpha GPC lovers you can do things
like you can increase the consumption of garlic probiotics fermented foods olive oil and fiber one
of the other downsides of alpha GPC use would be the many side effects and some of the most
common ones include nausea as well as a little bit of sandness you can almost say symptoms of
depression some people even experience withdrawals it's like they get the exact opposite reaction of
what they were expecting to get from alpha GPC so instead of being able to think a lot more
clearly they actually have brain fog if you were to try any form of choline Alpha GPC is the one
where it's like more benefit but also more risk a lot of people don't respond that favorably to
it the other forms which are somewhat popular would be CDP choline and choline by tartrate
Alpha GPC across the blood-brain barrier a lot more effectively so I personally found
it working far more than I felt a CDP choline or choline by tartar train I barely felt that one
working I want to first start taking Alpha GPC I started off with somewhat of a moderate dose
of 150 milligrams once a day and I really enjoyed it as far as verbal fluency having a better memory
improved motivation levels so I made the mistake you can say of increasing my dosage up to 1 gram
a day and that's when I learned that more Alpha GPC is not a good thing in my case it was a bad
thing and you're definitely going to find that that you need to find your sweet spot with a
specific nootropic so don't give up on Alpha GPC just try it in a different fashion whether that's
a smaller dosage or spreading it across the day kind of similar to how you would with caffeine
and if you look at a lot of different nootropic blends there's a reason why Alpha GPC is a common
ingredient some of my favorites are quality of mind and gorilla mine smooth they're most likely
going to have Alpha GPC contained as one of the ingredients because it does more good than it does
bad whether you're a student entrepreneur whether you're in sales like myself you should see some
sort of benefit and after you've started taking it every single day for a few weeks maybe even
a few months you really notice Alpha GPC being on once it's out of your stack the first time that I
removed Alpha GPC from my stack I could definitely tell as far as like my verbal fluency being sharp
on my feet my memory it really wasn't theirs and that was a time when I really learned that Alpha
GPC was actually doing something with respect to dosage the way you may want to get started like
how I started was by taking 100 milligrams to 200 milligrams once a day you can see how you respond
to it if you were to get it in the capsule form you're typically going to find a capsules of about
150 milligrams that seems to be a common serving size but you can also go ahead and find it in the
powder form because of course with the powder form you can adjust the dosage I sometimes like
taking a little bit more Alpha GPC pre-workout or on days when I'm ingesting some of these stronger
substances like fennel prostime or modafinil and if you respond okay to the consumption of alpha
GPC once a day then of course you can gradually increase it and because I look at Alpha GPC kind
of like a nootropic supplement that refills your batteries so if I have a very long workday I'll
take Alpha GPC three times a day at that dosage of 150 milligrams that ends up being close to about
600 milligrams per day but most days I end up consuming about 400 to 500 milligrams of alpha GPC
and this seems to be a common serving size if you were to take Alpha GPC just once you're in the day
I would take it sometime in the morning I would wait an hour after waking up and then consume
your first serving and if you were to use it twice yesterday then I would consume Alpha GPC about an
hour after waking up and then I would consume it again six hours following that serving one of the
most appropriate uses for Alpha GPC is using it along with the racetams the racetams being
one of the most popular synthetic nootropics out there for energy levels for motivation and better
thinking and pairing the rest times with Alpha GPC makes for a really good nootropic snack though I
want you to know that you can still take Alpha GPC by itself don't think that the only reason
to take Alpha GPC is because you're taking it with the rastans it's like no the using Alpha GPC will
help to prevent any side effects from racetams in most cases but even if you weren't taking
any nootropics at all and you were to add Alpha GPC independently you should still see results I
personally not really found that the vendor makes too much of a difference although the formula of
alpha GPC I've been comfortable consuming lately has been deformed from nootropics Depot you can
see the powder form muscle the capsule form but you'll likely find it in the 50 form or
the 99 form really there's no difference between the two but just for the sake of convenience if
you get it in the powder form there's no need to get the 99 it's very very sticky compared to the
50 form which you can just conveniently take in a serving which you can just conveniently take out
of the bottle with no issues but my overall rating with Alpha GPC would be a 9 out of 10
super effective the only downside with Alpha GPC is I really dislike how often I have to take it
with other nootropics it's great I can take them once during the day get the benefit throughout
the whole day but without the GPC it's not easy to always remember and plus the fact that with this
nootropic I'm using it accordingly to my day like I've have a longer work day I'll just use more
Alpha GPC sometimes I can forget like we're human but I'd love to know your thoughts about Alpha GPC
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