I get asked a lot, "Ron, what supplements do you take to improve your memory?" And I'll tell
you this, right now, I'm not taking any specific brand of, for example, there are some nootropics
out there, some supplements for your memory. And I personally right now, I'm not taking any
specific brand of supplements. With that said, I may one day, and I may even formulate my own
brand of a nootropic one day, and if I do, I'm sure it's going to have some components of the
ingredients that I'm about to talk about. The first thing that's a supplement that
can really help your memory is something that I do every day, and I take an Omega-3 pill every single
day. Omega-3 is wonderful for your brain and your memory. You can get it in a lot of fish. You just
eat a lot of fish, you can get a lot of Omega-3. I am unable to do that because I'm allergic to fish,
so I take an Omega-3 pill every day. The next supplement that is for your brain,
and it's not really something that many would consider in the supplement category, but I do,
is water, H2O, good old water. A dehydrated brain can't focus. If you are having trouble with brain
fog and you're having trouble focusing, oftentimes a problem is that you're not consuming enough
water. There was a study that once said that the average man needs to drink a gallon of water a
day, which is about 125 ounces of water a day. I heard another study that said you should figure
out how much... In women, it was a different number. I believe it was 125 ounces for men,
and women it was like 60 or 90 or 70 ounces. A better way that I like to figure it out though,
it's a different study that I heard, is you take your body weight and divide it by two. So if I
weigh 210 pounds, and I do, I divide that by two, I get 105, so I should drink 105 ounces of water
a day. There's no really hard and set rule there. But bottom line, a dehydrated brain can't focus.
The first thing that I really like is Omega-3 pills. The second thing I like is drinking
plenty of water. The third supplement for your memory is one you may have heard of before,
it's called Ginkgo biloba. One of the key things that Ginkgo biloba does is it increases your blood
flow. And the theory is by increasing your blood flow, you're getting more oxygen to
your brain and the more oxygen to your brain, the more alert your brain is. This could also
be accomplished with exercise, but who wants to exercise when you can just take a pill,
right? So, Ginkgo biloba will get more blood flow to your brain. And of course I was being sarcastic
with that. A dehydrated brain can't focus, so drink plenty of water and take an Omega-3 pill.
The next one is one you're going to make fun of me for pronouncing, but it's phosphatidylserine,
phosphatidylserine. You could see it spelled on the screen. You know what I'm trying to say. It's
in a group called phospholipids. And this is going to help your cognitive function and it
helps keep your brain fresh and alive and alert. And this is another one you're going to make fun
of me for, acetyl-L-carnitine. This is an amino acid. It plays a role in energy production and
it's said to be able to help your mood and boost your mood. Along those same lines,
HTP5, this is one that is going to help boost your mood. I actually take an HTP5 every single
night. I take it at nighttime because it can make you a little bit sleepy. And so it's a
good natural sleep aid in a way. It doesn't always make you sleepy, but it definitely can, but it's
also something that's going to boost your mood. Having a positive mood and having a relaxed mood
is certainly crucial to your brain and memory. The next one is creatine. Now this is something
that's found naturally in your body and it's in the muscle tissues. It can help you with
your energy, but it also can, believe it or not, play a role in your brain function. Now,
there is also something that it is possible to get too much creatine in your body. You always
want to stay hydrated if you're consuming a creatine supplement. And by the way,
and on this one and on all of them, I would always recommend that you talk to a doctor or
a nutritionist or something like that. I'm giving you ones that I have taken throughout my life,
but make sure that you're getting what's right for you and for your body chemistry.
Another one is Rhodiola rosea, and I just butchered that. You can watch this as a comedy
reel if you want on the things I mispronounced. But just see it on the screen. I'll put a
link to it down below, and check out Rhodiola rosea. It is known to improve brain function.
And I told you that of the ones that I take, I take H2O, water, I take Omega-3, and another
one that I take, I really take these primary three ones for me. The others are good to know,
and if you want to take them, you can. But the last one that I do is lion's mane. Lion's mane
is a mushroom or extract from a mushroom, and it has been shown to show some really
positive signs on brain function, your ability to focus, your ability to stay relaxed in your
mood. So lion's mane, Omega-3 and drinking plenty of water. Those are the three that I
focus on. There are some more, I listed them here, such as Ginkgo biloba. But your brain
needs nutrients. You can get a lot of it from your diet, but you can also supplement it.
Don't discount exercise either. Good old-fashioned exercise increases your blood flow. That increases
more oxygen into your brain, and that's the more alert that you are going to be.
Supplement your brain and supplement your body if you want your brain to be as alert as it can
be. And if you want to get a memory course, I have one. Down below in the description,
I have put a link to my Black Belt Memory Course. You can get a free gift there, so don't forget
to check that out. And also don't forget to subscribe. I'll see you on the next video.