
Smarter Not Harder

Studies show that ginseng is effective when used to improve cognition and focus.
Dave Asprey • Smarter Not Harder
It’s a perfect storm, nutritionally speaking. We are eating fewer minerals and at the same time eating more of the stuff that sucks them out of our bones.
Dave Asprey • Smarter Not Harder
Equanimity is the state in which you can remain in control of yourself and be perfectly composed no matter what is happening around you. A lesser state than equanimity is compassion, which itself has value. A lesser state than that is empathy, which has value as well.
Dave Asprey • Smarter Not Harder
DAKE shorthand because it is the most important of the fat-soluble vitamins;
Dave Asprey • Smarter Not Harder
Danger Coffee, which contains fifty different minerals from decomposed plants.
Dave Asprey • Smarter Not Harder
The key to taking control is learning how to bend the laziness principle to your advantage.
Dave Asprey • Smarter Not Harder
you’re going to eat a grain, a much better choice is rye, the grain that has the highest amount of phytase, the enzyme that breaks down phytate. You can use it to make sourdough bread, because the sourdough fermentation process breaks down phytic acid the most.
Dave Asprey • Smarter Not Harder
Nightshade vegetables (white potatoes, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes) Grains (wheat, barley, sorghum, oats, corn) Legumes (soy, chickpeas, beans, lentils, peas, peanuts)
Dave Asprey • Smarter Not Harder
Vitamin DAKE is especially critical now that most people are deficient in many essential minerals. Without those vitamins, your body can’t fold proteins to build cells; it can’t move electricity to carry messages; and it can’t build enzymes to generate energy in your mitochondria.