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Mental Performance & the 5 Pillars of Health

by OPTIMIZED Team on Jun 07 2022

Imagine having the ability to focus for longer, feel motivated to tackle tasks, be able to perform mental tasks quickly and accurately and feel like your brain is on fire!

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How to Hack your Sleep Hygiene

by OPTIMIZED Team on May 24 2022

These sleep hygiene hacks go a long way to helping most people get the quality sleep that they require for optimal health.

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Blue Light Blocking Glasses for SLEEP

by OPTIMIZED Team on May 11 2022

Blue light has shorter wavelengths and higher energy than other colours. Follow these tips on how to optimise blue light exposure.

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Small Changes, Big Results

by OPTIMIZED Team on Mar 29 2022

Making small, sustainable differences really can have a massive impact on your overall well being.

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Becoming An Expert In Biohacking

by OPTIMIZED Team on Mar 16 2022

There comes a time in every biohacker’s life where they want to optimise and up their biohacking game.

How to build resilience and optimise sleep, stress and recovery - NeuroActive blog

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How To Build Resilience & Optimize Your Sleep, Stress, And Recovery

by OPTIMIZED Team on Dec 14 2021

Some well-established methods for improving sleep, recovery times and managing stress.

Simple hacks for an optimised holiday season - NeuroActive blog

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Simple Hacks For An Optimized Holiday Season

by OPTMZ Official on Dec 06 2021

The Silly Season is almost upon us! There’s a very good chance that you just read that sentence and suddenly your heart starts pounding, your mind is racing, and you’ve got an ill feeling in your stomach because your to-do list feels insurmountable. You’re not alone. This time of year is typically coupled with rampant anxiety; either from work pressures before you go on a break, watching money just evaporate at the sight of the wish list to Santa or the thought of spending time with unruly relatives.

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Biohack The Festive Season

by OPTMZ Official on Dec 01 2021

The holiday season is aright around the corner and we look forward to Parties, fun, sun, laughing, joy and celebration! But the celebrations are usually shortly followed by headaches, shaking, nausea, diarrhoea, dizziness, fatigue, dry mouth, bad eating guilts, weight gain and a brain that seems strangely emptied of all knowledge.

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Understanding How Fat Loss Works

by Jessica Palin on Nov 17 2021

It's important to realise that the focus is shifting from looking thin to realising that controlling our weight is crucial to our health and wellness. If the “other” pandemic has taught us anything, a healthy lifestyle is your greatest weapon for staying healthy!

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The Magical Powers Of Medicinal Mushrooms

by OPTMZ Official on Nov 05 2021

These shroomie superstars have been around for centuries and a staple of Eastern diets and medicine, with the earliest recorded use dating back to 450 BC. We have recently seen functional and holistic medicine and nutrition going mainstream, so there has been a resurgence of interest in mushrooms.

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Adaptogens 101: An Introduction Guide

by OPTMZ Official on Oct 29 2021

So, whether it is for recovering from short or long-term physical or mental stress or boosting immunity (less stress = less likely to get sick) and overall well-being, adaptogens is a great tool for the stress-busting toolkit!

10 principles for optimised living - NeuroActive blog

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10 Principles for Optimized Living

by OPTMZ Official on Oct 25 2021

Better health, better bodies, better mental health, better sex, better relationships and just all-around optimisation of body, mind and spirit. We all want it, but it often feels unachievable. We have time constraints, we don’t have the energy to read conflicting literature and studies that leave us more confused than before and it’s becoming apparent that we are all so individual and gloriously different, that its near impossible to know if the advice you’re given will work for YOU!

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Biohacking For Kids

by OPTMZ Official on Oct 12 2021

Parenting in the modern world is hard. Especially during times of work-from-home, how do we eliminate all screen time and all sugar from our children’s diets? I’d venture that it is nigh impossible. In my view, your best strategy is to eliminate the bad stuff as much as possible and make a concerted effort to introduce the good stuff as much as possible, as often as possible!

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Best Nootropics for Combatting Social Anxiety

by OPTMZ Official on Oct 07 2021

I think we’ve all struggled with social anxiety in some shape or form in the past, whether you’re Mr Confident, Miss Whitty or the person who wishes that the earth would swallow them whole at least twice a day. The good news? Nootropics can actually have a profound impact on your ability to combat social anxiety and give you confidence in both work and social settings.

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The "Diet" VS "Fuelling" Mindset

by OPTMZ Official on Oct 05 2021

Fuel your body for optimal performance. The mental health and physical benefits from loving your food AND your body (by seeing food as fuel) are endless!

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The Best Diet Is No Diet - Fuelling For Purpose

by OPTMZ Official on Sep 27 2021

The truth is that humans are by far too individual (genetics, environment, geographic location and tastes) to ever be able to say that one particular diet will be effective for everyone.

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Supplements and Nootropics for KIDS

by OPTMZ Official on Sep 07 2021

The majority of cognitive dysfunction in kids can be linked to poor nutrition. As an example, when iron is deficient, dopamine function is affected which results in impaired concentration. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies are linked to worse cognitive abilities and poor concentration.

Sex, love and biohacking - NeuroActive blog

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Sex, Love & Biohacking

by OPTMZ Official on Aug 27 2021

Sex has some incredibly tangible, powerful health benefits for men and women. Anything from looking and feeling younger, to cardioprotective effects, to mental health benefits. Love, on its own, has very powerful physical and psychological health benefits.

How to optimise your cycle - NeuroActive blog

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How To Optimize Your Cycle

by OPTMZ Official on Aug 13 2021

Working with your hormones is crucial for good mental health. It costs you nothing other than some planning, plus, it’s all made really easy with cycle syncing apps and a myriad of other online resources and evidence-based literature.

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Biohacking for Women

by OPTMZ Official on Aug 06 2021

Biohacking for Women! This has become very popular of late in the health and wellness space. Being a woman shouldn’t be difficult, but it is important that we’re given the tools to hack our health to be absolutely optimised!