Also, L-Theanine is incredibly calming as well. https://www.amazon.com/NOW-L-Theanine-200-120-Capsules/dp/B0...
Do you cycle your dosages to prevent the body from becoming acclimated or do you just take regular dosages?
I've probably taken as much as 600mg in one sitting to no known ill effects. Wikipedia page similarly seems to confirm no known harmful effects from theanine. Also it is present, albeit in smaller quantities, in green and black tea. And the ratio of theanine to caffeine allegedly increases with longer steeps, although I haven't confirmed by checking, oh, what was it, dissociation constants that determine rate of dissolution?
Anyway, CBD edibles/tinctures work as well, although our friendly neighborhood Dr. DEA has listed CBD as schedule 1 (!) so, you know, use at your own risk. I recommend it though.
I take regular doses. I haven't noticed becoming acclimated. It is a supplement that I have taken on and off for a decade or so. I decided to take it again regularly a few years ago, after noticing a tendency toward angry mood swings during a period where I was not taking any supplements at all. After observing this, I thought back on my previous supplement usage, and I recalled having a more even mood when I had been using 5-htp and l-theanine, and decided to try it again to see if it evened things out again. It did, and it continues to do so.
http://healthyeatingharbor.com/5-side-effects-creatine-suppl...
https://betterself.io/ - I'd love feedback!
I too also found Magnesium to be really helpful. But taking it with food made it much more effective.
Especially for DIY people like myself, you should make the github link a lot bigger. I would have missed it if I hadn't gone looking for it, which I only did because it was linked through HN :)
Some questions (and I haven't dug too deeply yet):
1. How much do you perform/use (if at all) analytic conclusions from groups of people not just individuals?
2. Is it mobile-web friendly?
3. Do you have plans for making a mobile version (I saw something about a REST api, and it seems just having a bidirectional channel to iOS HealthKit might be valuable)
4. What data sources do you use for supplement information/listings (eg examine.com and such). Especially since copyright of such source could be a contended issue in the future.
Thanks!
1. Zero. The goal is to maybe do it but provide a recommendation engine based off of X class of medicine/supplements have worked for you, and you fall into a bucket of Y people that respond to X, then recommend based off of that. (So simple machine learning clustering). I'm not going into that until I hit a minimum of a certain threshold of users (which maybe never, not willing to compromise). I care much more about information leakage and making sure that IF I do this, it's incredibly well-thought out. The last thing I want to recommend is microdosing/modafinil/research chemicals just because X% of users are using it. Nothing against them, just safety and privacy are always going to come before cool features. I've given a bit of thought into this, and I could write for pages on what a proper analytics engine should look like. I'll spare you the snore :)
2. YES. I haven't made the iOS or Android app yet. (but React was specifically chosen for this reason). Right now it's super mobile friendly for entering in data. I use it on my tablet and phone about 30-40 times a day. Yeah. I try a lot of supplements ... It's a weird thing. For charts and stuff, it's mediocre for mobile.
3. Yes! FitBit integration is done and works really well with sleep data. Next on the vendor list is Garmin. The problem with HealthKit is the SDK isn't as export-friendly (I understand why Apple is paranoid), so it's harder for me to move data from there, into the analytics engine and back.
4. Don't have a definite answer just yet. It actually will come in the next few months, but at the time being - people are coming in generally knowing exactly what they're taking. I'd also like something that just goes HEY, WHAT YOU'RE TAKING INTERFERES WITH Y! I also want to bring in decay effects, ie. if you start consuming caffeine at this hour and showing decay effects.
There's a lot here that I'm super passionate about, but work's been super crazy so it's all a balancing act of what do I add.
Sorry for the GitHub link changing, but before it was right at the bottom (where it now says demo), but when I showed it to a friend he was like "you understand that everyone thinks that's the signup button is 100% of the time right?" So I had a lot of people clicking on the page, clicking onto GitHub and then disappearing.
Love the questions!
Its Magnesium Glycinate/Lysinate
Not sure where I can find some in Europe.
Particularly because of discussions like this: https://www.amazon.de/Bis-glycinat-Hochdosiert-Bioverf%C3%BC...