Comment · Thu, February 23, 2017 · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
Sleep and exercise as good as any smart drugs
What they were answering
A2016 · 3 points
Maybe this should just be stickied then? Diet, sleep, and exercise are extremely important and must not be neglected, but this is a nootropics forum. It is a bit annoying seeing this stuff over and over again. We should all stop taking nootropics if sleep/exercise are the best nootropics.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
It's in the sidebar. The issue is that we have grown a lot in size as a subreddit. Many of the people upvoting this are probably seeing it for the first time. We also always have the people who seem disillusioned, think nootropics are worthless, and like to try and point to articles like this as evidence of us all wasting our time. However, that's always going to be an issue.
Usually we'll remove certain posts like this. However, this particular one actually cites a valid meta analysis. So it's at least more than just an opinion article. I do think the article has a ridiculous headline. They did not test every smart drug. So claiming diet, sleep, and exercise is as powerful as any drug is asinine. However, it could spark some good discussion. I would have preferred OP link directly to the study, though. That would have set a more scientific tone to the post.