Dr. Andrew Huberman

I said, really?

He said, yeah, yeah, you can increase cognitive function.

I used to smoke, but I don't want to get cancer, so I just chew a lot and a lot of Nicorette.

Okay, really?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, a lot of Nicorette.

It can increase the amount of acetylcholine,

through the binding of these nicotinic acetylcholine receptors might even maintain some dopaminergic neurons, which are the neurons that one tends to lose with age and is rampant in diseases like Parkinson's.

I thought, whoa, okay, so there's something there.

The fact of the matter is that nicotine can enhance focus, alertness, and learning, but it does have those other issues.

So you want to be considerate of those other issues.

and not become dependent on it.

And my experience is that people who taste the nicotine focus from a Zin patch are those people who are buying those things pretty regularly.

I know somebody that went from one Zin patch twice a week to a canister a morning.

in about a month because the effect will wear off if you keep consuming it every day.

You have to consume more and more.

So take that into consideration.

Probably best to avoid unless you really need the boost and you can afford the increase in blood pressure.

That would be my suggestion.

I've never taken nicotine, and I don't smoke.

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