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Supplementation “secret” that can boost your brain power

By Cameron Day, on October 24th, 2011

I’m sure you take some supplements for your overall health, and maybe even one or two for your brain power.  Today I’m going to quickly share with you a strategy that will allow you to get much more value from the supplements that you are already taking.  This isn’t going to be a pitch for any new super brain power supplement, but simply a solid strategy that I employ every day. Aside from purity and potency concerns when it comes to choosing supplements, one of the main challenges when supplementing is absorption rates.  It does not do your body much good to take all the best supplements if they aren’t getting absorbed into your body.  A hard, compressed vitamin pill may not fully dissolve and break down in your body.  The nutrients may not absorb in your small intestine, or may be destroyed by stomach acid.  The same is true for gel-caps. This is why some supplement manufacturers are moving towards sub-lingual products that dissolve underneath your tongue for greater absorbency.  Icurrently take a D3 and B12 sublingual vitamin from a company called “Superior Source” that I find to be effective and high quality.  However, even with the sublingual increase in absorbency, I knew there was a way to get even greater nutrient assimilation. Enter the “magic secret” ingredient:  DMSO.  You have probably at least heard of DMSO before, and maybe even used it in the past.  For those who aren’t familiar with it, DMSO is a solvent that quickly penetrates human skin and carries anything dissolved in it into the tissues.  DMSO stands for Dimethyl Sulfoxide, and it is an “organosulfur compound” meaning it is sulfur based.  Sulfur is an extremely important ingredient in human biological chemistry, but it is usually lacking in most people’s bodies.  DMSO has some amazing properties in relation to pain relief when applied to the body. However, the big problem with DMSO is that it smells very, very bad.  Imagine if garlic and broccoli had a child, then multiply that by 100.  That’swhat “industrial grade” DMSO smells like.  Fortunately, I found a company online (DMSO.bz is their web address) that makes a very high grade 70% DMSO product that is mixed with honey to eliminate the bad smell.  I have literally slathered this stuff over 90% my body in self-experimentation, with no ill effects whatsoever.  In fact, all kinds of small aches and pains from over-exercising disappeared with regular DMSO application. I also have taken this DMSO.bz solution orally, and the taste isn’t too objectionable.  This brings us back to the supplementation.  Several months ago I started experimenting with dissolving my sublingual vitamins along with a half teaspoon (about 2.5ml) of DMSO under my tongue and holding the mixture there for a minute or so before swallowing it.  Doing this with 1,000-2,000iu of B12 twice per week produces rapid, noticeable increases in mental clarity and energy that last throughout the week for me.  This has been an ongoing effect, not something that fadedaway within a week or two. B12 is sadly lacking in nearly everyone’s body, so supplementation is a must if you are looking to achieve maximum brain efficiency.  I recommend that you seek out “methylcobalamin” for supplemental B12 instead of the more common “cyanocobalamin” which is much less useful to the brain.  I have been using Superior Source’s methylcobalamin with good results that include better response to the brainwave entrainment frequencies in Genius Brain Power as well as overall increases in mental clarity. I also chew up my tablet supplements with a half teaspoon or so of DMSO in order to attain a significant sublingual effect that is normally impossible to achieve with hard tablets.  The two tablet supplements that I take most often are Zinc and Selenium, and I have found that I can take about 50% less of them due to the DMSO absorption enhancement. If you’re feeling like you are wasting money on supplements, you probably are.  Try the DMSO experiment for yourself and seeif you notice better absorption of your supplements.  I recommend that you get your DMSO from DMSO.bz, as the regular stuff smells incredibly bad and tastes worse.  I am not affiliated with their company in any way, I am simply a happy customer. If you have wanted to try but didn’t think you would see results, try adding B12, D3 and DMSO to your daily supplementation.  You may find that your brain becomes much more responsive to entrainment once these nutrients are brought up to better levels. I can’t tell you how much of these supplements to take, as that depends on your biology.  Test it out for yourself and see what you get.  I personally take 2,000 or 3,000iu of B12 per day and have gone as high as 5,000iu per day with only positive effects.  I take 10,000iu of D3 per day because I live in the cloudy Pacific Northwest USA.   Everybody is different, so please tailor your supplement intake to your unique biology. All the best, Cameron Day