{"id":2399,"date":"2015-10-01T11:20:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T11:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=2399"},"modified":"2015-10-01T11:20:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T11:20:17","slug":"rick-rosner-brain-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/rick-rosner-brain-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;World&#8217;s Second Smartest Man&#8217; Reveals The Drugs That Keep Him Smart&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Rick Rosner. He&#8217;s a sometime TV personality and constant smart alec. But that&#8217;s no insult, Rick revels in his reputation as clever. In fact, he&#8217;s proud to say that he&#8217;s technically the second smartest guy on the planet. The\u00a054 year-old boasts an incredibly high IQ score of 192 (only\u00a0topped by a Greek <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/black-spots-in-stool\/\">doctor<\/a> called Evangelos Katsioulis).<\/p>\n<p>And the secret to Rosner&#8217;s intelligence? A lengthy list of &#8216;brain drugs&#8217;, as he calls them. He takes up to fifty supplements a day!<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2400\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Rick-Rosner-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rick Rosner\" width=\"814\" height=\"1113\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But while he&#8217;s very clever indeed, he&#8217;s not a doctor, so when he advises taking these pills, he admits to having no medical knowhow to back it up with. &#8216;Consult your doc first&#8217;, he says.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;In college, the only chemistry class I passed was Chem 099 for football players and idiots.\u00a0Skepticism\u00a0is advised. At the very least, Wikipedia this stuff&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>His list is pretty comprehensive. And here it is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Omega 3 fish oil capsules<\/li>\n<li>Half an aspirin daily<\/li>\n<li>Metformin<\/li>\n<li>Metoprolol<\/li>\n<li>Glisodin<\/li>\n<li>Avodart<\/li>\n<li>Glucosamine and chondroitin<\/li>\n<li>Fancy multivitamins from Life Extension and Vitacost<\/li>\n<li>SAM-e (S-Adenosyl methionine)<\/li>\n<li>Astragalus<\/li>\n<li>Fiber gummies<\/li>\n<li>Fat blockers<\/li>\n<li>Prescription and non-prescription drugs to lower cholesterol<\/li>\n<li>Curcumin<\/li>\n<li>ToCoQ10<\/li>\n<li>L-carnosine<\/li>\n<li>ALA and acetyl L-carnitine<\/li>\n<li>Vitamin D3<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/top-10-foods-to-boost-your-immune-system-naturally\/\">Vitamin C<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vitamin E<\/li>\n<li>Lycopene<\/li>\n<li>TMG (trimethylglycene)<\/li>\n<li>Calcium<\/li>\n<li>Benfotamine<\/li>\n<li>N-acetyl cysteine<\/li>\n<li>Mangosteen pomegranate noni complex<\/li>\n<li>Vitamin K<\/li>\n<li>Horse chestnut<\/li>\n<li>Quercetin &amp; bromelain<\/li>\n<li>Phosphatidylserine<\/li>\n<li>DMAE<\/li>\n<li>Aminoguanidine<\/li>\n<li>Centrophenoxine<\/li>\n<li>Piracetam<\/li>\n<li>Cognitex from Life Extension<\/li>\n<li>Vinpocetine<\/li>\n<li>Methylene blue<\/li>\n<li>Coffee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2401\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Rick-Rosner-2.jpg\" alt=\"Rick Rosner\" width=\"803\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a cheat, though. Rosner also says <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/exercise-routines-for-beginners\/\">exercise<\/a> is vital. He works out for up to three hours a day as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><em>&#8220;I&#8217;d like to remain <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/tips-to-get-lower-life-insurance\/\">healthy<\/a> and live for as long as possible.\u00a0A lot of these things may not do anything for you &#8211; if I had to guess maybe only a third of this stuff has benefits.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><em>&#8220;I try to read up about what these things are supposed to do &#8211; as new studies come out sometimes I swap things in and out.\u00a0I probably alter what I take on a three-to-four-monthly rotation.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So if you want to be the world&#8217;s third smartest person, you&#8217;ll need to get a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/exercise-routines-for-beginners\/\">gym<\/a> pass as well as find out where your nearest <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/silent-killer-sleep-deprivation-destroying-your-health\/\">health<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/top-10-foods-to-boost-your-immune-system-naturally\/\">food<\/a> store is!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Rick Rosner. 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