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SINNING TO PERFORMANCE
Why do I prefer the CACAN (vit.C,Asprin,Coffee,Alcohol, Nicotine) way to performance? I believe it to be less costly to health and...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Jun 8, 20231 min read
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NICOTINE (the bottom line)
Nicotine improves our focus and motivation as well as our sense of wellbeing for relatively short periods of time. It does this by its...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Apr 4, 20232 min read
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NICOTINE (the how)
How we get nicotine into our system (for performance) is the most important consideration. Nicotine, because of its impact on dopamine,...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Apr 1, 20232 min read
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ALCOHOL (why?)
Why use alcohol for performance? It works, it is cheap and you can get it readily. It is particularly effective in altering the brain,...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Mar 25, 20231 min read
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ALCOHOL (how to use for performance)
Intoxication rarely leads to a performance boost so the golden rule of alcohol for performance is do not get drunk. Alcohol is most...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Mar 22, 20233 min read
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ALCOHOL (for performance)
Alcohol is a widely available drug which has been consumed by humans for almost 9,000 years, so far as we know. Various reasons have been...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Mar 18, 20231 min read
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COFFEE (the bottom line)
PROS: Boosts energy levels Boosts concentration Protects DNA Protects against diseases of aging. Boosts brain function and health....
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Mar 14, 20231 min read
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COFFEE (the how)
My personal routine for drinking coffee begins with waking, where I definitely do not drink coffee. If you need coffee to wake up then...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Mar 11, 20232 min read
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COFFEE (the why?)
During my years as a competitive athlete I stayed away from coffee, as it was one of the few performance enhancing substances that was...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Mar 8, 20231 min read
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ASPIRIN (ps)
A friend sent me this article by Joseph Mercola on Aspirin, it is well researched and written, with easy to follow explanations of how...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Mar 5, 20231 min read
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ASPIRIN(the bottom line)
Aspirin is a drug and as a rule I do not use drugs, I would in a matter of life and death, but my whole approach is to live in such a way...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Mar 4, 20231 min read
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ASPIRIN (how much?)
How much aspirin is enough? It depends on biochemical individuality, the current state of your body, the state of your gut and...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Mar 1, 20232 min read
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VITAMIN C (safe and effective)
Listen to the Today in Focus podcast from the Guardian based in the UK here, for a description of the problems facing the National Health...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Feb 16, 20232 min read
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VITAMIN C (the crash)
A client of mine called quite late one night to say that he was travelling in Asia for an extended period, had run out of C and now was...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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VITAMIN C (how much?)
The official advice throughout the western world is that 75 mg of vitamin C per day, preferably from natural sources, ought to be enough....
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Feb 12, 20232 min read
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VITAMIN C (why)
In March of 2020 I was in the North East of the United Kingdom as the COVID-19 pandemic was unfolding. As things went south and with...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Feb 10, 20232 min read
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RHYTHM AND BLUES (the blues one)
All people have rhythms which the body evolved to follow and tries very hard to continue to do so despite the many disruptions of modern...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Feb 7, 20231 min read
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RHYTHM AND BLUES (the circadian one)
All people have rhythms which the body evolved to follow and tries very hard to continue to do so despite the many disruptions of modern...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Feb 3, 20231 min read
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RHYTHM AND BLUES (the ultradian one)
All people have rhythms which the body evolved to follow and tries very hard to continue to do so despite the many disruptions of modern...
Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Feb 1, 20232 min read
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BURNOUT
(quiet quitting) Burnout is the term used to describe a lethargy felt by someone towards their mode of earning a living and is thought to...

Dudley Tal Stokes
Oct 23, 20225 min read
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