The key to being a very smart person is not to do with genetics, how much you read or your academic background. It could be just down to the kind of pills you pop each day, and how many. Take Rick Rosner, a regular on US reality shows. He does not leave the house without popping at least 50 pills every day.
According to a profile in Business Insider, the first thing he downs is Omega fish oil capsules, a baby aspirin, and Metformin, an oral anti-diabetes drug. Rosner takes a lot of bitter medicine, what he labels ‘brain food’. Rosner is ranked as one of the world’s smartest men by the World Genius Directory, with an IQ of 192. The average person’s IQ is close to 100. His theory is that if you keep your body healthy, the mind benefits. Rosner is 54 and has no training in medicine, but has chosen his pill regimen carefully after a great deal of research. For example, the Omega capsules are sources of omega-3 fatty acids that play a crucial role in brain function, aspirin helps reduce inflammation and keeps the blood thin and Metformin keeps insulin levels stable. Rosner also pops a pill called Glisodin, which causes slight euphoria; in other words, a good mood is guaranteed.
His medicine chest also contains Avodart, a DHT blocker, that increases testosterone levels—basically a stamina elevator. There’s more, like Cognitex, for life extension and Piracetam, a strong nootropic drug in use since the 1960s. It boosts brain functioning by stimulating the corpus callosum, allowing the two hemispheres of your brain to better communicate with each other, which improves the functioning of the central nervous system. We normally see genius in academics, scientists and physicists—the Stephen Hawking-types. Rosner has been a comedian and worked in a night club with an IQ close to Hawking’s. That, too, may be down to his drugs of choice.