Just a reminder that dental cavities are encouraged by increasing the length of time your teeth are exposed to sugar and that it takes about 20 minutes or so to really flush your mouth with saliva, so lots of small sugary snacks is significantly worse for your teeth than sitting down and just eating an entire bag each day.
With all due caution, you could also try using nicotine the same way you’re currently using M&Ms (Gwern on the subject), perhaps occasionally dosing yourself in the second half of a pomodoro as someone else suggested. The downside of this is that nicotines addictive potential may make it harder to not take it when you’re slacking off. Definitely do not use tobacco as your nicotine delivery system.
This is a very good point, actually. It’d be better to get an instant hit without destroying the ol’ teeth, and Gwern’s material through your link is fascinating. I’ll report back if I try it out.
Just a reminder that dental cavities are encouraged by increasing the length of time your teeth are exposed to sugar and that it takes about 20 minutes or so to really flush your mouth with saliva, so lots of small sugary snacks is significantly worse for your teeth than sitting down and just eating an entire bag each day.
With all due caution, you could also try using nicotine the same way you’re currently using M&Ms (Gwern on the subject), perhaps occasionally dosing yourself in the second half of a pomodoro as someone else suggested. The downside of this is that nicotines addictive potential may make it harder to not take it when you’re slacking off. Definitely do not use tobacco as your nicotine delivery system.
This is a very good point, actually. It’d be better to get an instant hit without destroying the ol’ teeth, and Gwern’s material through your link is fascinating. I’ll report back if I try it out.