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‘Hacking’ the brain: Silicon Valley entrepreneurs turn to fasting and ‘smart drugs’
July 11, 2016 /
Employees at San Francisco startup Nootrobox don’t eat on Tuesdays.
The weekly fast isn’t an extreme money-saving move by a scrappy, bootstrapping company. Instead, Nootrobox team members swear withholding food for 36 hours — they stop eating Monday night — improves their workplace focus and concentration.
"We’re actually super productive on Tuesdays," co-founder and CEO Geoffrey Woo said. "It’s hard at first, but we literally adopted it as part of the company culture."
By Marisa Kendall, [email protected]
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