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Dr. Mara Lindqvist

Dr. Mara Lindqvist

PhD, Nutritional Biochemistry
Uppsala University / Karolinska Institute · 12 years experience
Nootropics Micronutrient Metabolism Cognitive Enhancement Gut-Brain Axis

Mara holds a doctorate in nutritional biochemistry from Uppsala University and spent seven years as a research scientist at the Karolinska Institute. She leads coverage of nootropics, evidence-based nutrition, and cognitive enhancement at SelfHacking.

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Articles
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Articles by Dr. Mara Lindqvist
Burnout Is Not One Thing — The Three Types Have Completely Different Treatments
Mental Health

Burnout Is Not One Thing — The Three Types Have Completely Different Treatments

Treating frenetic burnout like underchallenged burnout makes things worse. Three distinct types,...

6 min · Jun 18, 2026

How to Actually Build Muscle: What 30 Years of Hypertrophy Research Shows
Fitness

How to Actually Build Muscle: What 30 Years of Hypertrophy Research Shows

Volume, protein, rest intervals, frequency -- the science of muscle growth is clearer than most...

5 min · Jun 16, 2026

Anger Isn't the Problem — Suppressing It Is. Here's What the Neuroscience Shows
Mental Health

Anger Isn't the Problem — Suppressing It Is. Here's What the Neuroscience Shows

Anger is a functional biological signal with a specific neural architecture. Here's what's...

11 min · Jun 10, 2026

How Trauma Rewires the Nervous System — and What the Research Shows About Healing It
Mental Health

How Trauma Rewires the Nervous System — and What the Research Shows About Healing It

Trauma reshapes how your brain processes threat, regulates emotion, and connects with others....

12 min · Jun 07, 2026

Why You're Anxious: The Neuroscience and the Interventions That Actually Work
Mental Health

Why You're Anxious: The Neuroscience and the Interventions That Actually Work

Anxiety affects 301 million people worldwide — but most advice is either too clinical or too...

11 min · Jun 05, 2026

TB-500 (Thymosin Beta-4): The Injury Recovery Peptide, Examined
Fitness

TB-500 (Thymosin Beta-4): The Injury Recovery Peptide, Examined

TB-500 is one of the most widely used research peptides for injury recovery and tissue repair....

3 min · Jun 04, 2026

Myo-Inositol: The Second Messenger Behind PCOS, Insulin Resistance, and Panic Disorder
Hormones

Myo-Inositol: The Second Messenger Behind PCOS, Insulin Resistance, and Panic Disorder

Myo-inositol has robust RCT evidence for PCOS, panic disorder, and insulin resistance — yet most...

10 min · Jun 03, 2026

Quercetin: The Flavonoid That Does Everything (If It Actually Absorbs)
Supplements

Quercetin: The Flavonoid That Does Everything (If It Actually Absorbs)

Quercetin shows up in immune stacks, senolytic protocols, and allergy formulas. The evidence is...

10 min · Jun 03, 2026

Sulforaphane: The Broccoli Compound That Activates Your Body's Own Defense System
Supplements

Sulforaphane: The Broccoli Compound That Activates Your Body's Own Defense System

Sulforaphane doesn't just fight oxidative stress — it activates hundreds of your body's own...

9 min · Jun 03, 2026

Tongkat Ali: The Testosterone Adaptogen, Examined
Hormones

Tongkat Ali: The Testosterone Adaptogen, Examined

Tongkat ali raises testosterone — but primarily by reducing cortisol suppression in people who...

8 min · Jun 03, 2026

Probiotics and Gut Health: What's Proven and What's Marketing
Gut

Probiotics and Gut Health: What's Proven and What's Marketing

Probiotics are a multi-billion-dollar category with genuinely mixed evidence. Here is where they...

1 min · May 25, 2026

Meditation for Beginners: What the Research Actually Shows
Mental Health

Meditation for Beginners: What the Research Actually Shows

Meditation is one of the most-studied mind-body practices. Here is what the strongest evidence...

1 min · May 25, 2026

CBD, Honestly: What It's Proven to Do and What It Isn't
Supplements

CBD, Honestly: What It's Proven to Do and What It Isn't

CBD is FDA-approved for two rare epilepsies and widely used for everything else on thinner...

1 min · May 25, 2026

Sauna and Heat Exposure: The Cardiovascular Evidence
Heart

Sauna and Heat Exposure: The Cardiovascular Evidence

Regular sauna use is linked to lower cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in large Finnish...

1 min · May 25, 2026

Beetroot, Nitric Oxide, and Endurance
Supplements

Beetroot, Nitric Oxide, and Endurance

Dietary nitrate from beets can genuinely improve exercise economy and endurance—but the size of...

3 min · May 24, 2026

Spermidine and the Renewal of Cells
Longevity

Spermidine and the Renewal of Cells

Spermidine triggers autophagy — the cellular self-cleaning process linked to longevity — and...

3 min · May 18, 2026

Vitamin K2 and D3: The Synergy That Matters
Nutrition

Vitamin K2 and D3: The Synergy That Matters

Vitamin D3 raises your blood calcium, but where that calcium ends up — strengthening bone or...

3 min · May 12, 2026

Glycine: The Underrated Sleep Amino Acid
Sleep

Glycine: The Underrated Sleep Amino Acid

Glycine is a cheap, simple amino acid with a small but genuinely interesting body of research...

3 min · May 06, 2026