I've quit coffee, cigarettes, and probably 90% of my sugar intake in the last two months cold turkey staggered over a couple of weeks. Now my brain is trying to fill the void with sometimes insatiable hunger. I think sugar is by far the most difficult to quit, because I recognize these cravings as my brain trying to get me to consume as many carbs as possible from other sources. I.e. french fries, bread.. at the same time, I'm not subconsciously trying to sneak cigarettes or coffee. Sugar is a hell of a drug.
The difference is that your body needs carbohydrates. It’s not a drug. It’s like stopping to breathe and calling oxygen a drug because your body wants you to start breathing again.
I am a nurse by training and always have been interested in health. Dr Huberman’s podcasts and education have been inspiring, transformational, just incredible!! I keep re-watching them, as I they are so content rich! So much to learn!
That’s a terrific field. I’m delighted to know you are finding the podcast to be of internet/use. Best of luck in your neuroscience journey. I’ll be happy to answer any questions about how to navigate a career in science. - Andrew
@@hubermanlab It means so much for me coming from you Dr. Huberman I’ve always been a curious kid with minor health issues which is why I’ve always wanted to study more about the body and how to use it properly and your work is just spot on the best I’ve ever come across. I just got done writing a research paper waiting for it to be reviewed and now I am currently making a list of potential supervisors for the PhD (in the US and Canada) and tbh it’s quite confusing for me (being from India). How would you suggest to choose the right one or what to look in a professor or in his/her projects ? Thank you!
@@ruturajreddy1 stop giving excuses. being from India has nothing to do with not being able to select a potential supervisor. send a bunch of emails to professors who are working on your subject of interest. isn't that how one should go?
I am a student of martial arts. Been involved for 20 plus years, since a young kid. No substance has controlled my will as much as chocolate... 6 pack abs and all but when someone put chocolate infront of me, i became weak in my head, knees and all. I couldn't figure out why. That is until I witnessed the knowledge shared in this episode. Thank you for positively impacting so many lives🙏
I'm the same way - lean/cutup but love sweets (chocolate or ice cream mostly). What were your key takeaways from the episode? Do you still ingest chocolate/sweets/sugar?
Got my workout and sunlight in for the morning. Having a protein filled breakfast after a 12 hr fasting period while watching this top tier podcast (still working on my intermittent fasting).
#huberman I was diagnosed w adhd (inattentive type) 18 months ago @47. I figured it out myself after seeing a Dr Russell Barkley video on childhood cognition development, got tested and did a personality inventory also. I was in 94-98% in cognition measurements. I Have done CBT therapy for over 3 years also, which has immensely changed my outlook on life and how I view my world day to day. have listened to hundreds of hours at this point on human development, cognition, adhd, personality etc..from a ton of specialists such as yourself. Sapolski F’N rules. ADHD is on a huge spectrum as you probably know. Hyperactive vs inattentive adhd are at the core the same but also different. Layer on your big 5 Personality traits and wow so many flavors of adhd. Your info has helped me as well especially on things like light viewing, and just setting your bodies biology to its best tuning possible. I also went vegan last July and found a clarity gain and cardio improvement as well. All plant based no junk. Thanks!
My HBA1C was 6. I brought it down to 5.5 with intermittent fasting. I usually fast for 36 hours. Have dinner, don't eat anything for the next day, have breakfast the daty after. Gave up on sugary stuff completely. Thanks for this podcast.
hi,deepak,sir.i have been following andrew huberman for the past one year,he changed my life completely.his tools are unique,one of the best podcast i have ever come across on youtube.
@@sebacatana Fasting was still the vehicle he found easiest to reach his goal. He said he did it using intermittent fasting, not that intermittent fasting the the solution for everyone.
I listen to podcasts when I wake too early-with the volume just loud enough to hear w/o straining. Huberman is always a tough call because the content is so good, it keeps me up, which defeats the purpose. Well, I DID fall asleep during this episode, and dreamt I met Dr. H in an airport where we had a great discussion about the impacts of cell phones and social media on mental health and well being. It was great! 🙃
I've been following your podcast since you announced it at the end of 2020, and I want give a huge thank you for the knowledge you've shared so far! You've helped me sort my priorities of light exposure, importance of sleep quality and timing, and regulating appetite and food consumption for health and focus, rather than emotion and impulsive habits. You're a role model to me!
Wow! I love fruits and ignored people who say to avoid them due to high sugar content. I guess I never realized that even the small amount of fructose in fruits plays a role in reducing the hormones that suppress ghrelin. It’s nice to finally understand why I often feel hungrier 30 min to an hour after eating fruits! I always assumed it was a mental thing since everyone around me seemed so full after fruit consumption. I will definitely keep that in mind now before eating fruit late at night.
I’ve been a type 1 diabetic now for 18 years, diagnosed when I was 15. It seems like the more I learn about diabetes the more complicated things get. What used to be a ‘if bloods rise take insulin’ problem has expanded into: - nutrient timing - training styles and blood sugar adaptations - EPOC and blood sugar - GI response - morning/night blood sugar adaptations - stress and blood sugar control - complex/simple carbs and blood sugars - pre/post workout glucose intake - macro nutrient combinations & absorption - importance of individual diets (Hba1C score) The more you learn the more you realise how important sugar/glucose control really is for practically everything. It’s a never ending, daily strive for Control, that’s about as much as you can get. Grateful for every specialist who’s produced material such as this to help people like myself lead a happier, healthier lifestyle. ❤️
That got me too. It was a perfect analogy except it got me thinking about all those dating profiles and "red flags" ...thankfully I was able to reel it back in haha
Just finished your fantastic podcast. As a mother of young children, your final point regarding the importance of sleep and sugar cravings are spot on for me. It’s a constant battle to eat well (avoid an abundance of sugar and coffee) while sleep deprived. I do like intermittent fasting but find it to be too hard on my body if I’ve been woken by my toddler in the night. Another thing I struggle with which was not mentioned is controlling sugar cravings during the luteal phase of my cycle. Thanks so much, love your work!
I get this . I wouidnt fast with broken sleep and in an elevated cortisol state . I suggest find your natural limit .. maybe you can just do a 10-12hr window without stressing your body out . More important wouid be the belly breathing anc sunshine in the morning . A tip .. protein intake . When I added in more protein it helped heaps. In Oz there are cold mornings .. I love to drink hot water , collagen powder , raw cacoa and Natvia ( erythritol & pure stevia blend ) with a dash of low sugar almond milk .. it’s delicious and fills me up. I’m hoping this is still somewhat fasting.. not completely fasting but not spiking Insulin hardly at all . Now onto the luteal phase… I also craved terrible.. the solution .., take 300mv magnesium, 1g taurine snd b6 ( mines a powder ) take a chromium supplement , and use vitex 1g tablets ( if not on hormonal contraception) . Additionally while I’m usually a sweet tooth I have a need to add in naturally savoury & natural salt . I’ll have that and it helps . But I still make my coconut icecream on erythritol cause I love it !!
Dr. Huberman, I consider your work a treasure for all of us. As a seeker of a degree in Science of Health Science, anytime I thought I completely understood something about biology, I clashed with the robust knowledge of your podcast. Then I have to back to study things more profoundly. Thank you for bringing awareness to all of us! All the best from 🇨🇳 China!
I was born with tons of allergies as a toddler. Sugar was one of those many allergies which caused scabs over the majority of the surface of my body - even in my scalp. I can only describe the itch as having to scratch until it bled for relief. This relief didn't last but for a few hours until the process of healing would begin again. After my diet changed, the itching was only in the crux of my arms. At puberty, the outside skin evidence went away. I began eating like other people which led me down a painful digestion problem. It came to full bloom after age 60. I changed my life regimen over two years ago to basic lectin free foods. Within two weeks, my stomach aches went away never to return. My strength returned to the one I experienced decades ago. I turned 70 and look and feel wonderful and better than folks less than half my age. If I don't make it, I don't eat it. No alcohol, cigarettes, caffeine, grain, legume, pre-boxed ingredients, therefore, no preservatives or additives., etc, etc ... Define your goal and strive to bring it to fruition. We are what we eat, and what it ate. My aim is quality of life. I wish you health and long life.
I’m grateful for your podcast - what a gift to the world. I’m astonished by how you manage to do this while being a full time professor and researcher.
I can’t stop sharing your videos with my friends!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, Dr.Huberman. I’m slowly incorporating them to my daily life and can sense my mental and physical health improving. How do you incorporate alllllll of this into your daily life? What are some things that take the back burner based on your priorities? Future topic idea: how different phases of the menstrual cycle affects focus, cravings, alertness, motivation, desire, etc.
Dr. Huberman, I'd like to extend my gratitude once again for your efforts in bringing nutritional science to the masses. I'm especially grateful for your prevailing message in your podcasts that we aren't perfect nor that we need to seek perfection in regards to the control of eating or intake in general. Your podcast with Dr. Sinclair is what got me into an intermittent fasting, and I've seen exceptional results within last year loosing close to 80lb. Along with that, however, came fear of loosing all the progress even if I side step ever so slightly. Compounded by some of the info out there regarding what foods are good or bad, it has been quite challenging in navigating how much and what I should be eating for maintenance. Rewatching some of your podcasts brought me a peace of mind and crystal clarity, that I shouldn't be so 'neurotic' about my diet. Afterall, life should be enjoyed. Once more, I thank you for your work.
I am so glad I stumbled onto this channel!!! I’ve lived most my life with so much hormonal imbalance, and the doctors never want to get to the bottom of the issues, they just want to give me metformin or spirolonactone for my PCOS. I really hope I can get some real help from here. I love the teaching style here, very easy to understand. Invaluable information!! Because of my problem, it has caused me to dive a little more deeper in understanding the link between high fructose GMO corn syrup and many health issues. I personally think it has created a type 3 diabetes.
Huberman is so well spoken, clear, and presents with rationales which are science-based. Love it. I highly respect his presentations, and just signed up for one of the newsletters.
Again, chock full of actionable info. Thank you! Correction on cinnamon. It doesn't contain coumadin (aka warfarin), which is a prescription blood thinner/anticoagulant. It does contain coumarin (notice the subtle spelling difference) which does not affect blood clotting. It can however, in large doses cause liver toxicity (as noted in the podcase). Look for "true" cinnamon, also known as Ceylon or Cinnamomum zeylanicum rather than cassia cinnamon as cassia contains more coumarin than true cinnamon.
I recently discovered that I was overdosing on cinnamon verum with the amount I was including in my kefir, banana & berry smoothies. Apparently a teaspoon is the max daily amount a person can tolerate.
Another awesome podcast. But important point that needs to be mentioned when you talk about BERBERINE: it interacts with many prescription drugs via the P450 system causing liver toxicity! I loved the effects of berberine when I was taking it, lowering my blood pressure among other benefits. But then it came time for my annual blood tests and my ALT was greatly elevated out of the blue... I didn't understand, my diet is healthy. Ultrasound test showed fatty liver. The warnings online about drug interactions now made sense. I stopped the berberine and my ALT quickly returned to a nice low number. Liver damage fixed. It's not safe for people who are taking antidepressants or numerous other drugs. I got other friends and family taking it and they are benefitting from it. But they don't also take prescription drugs.
Johanne, Can I ask what you were taking that interacts with the berberine? I’ve been taking it but my latest labs show elevated AST…which makes me very nervous. I’m wondering if I need to stop the berberine. Thanks!
@@angiegoff7419 the P450 system is a common pathway for drug metabolism. If you google and speak to your physician or pharmacist, I’m sure you could find out if there are any negative interactions. Chronic liver dysfunction is definitely something to avoid. Good luck.
Thank you🙏I was looking for this info..I take busbar & Zoloft, trazadone to help my insomnia ( mania) is progressing,I've blown up,hair falling out,severe fatigue..Do you think progesterone would help my disease? Pqq? Ubiquonal? They say mitochondria damage is disease..I also read not to eat fermented foods, if you have MTHR gene, Scared😔
Rating: 7.8/10 In Short: Sweet and Classy :) Notes: 'Fructose has a red flag if it had a tinder profile--it supressess hunger supressing hormones '. A classic huberman joke, funny and cringe and I love it. This pod gives a foundation for a lot of future topics and conversations, especially along the ideas of taste, food, fasting, working-out, gut microbiome, and gut neurons. If you find this interesting in other podcasts, this is the one to go back to to get solid mechanism and basics regarding how sugar effects your body. That’s the first half at least (pretty science heavy). Then some nice (and classic) huberman tools (omega3 for example), and others (lemon juice). We hear (maybe for first time?) about hub love for kettle chips, which i relate to hard as i think many of us do. He speaks very clearly about fruit and sugar and mechanisms and this is an overall good episode, especially for learning basic neural mechanisms.
This is such an awesome channel. I love how content-rich it is--every sentence moves forward. I truly appreciate the time you put into to make sure your information is comprehensive and research-supported. Happy to see that glutamine was mentioned as an amino acid that can help with sugar cravings. I'm in the chocolate biz and I've used glutamine to reduce sugar cravings for more than 20 years to make sure I don't over indulge, a trick I learned from the book "The Diet Cure" by Julia Ross. She spent her life studying amino acids and I attribute her information to helping me stay lean throughout my life, even while owning a chocolate company and eating a little chocolate every day! I noticed you mention chocolate a number of times in the discussion of sweet foods that raise blood sugar, but chocolate is actually fairly low on the glycemic index because it contains cocoa butter. When eaten with nuts (almonds, peanut butter, etc) it's even lower better because the nuts fats and protein pull the GI rating down (for example, dark chocolate-covered almonds have a 33 GI). Chocolate (in moderation!) is a great treat for people who want something sweet without the blood-sugar spike. Dark is healthier of course, but even milk chocolate has a lower GI rating as compared to other sweet treats.
Thank you for the mention of how lemon 🍋 and lime reduce the blood glucose response. As usual, fantastic work, and brain based information. Humanitarian.
Thank you Dr. Huberman, team, sponsors and supporters. ☀️ While I wouldn’t choose illness for my family members, I am so grateful that this podcast came to me prior to their health issues. With this, I can help them build stronger and healthier. THANK YOU VALUE ADDING HUMAN! If we get to Seattle and Portland before this channel is at 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS… that won’t happen!
I am so thankful to have found your channel and I appreciate what looks like an enormous amount of work to create each episode. But I'm really sorry to hear you lost Costello. Bulldogs are such characters...
So enjoyed this segment! As a Type 1.5. LADA diabetic, it was especially interesting to me. Listened to it twice! It helps me control my behavior when I understand what motivates the behavior. Thank you for making your knowledge available to us with no cost! If you do nothing else for the community!, you are doing an enormous service.
Thanks for sharing your vulnerabilities so openly Dr Huberman. It’s nice to know that someone of such intellectual caliber like Dr Huberman is as human as they can be!
Happy Monday ☕ best thing to look forward to every Monday. This topic about sugar is what I really need to learn, and hopefully cut back sugar intake...
Dr Huberman, huge fan. Can you please do an episode on insulin resistance, specifically gestational diabetes and preventions. I am currently pregnant. My family history of diabetes and ethnicity put me at higher risk for GDM. I have been proactively educating myself, exercising and eating well a year before pre-conception to help prevent GDM. With being pregnant, I feel out of routine and control again. I am looking for more information and actionable tasks on this topic to center and ground myself. Thanks!
I was just speaking to my teens about sugars negative effects on the body. Now, I'll direct them to this episode: ) I REALLY want an episode dedicated to myo functional therapy/ orofacial myofunctional dentistry and it's relationship to sleep apnea, among a host of other preventable disorders.
This is so extremely helpful. As someone who struggles with sugar overconsumption, this is so helpful. A lot of people talk about the need to ‘quit sugar’, there is little guidance on how to do this.
Literally the fastest growing health and Science related podcast in history! Very much deserved, and primed to be the biggest of all time! Nothing gets better than this; real, raw, and no sugar coating reality👌👌
We have learned so much from your in-depth research and teaching. We would so appreciate an episode on migraine headaches. There is so much that is unknown and so much that is conjecture. Your knowledge on this debilitating condition would be invaluable.
Aw man, that was unexpected, my condolences for your loss of Costello :( Best wishes and prayers go out to you and the little rascal... Andrew, if you need a break please take one, i doubt anyone would frown you for that
I went on a keto diet 2 years ago and the amount of efficiency and productivity I was able to provide was remarkable. Took out 90% of carbs and 98% of sugars out of my diet. The saying you are what you eat couldn't of been more clearer than ot me until that time. For some reason I relapsed and went back to my original diet, seems like sugar and carbohydrates are my guilty pleasure.
THANK YOU! I came to listen because I am a hopeless sugar junkie, but I learned something else: it's not my imagination! I've had full mouth dental implants and am still in my first pair of "healing teeth." These have a thicker gum density AND a palate piece....my food does not taste nearly as good, now I know why. 🙂 As always, thank you for all of your excellent work.
Very vital and informative video! Much needed. I have to say: I tell ya what Since I been pretty much doing OMAD and nothing in between Pretty much clean meals Nothing refined or processed I been sleeping like a baby Had sunlight every day with cold showers after my workouts No alcohol I’m here for it !
Dear Mr. Huberman would you love to address Tinnitus issue ? This is one of the most underestimated health issue which it sounds no one wants to address. I truly believe it’s not an ENT field, in fact I think this is one of the reason this is still unsolved. Someone like you could have both the knowledge and the connections to pull together a solution.
Dear Dr Huberman, thank you for taking the time to share this with the audience, I kins of got hooked on it at this stage. I'll drop in this comment something that happened to me, hopefully I'll get an explanation from you 😊 I fasted one day per week for a few months and it was a torture! A day before I was anxious about it, on the day I was miserable and the day after I would stuff my face like there was no tomorrow. I would probably have continued, but one fast day in the afternoon I lost my eyesight!! 🤓 That was after about 4 months in. I literally could not see anything on the screen (I was at the office) and barely managed to text a friend in panic. I had thought that my grumpiness was related to the mere discomfort of being hungry, but obviously there's more to it. Luckily I had some sweets on me (I had no food and I wasn't bringing any to work on the fast day) and they saved my day. This episode put me off of fasting probably forever. Obviously there are people whose body deals with fasting much better or I'm doing something wrong. I'd be very curious to learn what happened to my eyesight that day 😃 it all went back to normal after a few sweets and I stopped fasting probably for good. Thank you in advance!
“I don’t eat the pits though” - this mango joke is hilarious 😂😂😂 Your sense of humor is under appreciated. Thank you for helping us to digest complex scientific information in such an easy and entertaining way. 🙏
I really appreciate you and your sincere interest to help the public become more aware and informed about mental health, wellness and the pursuit of happiness. Thank you much!🙏🌻😊
Amazing podcast! As a recovered sugar addict, this abject is of great interest to me and as a health coach I shall be sharing this with every single one of my clients. Thank you🙏
Suggestion for future topic - The Aging Athlete. I’m moving into my 6th decade and want to know what type of training is best, along with nutritional information on how not to lose weight, but participate in IF and other longevity protocols. I’ve been doing, HIIT, Kaiut yoga and weight training. Thanks for all you do! Love your channel.
Thank you, Dr. Huberman, i love your podcasts and I’m so grateful for access to this information! I have implemented many strategies to optimize my sleep, diet, exercise, and overall health. I had high blood sugar before I started (borderline pre-diabetic, with anovulatory PCOS), but with daily exercise and protein and fiber-rich diet, with almost no added sugar, I’ve reduced BG to the low end of normal and indeed reversed PCOS! Part of my journey included using Berberine. As I am trying to conceive, I searched online which supplements are harmful during pregnancy and Berberine is one of them. It can supposedly harm the developing baby’s brain, and might be associated with uterine contractions and miscarriage. As gestational diabetes is a condition that occurs in a fairly high percentage of pregnancies, I thought it’s important to mention NOT taking Berberine during pregnancy to manage blood sugar. Of course you always say consult with your doctor-I’m just adding a comment that is hopefully helpful to some 😊
Any time I find myself getting frustrated with technology and social media, I am reminded by you that there are people out there giving out such valuable, free information because of technology and social media. Than you so much. I look forward to every monday now!
So would drinking lemon water as part of your diet act as good way to normalize sugar responses? Also if the lemon water was made with whole lemon slices that were fermented a couple a days would that be good for fermentation ingestion as well?
THANK YOU!! Maybe consider talking about the effects of vibration on the ANS? Your podcasts directly hit on my health issues (eg PoTs, severe binocular vision dysfunction (not strabismus tho), ADHD, leaky gut, hyperacusis...suspect EDS underlies them but not confirmed). Thank you for the tricks /tips. Many I’ve instinctively used & now can explain...others I learned from you & have greatly benefited from implementing (eg strategic light use/placement). One thing I still can't explain: I start feeling great (ie the issues above almost go away) & then certain types of vibration / noise (eg from jackhammers & generators used in nearby construction) completely derail my progress (eg blurred vision, speech problems, bp swings, extreme sugar cravings, fatigue / sleep disruptions for days after the exposure). If the vibration / sound is strong enough, I have to run away from it as quickly as possible (not just out of discomfort, but out of urgency). I recognize it's odd (mainly because I’m the only one ever running 🙂). For years, I nor any doctor has been able to piece it together, but it somehow severely disrupts the functions of these same nervous system processes for maybe even weeks afterwards. I understand you're not an MD. I'm just trying to understand the science so I can do what I can (other than the obvious: avoid it as much as possible). Thank you again (and I’m very sorry for the loss of your dog. I lost my 16 yr old Malinois mix in Dec. She also used to snore loudly near me while I worked).
This was great, very very informative. I would have loved to have understood the differences in how the brain uses ketone bodies instead of glucose and what the impact this has on dopamine responses (if any). Are there other videos you’ve done which explore this?
There's tons of different videos on here about it. Check out Dr. Ken berry, Jason Fung, Judy Cho. There's more but I can't remember right this second. You are going down a long ass rabbit hole buddy get ready 🤣🤣🤣 ketosis feels GREAT.
Sugar is still my nemesis after over 18 months of fasting and on and off keto. My sleep and sleep quality really suffers with very low carb intake. I struggle still after periods of strict mastery with total elimination of all sugar and simple carbs. I have added back fruit in whole food form only and feel better overall. I have a family history of vascular dementia and stroke that is my motivation. It is so humbling that my motivation and solid success can be nothing in the face of having given in to eating a European apple tart. It was just sublime. A whole body well-being sensation. As a European style dessert, it was low in sugar for a dessert. Despite all this, this did not cause a recurrent problem. Your content is fantastic. I am very thankful for the great information.
You are a true inspiration! I'm just starting a RN program and I've always been a fan of neurology. I've been desperate to find a way to improve my memory, focus, etc. and I've just ordered the Thesis starter kit. I love how it tailors the formulation based upon how I answered those questions rather than the typical supplement formulations that take the "one size fits all" approach. There are some great ones out there - Qualia Mind - however we are all different and I feel that product gets close but doesn't quite check all the boxes I need.
Interesting what’s in it? I’ve added got a few things over the years to optimise my cognitive function and attention or the ADHD…ACL in the morning I found quite goood and my collagen erythritol hot choc on water . I like ashwaghanda and Brahmi , l Theanine , some say lions main is brilliant
You should do a podcast on how in the world he government came up with "RDA." How did/do they know a particular human or group of humans need x mg of magnesium a day?
It’s a tad off topic but I’m so grateful he does a video version of the podcast. I have more of a tendency to miss portions of what’s being said if I can’t watch whomever is speaking. Especially when there is an abundance of vocabulary words & scientific jargon being used. Thanks for making this fantastic content!
I usually listen when I’m walking or working (I do landscaping), but when I sit down and watch one, I too like it better. I get distracted easily when relying solely on audio (I prefer reading a book to listening).
Just found you😃So happy I did. I love the way you explain all of the information for regular people like me! Can’ t wait for podcast on sleep and weight. 55 and going through menopause, enough said lol . Thank you for caring.
Now I’m on 750mg instead of 2500mg & 18-20 intermittent fasting. Throughout the day I have 3 cups of coffee with cinnamon in am & the rest fresh lemon water . Thank you so very much your mission. God Bless
This was a great episode. If you could do an episode on epilepsy, that would be fantastic. Thank you for putting out such interesting, informative content!
Thankyou! As someone with adhd, sugar is one of my biggest weaknesses. I understand the “everything in moderation”, but when I go on a sugar spree I am insatiable no matter how much I have. Really appreciate your info - this is something I need to work hard on.
Date syrup was an amazing find for me. It's literally just blended dates and water. It's a whole food, has the highest phytonutrients, lowest GI, highest antioxidants and highest fiber of any sweetner and it tastes amazing.
While listening to your podcast today, I could not help but think about my clients with Parkinson's disease. Many of them have intense sugar cravings which makes sense since they lack Dopamine. I am curious; if they eat sugar, is it utilizing their supplemented Dopamine, therefore making less available to allow for normalized movement or do they just keep ingesting sugar in response to the need for more Dopamine? I would love to hear more about that interaction. Thank you for explaining these scientific topics in a way that we can all understand!
I would also like to hear more about nutrition, dopamine and Parkinsons. Are there nutritional options that can alleviate the symptoms or nutritional pitfalls to be aware of for people with PD?
I have to be so careful about how much sweets I eat. I crave more and more with the more I eat. I have conditioned myself to only have one small serving then I walk away. It is by no means easy especially when at work and someone brings Cinnabon, or homemade cookies and there’s a candy dish full of chocolate on every desk. I do not buy sweets for the house because I can’t resist them. This posthaste helped me understand why. Thanks
I observe that most of the sugar I am consciously consuming I am drinking. I can avoid sweets easily but also eat many carbohydrates that the body converts to sugar. Does this make sense ?
If I believed in God I’d say you are God’s gift Dr , thank you! This topic is particularly important for me as I really struggle with sugar cravings, mostly chocolate related. It’s been my life long struggle. I eat healthy otherwise, balanced diet, no sugary drinks. I sleep very well, exercise 5x week, drink high quality kefir daily, drink ginger and turmeric tea with lemon and cinnamon, take omega 3 fish oil, primrose oil, fish collagen and L-Glutamin. I didn’t know about the l-glutamin and cancer connection. That bit scared me, I will research more. I love listening about your late bulldog ❤️
I quit eating sugar a year ago, after watching your video. 🙏🙏🙏 I did it for like one month and it was the hardest thing ever, but very rewarding. Then I started to eat from time to time chocolate with Erythritol instead of sugar. Sometimes I baked my own desserts using Erythritol, almond flour or coconut flour and I have tried all sort of recepies. Now I am not so strict anymore and I eat proper sugar desserts if there's an event or a special ocassion. But since a while now, I fell in love with 85% dark chocolate. The thing is that I eat it almost daily before my workout. Is it bad? It has like 14 g of sugar per 100g and I eat 25, 30 g per day. I am not worried about the sugar, because it is very little, but maybe I eat too much dark chocolate in general. What do you think? Thanks for your amazing work!
Sugar is my weakness! I need help controlling my cravings. Also, I have glaucoma so I'd love to hear all about your ophthalmology knowledge and anything you can teach me about controlling it.
I’ve been looking for help controlling my sugar cravings for years! What a nice surprise this is! I agree with you about the ophthalmologist stuff too! I am blind. I was born two months premature. Too much oxygen! I had whatever it’s called where one eye is big and basically the other one’s deformed. Lol I could not see light after I was 3 1/2. I want to know the ophthalmology and the neurology of what happened to me.
Dear Dr. Huberman, I am deeply grateful for your balanced and omnivorous position on science (grazing and giving each field its due) and not reducing and absolutising certain positions. This is an approach seriously lacking among scholars today, who want their own child to be the star of the day.
Very cool information here that validates a lot of my own observations as a type 1 diabetic. I noticed for instance that blood glucose fluctuations gave me cravings, and I also noticed the point you made about homeostatic balance in so far as you can "train" or "condition" your blood glucose curve by "disciplining" it ahead of time, leading to subsequent easier to manage outcomes. Very much appreciate the tools provided in the end of this episode, as a sucker for any and all ways of managing my condition.
I get sugar drunk!!! 😢 I avoid all aspects of sugar as much as I do alcohol, even sugar alcohols. As a recovering alcoholic for me they are both the same!😳🙌🙏
@Andrew Huberman I would like to ask a clarification, if you ever happen to have the time to respond. I have a background in science (physics) but know nothing about biology so please bear with me if I got something wrong. With respect to glucose and brain function, you said that people can access a state of particular focus and mental clarity in a fasted state, when blood glucose is quite low. I don’t think I understand why this would be the case, since you stated clearly that glucose is the primary fuel for neurons. Furthermore, to illustrate this fact, you described a study where functioning of neurons in the visual cortex of mice was impaired in low blood glucose conditions, so I tried to read parts of the paper to see if I could understand more. For what I can tell, though, in that paper the authors are not studying primarily what happens to mice when blood glucose is low. Rather, they are comparing two groups: one was subjected to a (I assume prolonged) caloric restriction which led to a 15% weight loss; the second was the control group, where mice could eat as much as they wanted. The authors observed the reduced sharpness in visual neurons in the first group, but this appears not to be a consequence of low blood glucose level. In fact, the authors point out that the reduced neuron function was present in the calorie restricted group both before and after a meal (“orientation tuning was not affected by short-term satiety”); after the meal, in particular, they noted that glucose levels (among other parameters) “did not differ significantly from the controls”, but the coding precision “remained broader than controls”. To conclude, they found instead that coding precision was restored after a few days the mice started feeding ad-libitum again and recovered their body weight; furthermore, they analyzed “leptin, a hormone secreted by adipocytes in proportion to fat mass” and found that “restoring leptin levels in food-restricted animals to control levels by exogenous supplementation for 10 days restored orientation tuning and natural scene decoding performance”. So, as far as I understand, at least in this study it is not low blood glucose that is impairing neuron performance, but prolonged caloric restriction which leads to low fat levels in the body and in particular low leptin. Going back to where I started, this makes sense to me; if lower (or lower-ish) blood glucose levels were to cause neurons to not function properly, being in a fasted state would not be beneficial for brain function as you say it is. I am still wondering though how long can you fast and still keep blood glucose levels sufficiently high to maintain optimal brain function. I started intermittent fasting after learning about it from you, and I am fasting during the first part of the day, during which I am usually doing cognitively demanding work and I would like to be sure that my brain has all it needs to work properly :) I would love to know your opinion about this and to know if I got something right (or, more likely, what am I getting wrong). Thanks for all your work (and also for making me interested in a subject that I never thought I would have liked :)
Excellent episode. Just wanted to share one thing that really caught my attention. As in food, in life everything is about quality. If we combine fat with sugar, trying to decrease the glycemic effect of our blood, that could definitely be a mistake, depending on the type of fat we’re consuming. I would avoid doing something like that by all means, because once any amount of glucose makes presence in the blood stream, insulin will be release. That would open the doors in our cells for fat to be stored. Insulin is a hormone for accumulation… I would always make sure no fat is combined with any kind of glucose-metabolic food 🙏🏻 Doctor! You’re amazing! Thank you!!!
Thanks for another great topic Dr. Huberman. Sorry to be such a stickler with terminology, but muscles do not flex or extend, as you mentioned with the Biceps. Only joints flex and extend. The skeletal muscles contract, lengthen or eccentrically lengthen. It sounds like a minor point, but when I teach anatomy it makes a huge difference in visualizing what is actually happening when we move. All the best.
for all the talk about increasing basal metabolic rate, i'd be keen to know the science behind lowering it instead, for all of those of us who are trying to bulk
Thank you Dr Huberman!! Love this channel and all of its content. I would be super interested on a similar episode on Alcohol - how it affects Brain function, is metabolized, addiction, etc
I discovered your podcast about four or six weeks ago. From the get-go I wished you look up this topic, and in fact, I would love for you to have Robert Lustig as a guest. I discovered him about eight weeks ago. Thanks for all your work.
Well I think you Rock 🤘...yep...no big nerdy words. I just felt moved to convey my appreciation for your always informative and interesting range of topics. Also...I think you have a very nice voice lol. It's not abrasive or hard to listen to at all☺️
Aside from my great plant based diet I have fallen pray to sugar simply because of my work place . It’s an awful addiction . So glad to hear this podcast ! Thank you 🙏
Is it Monday, then it’s time for HL! Good morning class! Thank you Dr. H. for another great topic. So much to learn about this topic. I am a chocolate chip cookie 🍪 junkie!
Thank you for this opportunity to learn science! I’ve watched all lessons and now more fascinated about Brain than ever before! And using this opportunity can I ask for lesson about Smelling. Or may be you can tell where I can find quality resources or experts in that field.
This is great I’m a sugar addict. I’d love to see a video that compares how the brain processes lsd vs caffeine and how it influences our hormones/behavior etc.
I don’t eat a crazy amount of sugar but I’m ready to give it up too. I gave up alcohol five years ago and never looked back, but it’s quite common after stopping drinking to get a bit of a sweet tooth. I’m over it. Ready to level up even further! 🙌💪
I've quit coffee, cigarettes, and probably 90% of my sugar intake in the last two months cold turkey staggered over a couple of weeks.
Now my brain is trying to fill the void with sometimes insatiable hunger. I think sugar is by far the most difficult to quit, because I recognize these cravings as my brain trying to get me to consume as many carbs as possible from other sources. I.e. french fries, bread.. at the same time, I'm not subconsciously trying to sneak cigarettes or coffee.
Sugar is a hell of a drug.
I feel you on this one bro
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The difference is that your body needs carbohydrates. It’s not a drug. It’s like stopping to breathe and calling oxygen a drug because your body wants you to start breathing again.
Our bodies forget how to use our fat stores after years of constant carbs. It takes a while to upregulate the liver to restore gluconeogenesis.
I am a nurse by training and always have been interested in health. Dr Huberman’s podcasts and education have been inspiring, transformational, just incredible!! I keep re-watching them, as I they are so content rich! So much to learn!
You podcasts are literally addictive. It's impressive how non -bias you try to be when sharing all the info with us(your public). Thank you.
I still can’t believe all this material he shares is free. We’re very fortunate for this man’s generosity.
As a student getting into Computational neuroscience for PhD you’re the biggest inspiration for me.
That’s a terrific field. I’m delighted to know you are finding the podcast to be of internet/use. Best of luck in your neuroscience journey. I’ll be happy to answer any questions about how to navigate a career in science.
- Andrew
@@hubermanlab It means so much for me coming from you Dr. Huberman I’ve always been a curious kid with minor health issues which is why I’ve always wanted to study more about the body and how to use it properly and your work is just spot on the best I’ve ever come across.
I just got done writing a research paper waiting for it to be reviewed and now I am currently making a list of potential supervisors for the PhD (in the US and Canada) and tbh it’s quite confusing for me (being from India). How would you suggest to choose the right one or what to look in a professor or in his/her projects ?
Thank you!
@@ruturajreddy1 bro best of luck , do u post any kind of any videos, blogs? i am interested in that
I have a degree of constipational pseudoscience. Is that the same thing?
@@ruturajreddy1 stop giving excuses. being from India has nothing to do with not being able to select a potential supervisor. send a bunch of emails to professors who are working on your subject of interest. isn't that how one should go?
I am a student of martial arts. Been involved for 20 plus years, since a young kid. No substance has controlled my will as much as chocolate... 6 pack abs and all but when someone put chocolate infront of me, i became weak in my head, knees and all. I couldn't figure out why. That is until I witnessed the knowledge shared in this episode. Thank you for positively impacting so many lives🙏
I'm the same way - lean/cutup but love sweets (chocolate or ice cream mostly). What were your key takeaways from the episode? Do you still ingest chocolate/sweets/sugar?
Maybe, it’s because Chocolate give us this good feeling, maybe it’s a little bit like S…. for our brain.
Cacao
Got my workout and sunlight in for the morning. Having a protein filled breakfast after a 12 hr fasting period while watching this top tier podcast (still working on my intermittent fasting).
Don't forget fish oil!
12 hours when u have enough dedication to do a workout in the morning? U should be doing 20 hour ones dawg
proud of you man!
Still trying to get to IF too!! Keep up the work! It’s got to pay off
You sound like me!! Way to go Huberman Tribe!!!😎🤙🏽
#huberman I was diagnosed w adhd (inattentive type) 18 months ago @47. I figured it out myself after seeing a Dr Russell Barkley video on childhood cognition development, got tested and did a personality inventory also. I was in 94-98% in cognition measurements. I Have done CBT therapy for over 3 years also, which has immensely changed my outlook on life and how I view my world day to day. have listened to hundreds of hours at this point on human development, cognition, adhd, personality etc..from a ton of specialists such as yourself. Sapolski F’N rules. ADHD is on a huge spectrum as you probably know. Hyperactive vs inattentive adhd are at the core the same but also different. Layer on your big 5
Personality traits and wow so many flavors of adhd. Your info has helped me as well especially on things like light viewing, and just setting your bodies biology to its best tuning possible. I also went vegan last July and found a clarity gain and cardio improvement as well.
All plant based no junk.
Thanks!
My HBA1C was 6. I brought it down to 5.5 with intermittent fasting. I usually fast for 36 hours. Have dinner, don't eat anything for the next day, have breakfast the daty after. Gave up on sugary stuff completely. Thanks for this podcast.
hi,deepak,sir.i have been following andrew huberman for the past one year,he changed my life completely.his tools are unique,one of the best podcast i have ever come across on youtube.
You got it down by giving up sugar and reducing calories. Not by fasting.
@@sebacatana Fasting was still the vehicle he found easiest to reach his goal. He said he did it using intermittent fasting, not that intermittent fasting the the solution for everyone.
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What do you usually have for dinner?
I listen to podcasts when I wake too early-with the volume just loud enough to hear w/o straining. Huberman is always a tough call because the content is so good, it keeps me up, which defeats the purpose. Well, I DID fall asleep during this episode, and dreamt I met Dr. H in an airport where we had a great discussion about the impacts of cell phones and social media on mental health and well being. It was great! 🙃
I've been following your podcast since you announced it at the end of 2020, and I want give a huge thank you for the knowledge you've shared so far! You've helped me sort my priorities of light exposure, importance of sleep quality and timing, and regulating appetite and food consumption for health and focus, rather than emotion and impulsive habits. You're a role model to me!
I'd recommend joining his patreon if you haven't already
Light exposure what’s the best thing to do ? If lights touches skin isn’t it bad for aging? I usually avoid light because of that
You are a heathen liar.
8:20 is when the sponsors are over and actual video starts.
Thank you!
Thank you !!
Wow! I love fruits and ignored people who say to avoid them due to high sugar content. I guess I never realized that even the small amount of fructose in fruits plays a role in reducing the hormones that suppress ghrelin. It’s nice to finally understand why I often feel hungrier 30 min to an hour after eating fruits! I always assumed it was a mental thing since everyone around me seemed so full after fruit consumption. I will definitely keep that in mind now before eating fruit late at night.
I’ve been a type 1 diabetic now for 18 years, diagnosed when I was 15.
It seems like the more I learn about diabetes the more complicated things get.
What used to be a ‘if bloods rise take insulin’ problem has expanded into:
- nutrient timing
- training styles and blood sugar adaptations
- EPOC and blood sugar
- GI response
- morning/night blood sugar adaptations
- stress and blood sugar control
- complex/simple carbs and blood sugars
- pre/post workout glucose intake
- macro nutrient combinations & absorption
- importance of individual diets (Hba1C score)
The more you learn the more you realise how important sugar/glucose control really is for practically everything.
It’s a never ending, daily strive for Control, that’s about as much as you can get.
Grateful for every specialist who’s produced material such as this to help people like myself lead a happier, healthier lifestyle. ❤️
I’d say this is more relevant to type 2 diabetes when the body can regulate itself with diet tweaks and release appropriate amounts of insulin
“If fructose had a dating profile, this would be a red flag” Love it. 😂
Hahahah that’s great 😂😂
That got me too. It was a perfect analogy except it got me thinking about all those dating profiles and "red flags" ...thankfully I was able to reel it back in haha
Just finished your fantastic podcast. As a mother of young children, your final point regarding the importance of sleep and sugar cravings are spot on for me. It’s a constant battle to eat well (avoid an abundance of sugar and coffee) while sleep deprived. I do like intermittent fasting but find it to be too hard on my body if I’ve been woken by my toddler in the night. Another thing I struggle with which was not mentioned is controlling sugar cravings during the luteal phase of my cycle. Thanks so much, love your work!
I get this . I wouidnt fast with broken sleep and in an elevated cortisol state . I suggest find your natural limit .. maybe you can just do a 10-12hr window without stressing your body out . More important wouid be the belly breathing anc sunshine in the morning . A tip .. protein intake . When I added in more protein it helped heaps. In Oz there are cold mornings .. I love to drink hot water , collagen powder , raw cacoa and Natvia ( erythritol & pure stevia blend ) with a dash of low sugar almond milk .. it’s delicious and fills me up. I’m hoping this is still somewhat fasting.. not completely fasting but not spiking Insulin hardly at all . Now onto the luteal phase… I also craved terrible.. the solution .., take 300mv magnesium, 1g taurine snd b6 ( mines a powder ) take a chromium supplement , and use vitex 1g tablets ( if not on hormonal contraception) . Additionally while I’m usually a sweet tooth I have a need to add in naturally savoury & natural salt . I’ll have that and it helps . But I still make my coconut icecream on erythritol cause I love it !!
Dr. Huberman, I consider your work a treasure for all of us. As a seeker of a degree in Science of Health Science, anytime I thought I completely understood something about biology, I clashed with the robust knowledge of your podcast. Then I have to back to study things more profoundly. Thank you for bringing awareness to all of us! All the best from 🇨🇳 China!
Hey my neighbour
How are you man😅
I was born with tons of allergies as a toddler. Sugar was one of those many allergies which caused scabs over the majority of the surface of my body - even in my scalp. I can only describe the itch as having to scratch until it bled for relief. This relief didn't last but for a few hours until the process of healing would begin again. After my diet changed, the itching was only in the crux of my arms.
At puberty, the outside skin evidence went away. I began eating like other people which led me down a painful digestion problem. It came to full bloom after age 60. I changed my life regimen over two years ago to basic lectin free foods. Within two weeks, my stomach aches went away never to return. My strength returned to the one I experienced decades ago.
I turned 70 and look and feel wonderful and better than folks less than half my age. If I don't make it, I don't eat it. No alcohol, cigarettes, caffeine, grain, legume, pre-boxed ingredients, therefore, no preservatives or additives., etc, etc ...
Define your goal and strive to bring it to fruition. We are what we eat, and what it ate.
My aim is quality of life. I wish you health and long life.
I've cut out three of those 3 to go.
I’m grateful for your podcast - what a gift to the world. I’m astonished by how you manage to do this while being a full time professor and researcher.
A podcast each week is impressive.
Right? I'd love it if he could do a segment on the science of time management !
Ikr! It's a beautiful thing. The quality of life social media has brought to me is so deeply appreciated. Thanks to people like Huberman ☺️☺️☺️
It is the reason why his content is so fluid and full he is speaking on his purpose and passion... Brilliant.
I can’t stop sharing your videos with my friends!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, Dr.Huberman. I’m slowly incorporating them to my daily life and can sense my mental and physical health improving. How do you incorporate alllllll of this into your daily life? What are some things that take the back burner based on your priorities?
Future topic idea: how different phases of the menstrual cycle affects focus, cravings, alertness, motivation, desire, etc.
Thank you for shining a light on ADHD and ADD! I didn’t know how sugar played such a high effect on these issues.
Dr. Huberman, I'd like to extend my gratitude once again for your efforts in bringing nutritional science to the masses. I'm especially grateful for your prevailing message in your podcasts that we aren't perfect nor that we need to seek perfection in regards to the control of eating or intake in general. Your podcast with Dr. Sinclair is what got me into an intermittent fasting, and I've seen exceptional results within last year loosing close to 80lb. Along with that, however, came fear of loosing all the progress even if I side step ever so slightly. Compounded by some of the info out there regarding what foods are good or bad, it has been quite challenging in navigating how much and what I should be eating for maintenance. Rewatching some of your podcasts brought me a peace of mind and crystal clarity, that I shouldn't be so 'neurotic' about my diet. Afterall, life should be enjoyed. Once more, I thank you for your work.
I am so glad I stumbled onto this channel!!! I’ve lived most my life with so much hormonal imbalance, and the doctors never want to get to the bottom of the issues, they just want to give me metformin or spirolonactone for my PCOS.
I really hope I can get some real help from here. I love the teaching style here, very easy to understand. Invaluable information!!
Because of my problem, it has caused me to dive a little more deeper in understanding the link between high fructose GMO corn syrup and many health issues. I personally think it has created a type 3 diabetes.
Huberman is so well spoken, clear, and presents with rationales which are science-based. Love it. I highly respect his presentations, and just signed up for one of the newsletters.
Again, chock full of actionable info. Thank you! Correction on cinnamon. It doesn't contain coumadin (aka warfarin), which is a prescription blood thinner/anticoagulant. It does contain coumarin (notice the subtle spelling difference) which does not affect blood clotting. It can however, in large doses cause liver toxicity (as noted in the podcase). Look for "true" cinnamon, also known as Ceylon or Cinnamomum zeylanicum rather than cassia cinnamon as cassia contains more coumarin than true cinnamon.
I recently discovered that I was overdosing on cinnamon verum with the amount I was including in my kefir, banana & berry smoothies. Apparently a teaspoon is the max daily amount a person can tolerate.
@@margaretwinson402 bummer, right? Because I can use a lot of cinnamon in a smoothie.
Ceylon is awesome
@@dawnkeckley7502 Get ceylon type. It's fantastic! Much more flavor.
The liver toxicity comes from the cinnamon cassia. Ceylon doesn't do that if I remember rightly.
Another awesome podcast. But important point that needs to be mentioned when you talk about BERBERINE: it interacts with many prescription drugs via the P450 system causing liver toxicity! I loved the effects of berberine when I was taking it, lowering my blood pressure among other benefits. But then it came time for my annual blood tests and my ALT was greatly elevated out of the blue... I didn't understand, my diet is healthy. Ultrasound test showed fatty liver. The warnings online about drug interactions now made sense. I stopped the berberine and my ALT quickly returned to a nice low number. Liver damage fixed. It's not safe for people who are taking antidepressants or numerous other drugs.
I got other friends and family taking it and they are benefitting from it. But they don't also take prescription drugs.
Johanne, Can I ask what you were taking that interacts with the berberine? I’ve been taking it but my latest labs show elevated AST…which makes me very nervous. I’m wondering if I need to stop the berberine. Thanks!
Wow! Thanks for the information.
@@angiegoff7419 the P450 system is a common pathway for drug metabolism. If you google and speak to your physician or pharmacist, I’m sure you could find out if there are any negative interactions. Chronic liver dysfunction is definitely something to avoid. Good luck.
Thank you🙏I was looking for this info..I take busbar & Zoloft, trazadone to help my insomnia ( mania) is progressing,I've blown up,hair falling out,severe fatigue..Do you think progesterone would help my disease? Pqq? Ubiquonal? They say mitochondria damage is disease..I also read not to eat fermented foods, if you have MTHR gene, Scared😔
Rating: 7.8/10
In Short: Sweet and Classy :)
Notes: 'Fructose has a red flag if it had a tinder profile--it supressess hunger supressing hormones '. A classic huberman joke, funny and cringe and I love it. This pod gives a foundation for a lot of future topics and conversations, especially along the ideas of taste, food, fasting, working-out, gut microbiome, and gut neurons. If you find this interesting in other podcasts, this is the one to go back to to get solid mechanism and basics regarding how sugar effects your body. That’s the first half at least (pretty science heavy). Then some nice (and classic) huberman tools (omega3 for example), and others (lemon juice). We hear (maybe for first time?) about hub love for kettle chips, which i relate to hard as i think many of us do. He speaks very clearly about fruit and sugar and mechanisms and this is an overall good episode, especially for learning basic neural mechanisms.
Listening now on Spotify. I literally wait every Monday to listen your beautiful podcast. Much love from India 💚🇮🇳.
Me too !
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I do too 🥰👍
Bhai bhai 🖤💪
@@knowabhimishra 💚🙏 sukriya bhai. Where are you from bro ? I seriously addicted to Andrew huberman podcast
This is such an awesome channel. I love how content-rich it is--every sentence moves forward. I truly appreciate the time you put into to make sure your information is comprehensive and research-supported.
Happy to see that glutamine was mentioned as an amino acid that can help with sugar cravings. I'm in the chocolate biz and I've used glutamine to reduce sugar cravings for more than 20 years to make sure I don't over indulge, a trick I learned from the book "The Diet Cure" by Julia Ross. She spent her life studying amino acids and I attribute her information to helping me stay lean throughout my life, even while owning a chocolate company and eating a little chocolate every day!
I noticed you mention chocolate a number of times in the discussion of sweet foods that raise blood sugar, but chocolate is actually fairly low on the glycemic index because it contains cocoa butter. When eaten with nuts (almonds, peanut butter, etc) it's even lower better because the nuts fats and protein pull the GI rating down (for example, dark chocolate-covered almonds have a 33 GI).
Chocolate (in moderation!) is a great treat for people who want something sweet without the blood-sugar spike. Dark is healthier of course, but even milk chocolate has a lower GI rating as compared to other sweet treats.
Chocolate-covered Walnuts!
Thank you for the mention of how lemon 🍋 and lime reduce the blood glucose response. As usual, fantastic work, and brain based information. Humanitarian.
They're also great for digestion! You'll be regular for sure.
Thank you Dr. Huberman, team, sponsors and supporters. ☀️
While I wouldn’t choose illness for my family members, I am so grateful that this podcast came to me prior to their health issues. With this, I can help them build stronger and healthier. THANK YOU VALUE ADDING HUMAN!
If we get to Seattle and Portland before this channel is at 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS… that won’t happen!
I am so thankful to have found your channel and I appreciate what looks like an enormous amount of work to create each episode. But I'm really sorry to hear you lost Costello. Bulldogs are such characters...
So enjoyed this segment! As a Type 1.5. LADA diabetic, it was especially interesting to me. Listened to it twice! It helps me control my behavior when I understand what motivates the behavior.
Thank you for making your knowledge available to us with no cost! If you do nothing else for the community!, you are doing an enormous service.
Your time is valued and appreciated Andrew! Thank you for this discussion.
Thanks for sharing your vulnerabilities so openly Dr Huberman. It’s nice to know that someone of such intellectual caliber like Dr Huberman is as human as they can be!
Happy Monday ☕ best thing to look forward to every Monday. This topic about sugar is what I really need to learn, and hopefully cut back sugar intake...
1:30:18 or so onwards: omega-3, lemon/lime juice to reduce cravings
Check out the book "Fat Chance" by Dr Robert Lustig, he's a pediatric endocrinologist and his book is all about sugars.
Dr Huberman, huge fan. Can you please do an episode on insulin resistance, specifically gestational diabetes and preventions. I am currently pregnant. My family history of diabetes and ethnicity put me at higher risk for GDM. I have been proactively educating myself, exercising and eating well a year before pre-conception to help prevent GDM. With being pregnant, I feel out of routine and control again. I am looking for more information and actionable tasks on this topic to center and ground myself. Thanks!
I was just speaking to my teens about sugars negative effects on the body. Now, I'll direct them to this episode: )
I REALLY want an episode dedicated to myo functional therapy/ orofacial myofunctional dentistry and it's relationship to sleep apnea, among a host of other preventable disorders.
Andrew your videos are excellent. To me, RUclips is the greatest teaching device ever invented...
This podcast is most clear and makes me learn more about the health than all other podcasts put together. Thank you🙏.
This is so extremely helpful. As someone who struggles with sugar overconsumption, this is so helpful. A lot of people talk about the need to ‘quit sugar’, there is little guidance on how to do this.
Sooo true
Literally the fastest growing health and Science related podcast in history! Very much deserved, and primed to be the biggest of all time!
Nothing gets better than this; real, raw, and no sugar coating reality👌👌
We have learned so much from your in-depth research and teaching. We would so appreciate an episode on migraine headaches. There is so much that is unknown and so much that is conjecture. Your knowledge on this debilitating condition would be invaluable.
Aw man, that was unexpected, my condolences for your loss of Costello :(
Best wishes and prayers go out to you and the little rascal...
Andrew, if you need a break please take one, i doubt anyone would frown you for that
I went on a keto diet 2 years ago and the amount of efficiency and productivity I was able to provide was remarkable. Took out 90% of carbs and 98% of sugars out of my diet. The saying you are what you eat couldn't of been more clearer than ot me until that time. For some reason I relapsed and went back to my original diet, seems like sugar and carbohydrates are my guilty pleasure.
THANK YOU! I came to listen because I am a hopeless sugar junkie, but I learned something else: it's not my imagination! I've had full mouth dental implants and am still in my first pair of "healing teeth." These have a thicker gum density AND a palate piece....my food does not taste nearly as good, now I know why. 🙂 As always, thank you for all of your excellent work.
Very vital and informative video! Much needed. I have to say: I tell ya what
Since I been pretty much doing OMAD and nothing in between
Pretty much clean meals
Nothing refined or processed I been sleeping like a baby
Had sunlight every day with cold showers after my workouts
No alcohol
I’m here for it !
Dear Mr. Huberman would you love to address Tinnitus issue ? This is one of the most underestimated health issue which it sounds no one wants to address. I truly believe it’s not an ENT field, in fact I think this is one of the reason this is still unsolved. Someone like you could have both the knowledge and the connections to pull together a solution.
What about the tinnitus issue ??
I just recently am having an issue with it as well as hearing loss. I have an appointment with an ENT in 2 weeks
Dear Dr Huberman, thank you for taking the time to share this with the audience, I kins of got hooked on it at this stage. I'll drop in this comment something that happened to me, hopefully I'll get an explanation from you 😊
I fasted one day per week for a few months and it was a torture! A day before I was anxious about it, on the day I was miserable and the day after I would stuff my face like there was no tomorrow. I would probably have continued, but one fast day in the afternoon I lost my eyesight!! 🤓 That was after about 4 months in. I literally could not see anything on the screen (I was at the office) and barely managed to text a friend in panic. I had thought that my grumpiness was related to the mere discomfort of being hungry, but obviously there's more to it. Luckily I had some sweets on me (I had no food and I wasn't bringing any to work on the fast day) and they saved my day. This episode put me off of fasting probably forever. Obviously there are people whose body deals with fasting much better or I'm doing something wrong. I'd be very curious to learn what happened to my eyesight that day 😃 it all went back to normal after a few sweets and I stopped fasting probably for good.
Thank you in advance!
Check out the 1:46 mark. It sounds similar - maybe u were hypoglycemic
“I don’t eat the pits though” - this mango joke is hilarious 😂😂😂 Your sense of humor is under appreciated. Thank you for helping us to digest complex scientific information in such an easy and entertaining way. 🙏
I really appreciate you and your sincere interest to help the public become more aware and informed about mental health, wellness and the pursuit of happiness. Thank you much!🙏🌻😊
For those who're interested in cinnamon - Ceylon contains the lowest amount of coumarin, while Cassia has the highest.
Amazing podcast! As a recovered sugar addict, this abject is of great interest to me and as a health coach I shall be sharing this with every single one of my clients. Thank you🙏
Suggestion for future topic - The Aging Athlete. I’m moving into my 6th decade and want to know what type of training is best, along with nutritional information on how not to lose weight, but participate in IF and other longevity protocols. I’ve been doing, HIIT, Kaiut yoga and weight training. Thanks for all you do! Love your channel.
Hubberman wouid be great ! Also check out David Sinclair on aging and longevity
I am sleep deprived in the last 2-3 days and I am craving sugar so much now I know the reason
Thank you for the podcast 😊
Thank you, Dr. Huberman, i love your podcasts and I’m so grateful for access to this information! I have implemented many strategies to optimize my sleep, diet, exercise, and overall health. I had high blood sugar before I started (borderline pre-diabetic, with anovulatory PCOS), but with daily exercise and protein and fiber-rich diet, with almost no added sugar, I’ve reduced BG to the low end of normal and indeed reversed PCOS! Part of my journey included using Berberine. As I am trying to conceive, I searched online which supplements are harmful during pregnancy and Berberine is one of them. It can supposedly harm the developing baby’s brain, and might be associated with uterine contractions and miscarriage. As gestational diabetes is a condition that occurs in a fairly high percentage of pregnancies, I thought it’s important to mention NOT taking Berberine during pregnancy to manage blood sugar. Of course you always say consult with your doctor-I’m just adding a comment that is hopefully helpful to some 😊
Any time I find myself getting frustrated with technology and social media, I am reminded by you that there are people out there giving out such valuable, free information because of technology and social media. Than you so much. I look forward to every monday now!
I think social media is like life in the way that you usually find what you're looking for. Whether it's a conscious or subconscious desire.
So would drinking lemon water as part of your diet act as good way to normalize sugar responses? Also if the lemon water was made with whole lemon slices that were fermented a couple a days would that be good for fermentation ingestion as well?
I'd like to b know this answer as well. Also, how much lemon to water ratio?
THANK YOU!! Maybe consider talking about the effects of vibration on the ANS?
Your podcasts directly hit on my health issues (eg PoTs, severe binocular vision dysfunction (not strabismus tho), ADHD, leaky gut, hyperacusis...suspect EDS underlies them but not confirmed). Thank you for the tricks /tips. Many I’ve instinctively used & now can explain...others I learned from you & have greatly benefited from implementing (eg strategic light use/placement).
One thing I still can't explain: I start feeling great (ie the issues above almost go away) & then certain types of vibration / noise (eg from jackhammers & generators used in nearby construction) completely derail my progress (eg blurred vision, speech problems, bp swings, extreme sugar cravings, fatigue / sleep disruptions for days after the exposure). If the vibration / sound is strong enough, I have to run away from it as quickly as possible (not just out of discomfort, but out of urgency).
I recognize it's odd (mainly because I’m the only one ever running 🙂). For years, I nor any doctor has been able to piece it together, but it somehow severely disrupts the functions of these same nervous system processes for maybe even weeks afterwards. I understand you're not an MD. I'm just trying to understand the science so I can do what I can (other than the obvious: avoid it as much as possible). Thank you again (and I’m very sorry for the loss of your dog. I lost my 16 yr old Malinois mix in Dec. She also used to snore loudly near me while I worked).
This was great, very very informative. I would have loved to have understood the differences in how the brain uses ketone bodies instead of glucose and what the impact this has on dopamine responses (if any). Are there other videos you’ve done which explore this?
There's tons of different videos on here about it. Check out Dr. Ken berry, Jason Fung, Judy Cho. There's more but I can't remember right this second. You are going down a long ass rabbit hole buddy get ready 🤣🤣🤣 ketosis feels GREAT.
@@jackiemyers2773 And Dr Berg :)
Sugar is still my nemesis after over 18 months of fasting and on and off keto. My sleep and sleep quality really suffers with very low carb intake. I struggle still after periods of strict mastery with total elimination of all sugar and simple carbs. I have added back fruit in whole food form only and feel better overall. I have a family history of vascular dementia and stroke that is my motivation. It is so humbling that my motivation and solid success can be nothing in the face of having given in to eating a European apple tart. It was just sublime. A whole body well-being sensation. As a European style dessert, it was low in sugar for a dessert. Despite all this, this did not cause a recurrent problem. Your content is fantastic. I am very thankful for the great information.
Thank you Dr. Huberman for this amazing information and also thank you RUclips for this wonderful platform🙂
You are a true inspiration! I'm just starting a RN program and I've always been a fan of neurology. I've been desperate to find a way to improve my memory, focus, etc. and I've just ordered the Thesis starter kit. I love how it tailors the formulation based upon how I answered those questions rather than the typical supplement formulations that take the "one size fits all" approach. There are some great ones out there - Qualia Mind - however we are all different and I feel that product gets close but doesn't quite check all the boxes I need.
Interesting what’s in it? I’ve added got a few things over the years to optimise my cognitive function and attention or the ADHD…ACL in the morning I found quite goood and my collagen erythritol hot choc on water . I like ashwaghanda and Brahmi , l Theanine , some say lions main is brilliant
You should do a podcast on how in the world he government came up with "RDA."
How did/do they know a particular human or group of humans need x mg of magnesium a day?
It’s a tad off topic but I’m so grateful he does a video version of the podcast. I have more of a tendency to miss portions of what’s being said if I can’t watch whomever is speaking. Especially when there is an abundance of vocabulary words & scientific jargon being used. Thanks for making this fantastic content!
I usually listen when I’m walking or working (I do landscaping), but when I sit down and watch one, I too like it better. I get distracted easily when relying solely on audio (I prefer reading a book to listening).
Just found you😃So happy I did. I love the way you explain all of the information for regular people like me! Can’ t wait for podcast on sleep and weight. 55 and going through menopause, enough said lol . Thank you for caring.
Now I’m on 750mg instead of 2500mg & 18-20 intermittent fasting. Throughout the day I have 3 cups of coffee with cinnamon in am & the rest fresh lemon water .
Thank you so very much your mission. God Bless
So informative!!! Thank you!!!! So sorry to hear about Costello’s passing!!!! Heartbreaking 💔 🙏
43:00 why you may keep eating it all
46:05 yes i noticed this and couldn't explain!
59:50 3 pathways
This was a great episode. If you could do an episode on epilepsy, that would be fantastic. Thank you for putting out such interesting, informative content!
Thankyou!
As someone with adhd, sugar is one of my biggest weaknesses.
I understand the “everything in moderation”, but when I go on a sugar spree I am insatiable no matter how much I have.
Really appreciate your info - this is something I need to work hard on.
Date syrup was an amazing find for me. It's literally just blended dates and water. It's a whole food, has the highest phytonutrients, lowest GI, highest antioxidants and highest fiber of any sweetner and it tastes amazing.
My favorite sweetener as well.
My favorite dessert right now is dates, pistachio milk and ice thrown into a blender.
While listening to your podcast today, I could not help but think about my clients with Parkinson's disease. Many of them have intense sugar cravings which makes sense since they lack Dopamine. I am curious; if they eat sugar, is it utilizing their supplemented Dopamine, therefore making less available to allow for normalized movement or do they just keep ingesting sugar in response to the need for more Dopamine? I would love to hear more about that interaction. Thank you for explaining these scientific topics in a way that we can all understand!
I would also like to hear more about nutrition, dopamine and Parkinsons. Are there nutritional options that can alleviate the symptoms or nutritional pitfalls to be aware of for people with PD?
I have to be so careful about how much sweets I eat. I crave more and more with the more I eat. I have conditioned myself to only have one small serving then I walk away. It is by no means easy especially when at work and someone brings Cinnabon, or homemade cookies and there’s a candy dish full of chocolate on every desk. I do not buy sweets for the house because I can’t resist them. This posthaste helped me understand why. Thanks
I observe that most of the sugar I am consciously consuming I am drinking. I can avoid sweets easily but also eat many carbohydrates that the body converts to sugar. Does this make sense ?
If I believed in God I’d say you are God’s gift Dr , thank you! This topic is particularly important for me as I really struggle with sugar cravings, mostly chocolate related. It’s been my life long struggle. I eat healthy otherwise, balanced diet, no sugary drinks. I sleep very well, exercise 5x week, drink high quality kefir daily, drink ginger and turmeric tea with lemon and cinnamon, take omega 3 fish oil, primrose oil, fish collagen and L-Glutamin. I didn’t know about the l-glutamin and cancer connection. That bit scared me, I will research more.
I love listening about your late bulldog ❤️
I quit eating sugar a year ago, after watching your video. 🙏🙏🙏 I did it for like one month and it was the hardest thing ever, but very rewarding. Then I started to eat from time to time chocolate with Erythritol instead of sugar. Sometimes I baked my own desserts using Erythritol, almond flour or coconut flour and I have tried all sort of recepies. Now I am not so strict anymore and I eat proper sugar desserts if there's an event or a special ocassion. But since a while now, I fell in love with 85% dark chocolate. The thing is that I eat it almost daily before my workout. Is it bad? It has like 14 g of sugar per 100g and I eat 25, 30 g per day. I am not worried about the sugar, because it is very little, but maybe I eat too much dark chocolate in general. What do you think? Thanks for your amazing work!
Sugar is my weakness! I need help controlling my cravings. Also, I have glaucoma so I'd love to hear all about your ophthalmology knowledge and anything you can teach me about controlling it.
I’ve been looking for help controlling my sugar cravings for years! What a nice surprise this is!
I agree with you about the ophthalmologist stuff too! I am blind. I was born two months premature. Too much oxygen! I had whatever it’s called where one eye is big and basically the other one’s deformed. Lol I could not see light after I was 3 1/2. I want to know the ophthalmology and the neurology of what happened to me.
According to the blind stuff I’ve always heard, eggs are crucial!
@@nicks9776 Like what do you mean about eggs exactly? Xo
Dear Dr. Huberman, I am deeply grateful for your balanced and omnivorous position on science (grazing and giving each field its due) and not reducing and absolutising certain positions. This is an approach seriously lacking among scholars today, who want their own child to be the star of the day.
I am also sorry to hear about Castello, hopefully he lived a long and happy life and you can find a new Castello.
I admire the ease and spontaneity you present and explain information with, without reading from a teleprompter. Thank you!
That's because the man know his subject very well
@@Escalusfr Yes, but one can know their subject and still present it in a dry, dispassionate manner.
@@rositsazlatanova1146 I know, I was just talking about the ease and spontaneity
Very cool information here that validates a lot of my own observations as a type 1 diabetic. I noticed for instance that blood glucose fluctuations gave me cravings, and I also noticed the point you made about homeostatic balance in so far as you can "train" or "condition" your blood glucose curve by "disciplining" it ahead of time, leading to subsequent easier to manage outcomes. Very much appreciate the tools provided in the end of this episode, as a sucker for any and all ways of managing my condition.
I get sugar drunk!!! 😢 I avoid all aspects of sugar as much as I do alcohol, even sugar alcohols. As a recovering alcoholic for me they are both the same!😳🙌🙏
I’m glad I found this podcast. I look forward to Monday mornings when this comes out
@Andrew Huberman I would like to ask a clarification, if you ever happen to have the time to respond. I have a background in science (physics) but know nothing about biology so please bear with me if I got something wrong.
With respect to glucose and brain function, you said that people can access a state of particular focus and mental clarity in a fasted state, when blood glucose is quite low. I don’t think I understand why this would be the case, since you stated clearly that glucose is the primary fuel for neurons. Furthermore, to illustrate this fact, you described a study where functioning of neurons in the visual cortex of mice was impaired in low blood glucose conditions, so I tried to read parts of the paper to see if I could understand more. For what I can tell, though, in that paper the authors are not studying primarily what happens to mice when blood glucose is low. Rather, they are comparing two groups: one was subjected to a (I assume prolonged) caloric restriction which led to a 15% weight loss; the second was the control group, where mice could eat as much as they wanted. The authors observed the reduced sharpness in visual neurons in the first group, but this appears not to be a consequence of low blood glucose level. In fact, the authors point out that the reduced neuron function was present in the calorie restricted group both before and after a meal (“orientation tuning was not affected by short-term satiety”); after the meal, in particular, they noted that glucose levels (among other parameters) “did not differ significantly from the controls”, but the coding precision “remained broader than controls”. To conclude, they found instead that coding precision was restored after a few days the mice started feeding ad-libitum again and recovered their body weight; furthermore, they analyzed “leptin, a hormone secreted by adipocytes in proportion to fat mass” and found that “restoring leptin levels in food-restricted animals to control levels by exogenous supplementation for 10 days restored orientation tuning and natural scene decoding performance”.
So, as far as I understand, at least in this study it is not low blood glucose that is impairing neuron performance, but prolonged caloric restriction which leads to low fat levels in the body and in particular low leptin. Going back to where I started, this makes sense to me; if lower (or lower-ish) blood glucose levels were to cause neurons to not function properly, being in a fasted state would not be beneficial for brain function as you say it is. I am still wondering though how long can you fast and still keep blood glucose levels sufficiently high to maintain optimal brain function. I started intermittent fasting after learning about it from you, and I am fasting during the first part of the day, during which I am usually doing cognitively demanding work and I would like to be sure that my brain has all it needs to work properly :)
I would love to know your opinion about this and to know if I got something right (or, more likely, what am I getting wrong).
Thanks for all your work (and also for making me interested in a subject that I never thought I would have liked :)
Thank you for the awesome podcast. It would be great if you can do an episode on Autoimmune diseases. Much love from Morocco
Excellent episode. Just wanted to share one thing that really caught my attention. As in food, in life everything is about quality. If we combine fat with sugar, trying to decrease the glycemic effect of our blood, that could definitely be a mistake, depending on the type of fat we’re consuming. I would avoid doing something like that by all means, because once any amount of glucose makes presence in the blood stream, insulin will be release. That would open the doors in our cells for fat to be stored. Insulin is a hormone for accumulation… I would always make sure no fat is combined with any kind of glucose-metabolic food 🙏🏻 Doctor! You’re amazing! Thank you!!!
Love your show and the podcast and Thank you very much for putting this information out in the world for free - Absolutely love it.
Thanks for another great topic Dr. Huberman. Sorry to be such a stickler with terminology, but muscles do not flex or extend, as you mentioned with the Biceps. Only joints flex and extend. The skeletal muscles contract, lengthen or eccentrically lengthen. It sounds like a minor point, but when I teach anatomy it makes a huge difference in visualizing what is actually happening when we move. All the best.
Very timely for me. Thanks Andrew, love your content
I'm coming back in my next life as a neuro scientist just like you I can't get enough of this
for all the talk about increasing basal metabolic rate, i'd be keen to know the science behind lowering it instead, for all of those of us who are trying to bulk
Indeed. Same problem. Trying carnivore diet to see if it’s a microbiome issue rn
@@mattabraham3549 i feel like if anything carnivore is going to fuck up ur microbiome worse than anything else
Thank you Dr Huberman!! Love this channel and all of its content. I would be super interested on a similar episode on Alcohol - how it affects Brain function, is metabolized, addiction, etc
I discovered your podcast about four or six weeks ago. From the get-go I wished you look up this topic, and in fact, I would love for you to have Robert Lustig as a guest. I discovered him about eight weeks ago. Thanks for all your work.
Well I think you Rock 🤘...yep...no big nerdy words. I just felt moved to convey my appreciation for your always informative and interesting range of topics. Also...I think you have a very nice voice lol. It's not abrasive or hard to listen to at all☺️
Aside from my great plant based diet I have fallen pray to sugar simply because of my work place . It’s an awful addiction . So glad to hear this podcast ! Thank you 🙏
Is it Monday, then it’s time for HL! Good morning class! Thank you Dr. H. for another great topic. So much to learn about this topic. I am a chocolate chip cookie 🍪 junkie!
Thank you for this opportunity to learn science! I’ve watched all lessons and now more fascinated about Brain than ever before! And using this opportunity can I ask for lesson about Smelling. Or may be you can tell where I can find quality resources or experts in that field.
This is great I’m a sugar addict. I’d love to see a video that compares how the brain processes lsd vs caffeine and how it influences our hormones/behavior etc.
The ether (fermentation) of sugar is Ethanol. Any study on the effects of alcohol is a study on sugar dude 🙂
I don’t eat a crazy amount of sugar but I’m ready to give it up too. I gave up alcohol five years ago and never looked back, but it’s quite common after stopping drinking to get a bit of a sweet tooth. I’m over it. Ready to level up even further! 🙌💪
I am just about to embark on a prolonged fast and this podcast couldn't have come at a better time 😁