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Andrew Huberman: My Exact Routine To Optimize Brain & Body, I Do All Of These Every Day!

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Stanford Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman returns to reveal the truth about GLP-1s, peptides, and the testosterone collapse, and the 10 protocols he uses every day to fix his sleep, stress, and focus! Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and tenured ...

Highlights

Andrew Huberman shares a sequence of daily protocols covering light, sleep, exercise, stress regulation, nutrition, learning, spirituality, and supplements, while Steven Bartlett challenges him on peptides, psychedelics, faith, and aging.
04:29
The protocols work like interconnected gears
05:31
High morning cortisol can be beneficial
06:38
A flattened cortisol curve can prolong stress
11:30
Direct daylight beats window-filtered light
13:57
Screens can raise cortisol at night
22:37
You may be a night-shift worker without realizing it
25:33
Train for broad, practical fitness
27:31
Cold exposure boosts focus chemicals
31:01
Tenacity is plastic
34:00
Stress temporarily weakens thoughtful decision-making
38:20
Optimize for more life, not less
43:18
Starches can support sleep by lowering nighttime cortisol
45:47
Cortisol prepares you for adversity
51:27
The physiological sigh is a double inhale and long exhale
55:05
One exhale can calm you immediately
59:04
The eye movement trick for falling back asleep
1:05:26
Behavioral tools are the foundation
1:10:13
Peptides should serve a specific purpose
1:15:07
DMT made ordinary reality feel less certain
1:18:04
Faith can relieve the pressure to control everything
1:24:18
Reality is constructed inside the skull
1:27:55
Prayer moves ego aside
1:29:07
Spirituality can be liberating even when life is hard
1:42:44
Errors drive neuroplasticity
1:53:53
The unconscious speaks in emotions and analogies
2:07:15
Walk after meals to buffer glucose
2:09:04
Metabolism does not automatically slow with age

Chapters

Intro
00:01
Introducing Protocols
02:21
When High Cortisol Is A Good Thing
03:46
Why Hydration Matters
06:55
Why Morning Sunlight Matters
07:55
How Light Can Boost Metabolism
13:21
Why Sunlight Is A Powerful Health Tool
18:55
How To Offset Night Shifts And Screen Time
20:54
The Best Exercise Routine For All-Round Fitness
23:58
Do Ice Baths Raise Cortisol?
25:59
How To Build Willpower And Tenacity
28:52
What Does Calming Your Nervous System Mean?
31:20
The Comfort Crisis: Do Hard Things
35:49
What Should You Actually Eat?
38:33
How Starchy Foods Can Calm Stress
41:30
Cortisol Is Not The Stress Hormone
43:30
How To Reduce Stress Fast
46:21
How To Increase Your HRV
52:26
The Eye Movement Trick To Fall Back To Sleep
55:48
Ads
1:00:28
Could A Peptide Improve REM Sleep?
1:02:28
The Truth About Peptides
1:03:48
What Psychedelics Can Teach Us About Reality
1:13:08
Do You Believe In God As A Neuroscientist?
1:18:32
Could Religion Be An Antidote To Modern Suffering?
1:28:18
Ads
1:36:45
How To Create The Ideal Sleep Environment
1:37:58
You Need To Do Effortful Work Daily
1:39:30
How To Tap Into Your Unconscious
1:47:55
Glymphatic Drainage: Can It Reduce Eye Bags?
1:54:27
Do You Really Need Supplements?
1:58:50
The Benefits Of A Post-Meal Walk
2:03:50
Why Metabolism Doesn't Have To Decline With Age
2:07:28

Transcript

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