What podcasts say about Andrew David Huberman
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What Andrew David Huberman has said on podcasts
578 statements · 364 positive · 126 negative · 22 mixed · 66 neutral
Human embryo gene editing for disease prevention will become commonplace within 3–5 years.
“I predict in probably 3 to 5 years, not 10, the technology that we were talking about earlier of, of mutating the HIV receptor, that sort of thing, will be very commonplace in the context of fertility.”
Open the episode · Bringing Extinct Species Back to Life | Dr. Beth ShapiroListen at 1:50:59
White or pink noise improves transition into concentrated states, not concentration itself.
“white noise or pink noise have been shown to not improve concentration per se, but to improve people's ability to transition into concentrated states”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 5:16
Repeated focus practice becomes easier through changes in the nervous system.
“What we repeat gets etched into our nervous system and becomes easier over time.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 7:35
Focused work bouts should last about 90 minutes.
“the ideal duration is about 90 minutes”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 9:49
Fasting or very low blood glucose reduces perceptual and cognitive clarity.
“when we are fasted or when our blood glucose is very low, we aren't able to perceive and think about things as clearly”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 11:14
Large meals diminish concentration and focus.
“if you're eating large meals, you are going to diminish your concentration and focus, period”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 13:38
Most people can use 100–200 milligrams of caffeine before focused work.
“most people do quite well to ingest 100 to 200 milligrams of caffeine prior to doing some focused work”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 14:24
Caffeine should stop at least eight hours before bedtime, ideally earlier.
“shut off your caffeine intake at least 8 hours before bedtime, and ideally more like 10 or even 12 hours before bedtime”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 14:46
One to five minutes of cold-shower exposure can deliberately induce cold exposure.
“deliberate cold exposure can be achieved by getting into a cold shower for 1 to 5 minutes”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 17:22
Short meditation with repeated refocusing is most effective for improving focus.
“a relatively short meditation practice of about 13 minutes in which you fully expect your focus and concentration to drift, but that you are continually refocusing, is going to be the most effective”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 24:14
Visual-focus practice should last 30 seconds to three minutes.
“Anywhere from 30 seconds to 3 minutes”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 26:19
Repeated refocusing trains the brain to focus better.
“the refocusing is the key component of teaching yourself or your brain how to focus better”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 26:32
Visual-focus practice increases activity in neural circuits supporting focus and concentration.
“you are ramping up neural activity within the neural circuits that create focus and concentration”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 28:35
Daily EPA intake of one to three grams can improve mood and cognitive function.
“getting somewhere between 1 and 3 grams of EPA essential fatty acid per day can improve outcomes, that is, can improve mood and can improve cognitive function”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 31:22
Alpha-GPC at 300–600 milligrams before work greatly increases focus and concentration.
“alpha-GPC consumed at dosages of 300 milligrams to 600 milligrams prior to a work bout or prior to a workout greatly increase one's ability to focus and concentrate”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 33:38
L-tyrosine is an efficient way to increase dopamine transmission.
“One of the most efficient ways to do that is by ingestion of the amino acid L-tyrosine”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 35:18
People should not use powerful prescription focus drugs without a prescription.
“I strongly discourage the use of powerful prescription drugs that have not been prescribed to you”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 39:10
People should spend time each day deliberately defocusing and decompressing.
“I highly encourage people to take a period of time each day to daydream”
Open the episode · Essentials: Tools to Improve Your Focus & ConcentrationListen at 40:43
High morning cortisol improves daytime alertness and supports lower nighttime cortisol.
“High cortisol in the morning sets you up for elevated mood, focus, and alertness all day long, allows you to buffer stress better, and it makes sure that your nighttime cortisol is going to be low.”
Open the episode · “This Is The Culmination Of Everything I Know” - Dr Andrew Huberman #1150Listen at 0:49
Bright light shortly after waking is recommended to support morning alertness.
“Bright light, especially from sunlight or 10,000 lux artificial light, and especially in the first 30 minutes after waking.”
Open the episode · “This Is The Culmination Of Everything I Know” - Dr Andrew Huberman #1150Listen at 1:18
Building top-down inhibitory circuits supports effective human functioning.
“being an effective human is about building up those circuits of top-down.”
Open the episode · “This Is The Culmination Of Everything I Know” - Dr Andrew Huberman #1150Listen at 4:33
Dopamine-reducing antipsychotics reduce auditory hallucinations.
“drugs that reduce dopamine, we call them neuroleptic drugs, haloperidol, all these things, clozapine, would reduce auditory hallucinations”
Open the episode · #2553 - Andrew HubermanListen at 10:33
Military service increases psychosis risk among genetically predisposed people.
“active military service in somebody who has a genetic predisposition to psychosis was a kind of an additional risk factor, a meaningful risk factor”
Open the episode · #2553 - Andrew HubermanListen at 13:21
Methamphetamine likely produces exceptionally large short-term dopamine surges.
“methamphetamine is going to create probably the largest dump of dopamine in the brain than any other drug, at least in the short term”
Open the episode · #2553 - Andrew HubermanListen at 13:58
MDMA-assisted trauma treatment appears promising.
“MDMA for the treatment of trauma is looking really promising”
Open the episode · #2553 - Andrew HubermanListen at 15:02
A primate MDMA neurotoxicity paper was retracted after methamphetamine was mistakenly injected.
“That paper was retracted because that laboratory accidentally injected methamphetamine, not MDMA”
Open the episode · #2553 - Andrew HubermanListen at 15:19
Current evidence does not show MDMA is neurotoxic.
“MDMA, there is no evidence that it's neurotoxic”
Open the episode · #2553 - Andrew HubermanListen at 16:52
MDMA-assisted therapy may pass FDA review in a future round.
“It might go through the next round”
Open the episode · #2553 - Andrew HubermanListen at 17:16
People with severe ADHD can focus on highly preferred activities.
“People with severe clinical-grade ADHD can focus if they're doing something they really like.”
Open the episode · “This Is The Culmination Of Everything I Know” - Dr Andrew Huberman #1150Listen at 19:10
MDMA-assisted therapy works best with therapy before, during, and after dosing.
“The data really show that people need therapy going in, they need therapy during, and they need therapy coming out for the best results”
Open the episode · #2553 - Andrew HubermanListen at 19:11
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