Dr. Harold McGee, PhD, is a renowned author on the topics of food chemistry and culinary science. He explains how cooking methods, types of cookware and temperature can be used to transform food and drink flavors and presents simple but powerful ways to improve nutrient availability. We also discuss how our individual biology, genetic and cultural backgrounds shape our taste preferences. Whether you’re a seasoned cook or someone who simply loves to eat, our conversation will change how you think about food and cooking, give you actionable tools to try and deepen your appreciation of the experience of eating and drinking.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Harold McGee

00:02:21 Food Chemistry, Using Copper, Modern vs Traditional Techniques

00:09:59 Sponsors: Eight Sleep & Our Place

00:13:33 Cooking, Food & Heat, Taste & Smell

00:22:10 Umami, Savory Tastes, Braising & Meat

00:29:56 Chemistry of Cooking & Eating, Sugars & Conjugates; Slowly Enjoying Food

00:36:14 Savory Meal & Dessert; Food Course Order; Palate Cleansers

00:43:56 Salt, Baseline & Shifting Taste Preferences

00:47:18 Sponsors: AG1 & Mateina

00:50:07 Whole vs Processed Foods, Taste & Enjoyment

00:53:37 Brewing Coffee, Water Temperature, Grind Size

01:00:33 Tea & Tannins, Growing Tea Plants; Tea & Meals, Polyphenols

01:08:16 Food Combinations, Individual Tolerance; Is there an Optimal Diet?

01:11:34 Onions & Garlic, Histamines, Tool: Reduce Crying when Cutting Onions

01:13:55 Gut Sensitivities & Food, Capsaicin & Spicy Foods

01:17:21 Supertasters & Taste Buds, Bitter Taste, Chefs

01:21:57 Sponsor: Function

01:23:45 Salt & Bitter, Salting Fruit, Beer or Coffee, Warming Beer

01:26:11 Human History of Alcohol & Chocolate

01:29:25 Wine Expense vs Taste, Wine Knowledge

01:35:49 Cheese Making, Aged Cheese & Crystals, Tyrosine; Smoke Flavors, Distilling

01:44:30 Fermentation, “Stink Fish”, Caviar, Traditional & New Foods

01:50:42 Personal Journey, Astronomy, Poetry & Food

01:54:55 Beans & Gas, Tool: Soaking Beans

01:57:23 Gut Microbiome, Fermented Foods; Kids & Food Aversions

02:00:47 Cilantro & Divergent Tastes; Microwave Popcorn, Parmesan Cheese

02:04:46 John Keats Poetry, To Autumn; Acknowledgements

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Anna Lembke, MD, Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine.

We discuss how dopamine drives reward, motivation and addictive behaviors. Dr. Lembke explains the concept of the pleasure-pain balance of dopamine and how this cycle plays a key role in the development and persistence of addiction. We also discuss some of the challenges of addiction recovery, including withdrawal, relapses and the potential benefits of psychedelic-assisted therapy.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Anna Lembke

00:00:15 Dopamine, Reward & Movement

00:01:54 Baseline Dopamine; Genetics, Temperament & Addiction

00:05:24 Addiction, Modern Life & Boredom

00:07:18 Sponsor: AG1

00:08:55 Pleasure-Pain Balance, Dopamine, Addiction

00:14:17 Resetting Dopamine, Substance or Behavior Recovery, Tool: 30-Day Abstinence

00:16:04 Relapse, Addiction, Reflexive Behavior, Empathy

00:20:17 Triggers, Relapse, Dopamine

00:23:15 Sponsor: Wealthfront & BetterHelp

00:26:04 Shame, Truth Telling & Recovery

00:28:26 Addiction, Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy, Psilocybin, MDMA

00:33:29 Social Media & Addiction, Tool: Intentionality

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In this episode I explain how your vagus nerve—an extensive neural pathway linking your brain and body in both directions—powerfully regulates your mood, digestion, alertness and even certain food cravings, and I explain how you can activate certain vagus nerve pathways to improve your heart rate variability (HRV), a key marker of health and longevity. I also explain how to control vagal pathways to enhance your focus and alertness to improve learning and neuroplasticity. And I explain how your vagus nerve controls levels of serotonin in both your gut and brain, impacting your mood and emotional resilience and how to keep that pathway robust.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Vagus Nerve

00:02:43 Sponsors: LMNT & Joovv

00:05:41 Cranial Nerves, Inputs (Afferents) & Outputs (Efferents), Sensory & Motor

00:12:40 Vagus Nerve & Sensory Pathways, Body & Brain

00:18:30 Sensory Information, Chemical & Mechanical Information

00:23:49 Sympathetic & Parasympathetic Nervous Systems, Vagus Nerve, Tool: Calming & Auricular (Ear) Sensation

00:30:19 Sponsors: AG1 & ROKA

00:33:38 Vagus Nerve Motor Outputs

00:36:00 Autoregulation, Improving Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Tools: HR Deceleration

00:49:46 Aging, Declining HRV, Health, Activity, Tool

00:52:31 Tool: Exercise, Increase Alertness for Cognitive & Physical Activity, Motivation

01:04:26 Sponsor: Function

01:06:14 Adult Neuroplasticity & Learning, Acetylcholine, Alpha GPC Nicotine

01:11:48 Tools: High-Intensity Exercise, Increase Alertness, Focus & Learning; Sleep

01:18:14 Serotonin, Gut, Brain & Mood, Depression & SSRIs

01:21:34 Serotonin, Improve Mood & Gut Health, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Tools: Low-Sugar Fermented Foods, Tryptophan

01:28:49 Mood, Depression, Gut Health & Vagal Signaling, Probiotics

01:32:12 Calming Down via Vagus Nerve, Tool: Neck Peri-Arterial Vagus Stretch

01:42:00 Tools: Calming Down, Humming, Extended Exhales

01:46:38 Recap

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explore the sensations of pain and pleasure, explaining how they are sensed in the body and interpreted by the brain as well as methods to control their intensity.

I discuss both the hardwired mechanisms and subjective factors that shape an individual’s perception of pain and pleasure. I also explain why pain thresholds vary from person to person and discuss various treatments for pain management such as acupuncture and supplements. Finally, I explain the role of key neurochemicals like dopamine and serotonin in mediating our experience of pain and pleasure.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Pain & Pleasure

00:00:39 Skin, Appetitive vs Aversive Behaviors

00:02:10 Skin, Neurons & Brain

00:04:46 Brain Interpretation, Homunculus, Two-Point Discrimination Test

00:07:43 Pain & Pleasure, Subjective Interpretation

00:09:53 Sponsor: AG1

00:11:30 Tool: Pain & Expectation

00:13:08 Pain Threshold

00:14:46 Heat & Cold, Tool: Moving into Cold or Hot Environments

00:16:37 Subjective Pain, Psychosomatic, Fibromyalgia, Whole Body Pain, Acetyl-L-carnitine

00:20:54 Acupuncture, Electroacupuncture, Pain Management

00:23:44 Sponsors: LMNT & Eight Sleep

00:26:36 Red Heads & Pain Threshold, Endorphins

00:28:32 Improving Pain Threshold, Dopamine

00:30:00 Pleasure, Dopamine, Serotonin; Depression, Anti-depressants

00:34:12 Pleasure & Pain Balance, Dopamine, Addiction

00:36:08 Recap & Key Takeaways

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My guest is Michael Easter, a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and best-selling author. We discuss how particular daily life choices undermine our level of joy, our sense of purpose, our physical and our mental health and the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly steps we can all take to vastly increase our level of motivation, gratitude and overall life satisfaction. We discuss how effortful foraging for information, undistracted reflection and physical exercise are ways to ‘invest’ and therefore grow our levels of dopamine, energy and motivation, whereas low-friction activities are specifically designed to hijack or diminish them. We also discuss dopamine reward circuitry in the context of how to build and reset one’s energy levels and create a deeper sense of purpose in work, creative pursuits and relationships.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Michael Easter

00:02:14 Discomforts, Modern vs Ancient Life

00:07:35 Sponsors: Maui Nui & Helix Sleep

00:10:17 Modern Problems, Exercise, Trail vs Treadmill Running, Optic Flow, Hunting

00:20:01 Risk & Rewards, Intellectual vs Experiential Understanding

00:23:39 Modern Luxuries, First-World Problems, Gratitude, Tool: Volunteer

00:34:33 Rites of Passage, Tool: Challenge, Narrative & Purpose; Embracing Discomfort

00:40:43 Sponsors: AG1 & Mateina

00:43:33 Choice, 2% Study, Silence, Tools: Do Slightly Harder Things; Notice Resistance

00:54:05 Cognitive Challenges, Walking, Screens, Tool: Sitting with Boredom

01:01:53 Capturing Ideas, Attractor States, Tool: Being in Nature

01:06:50 2% Rule, Rites of Passage, Tool: Misogi Challenge

01:14:12 Phones, Sharing with Others, Social Media, Tool: Reflection vs Screen Time

01:23:23 Dopamine, Spending vs Investing, Guilt

01:29:48 Sponsor: Function

01:31:35 Relaxation, Shared Identities & Community, Music, Tool: In-Person Meeting

01:38:58 Loss of Gathering Places, Internet & Distorted Views, Hitchhiking

01:45:06 Misogi & Entry Points; Daily Schedule, Caffeine Intake

01:54:37 Optimal Circadian Schedule, Work Bouts, Exercise

01:59:12 Outdoor Adventures, Backpacking & Nutrition

02:04:57 Camping & Sleeping, Nature, Three-Day Effect

02:10:10 Sea Squirts; Misogi Adventures & Cognitive Vigor, Writing, Happiness

02:17:55 Effort & Rewards, Addiction, Dopamine, Catecholamines

02:22:36 Humans, Running & Carrying Weight, Fat Loss, Tool: How to Start Rucking

02:32:32 Physical/Cognitive Pursuits & Resistance; Creative “Magic” & Foraging

02:39:27 Motivation; Slot Machines, Loss Disguised as a Win, Speed

02:46:06 Gambling, Dopamine, Addiction

02:50:29 Tool: Avoid Frictionless Foraging; Sports Betting, Speed; Junk Food, Three V’s

02:56:22 Conveniences, Technology; Upcoming Book, Satisfaction

03:02:57 Substack Links, Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow & Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode my guest is Dr. Matt Walker, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley and host of The Matt Walker Podcast, which focuses on the science and impact of sleep.

We explore the importance of sleep and how its nightly structure, including REM and non-REM stages, helps rejuvenate the mind and body. We also discuss how caffeine, alcohol, cannabis and melatonin supplements affect your ability to fall asleep and overall sleep quality. Additionally, Matt highlights the benefits of naps and shares a variety of unconventional tips to promote healthier, more restorative sleep.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Matt Walker, Sleep

00:00:25 Rapid Eye Movement (REM) & Non-REM Sleep, Paralysis

00:02:05 Sleep Cycles, Nighttime Sleep Structure, Hormones

00:07:08 Sponsor: Eight Sleep

00:08:54 Nighttime Waking Up, Fragmented Sleep

00:11:05 Sunlight Exposure & Sleep

00:12:28 Caffeine & Sleep Effects, Tool: Timing Caffeine

00:15:27 Alcohol & Sleep Effects

00:18:08 Cannabis; THC, Alcohol, REM Sleep & Dreams

00:20:24 Sponsor: ROKA

00:22:12 Melatonin, Supplementation?, Dose

00:28:18 Prescription Sleep Aids, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) & Sleep

00:30:36 Naps, Benefits, Insomnia, Tool: Nap Length

00:34:07 Sponsor: AG1

00:35:44 Sleep Tips, Tools: “Do Nothing”; Winddown Routine; Worry Journal; Clocks

00:39:56 Acknowledgments

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My guest is Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Professor Emeritus of Health Policy at Stanford University. We discuss which scientific questions ought to be the priority for NIH, how to incentivize bold, innovative science especially from younger labs, how to solve the replication crisis and restore trust and transparency in science and public health, including acknowledging prior failures by the NIH. We discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and the data and sociological factors that motivated lockdowns, masking and vaccine mandates. Dr. Bhattacharya shares his views on how to resolve the vaccine–autism debate and how best to find the causes and cures for autism and chronic diseases. The topics we cover impact everyone: male, female, young and old and, given that NIH is the premier research and public health organization in the world, extend to Americans and non-Americans alike.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Jay Bhattacharya

00:06:56 National Institutes of Health (NIH), Mission

00:09:12 Funding, Basic vs. Applied Research

00:18:22 Sponsors: David & Eight Sleep

00:21:20 Indirect Costs (IDC), Policies & Distribution

00:30:43 Taxpayer Funding, Journal Access, Public Transparency

00:38:14 Taxpayer Funding, Patents; Drug Costs in the USA vs Other Countries

00:48:50 Reducing Medication Prices; R&D, Improving Health

01:00:01 Sponsors: AG1 & Levels

01:02:55 Lowering IDC?, Endowments, Monetary Distribution, Scientific Groupthink

01:12:29 Grant Review Process, Innovation

01:21:43 R01s, Tenure, Early Career Scientists & Novel Ideas

01:31:46 Sociology of Grant Evaluation, Careerism in Science, Failures

01:39:08 “Sick Care” System, Health Needs

01:44:01 Sponsor: LMNT

01:45:33 Incentives in Science, H-Index, Replication Crisis

01:58:54 Scientists, Data Fraud, Changing Careers

02:03:59 NIH & Changing Incentive Structure, Replication, Pro-Social Behavior

02:15:26 Scientific Discovery, Careers & Changing Times, Journals & Publications

02:19:56 NIH Grants & Appeals, Under-represented Populations, DEI

02:28:58 Inductive vs Deductive Science; DEI & Grants; Young Scientists & NIH Funding

02:39:38 Grant Funding, Identity & Race; Shift in NIH Priorities

02:51:23 Public Trust & Science, COVID Pandemic, Lockdowns, Masks

03:04:41 Pandemic Mandates & Economic Inequality; Fear; Public Health & Free Speech

03:13:39 Masks, Harms, Public Health Messaging, Uniformity, Groupthink, Vaccines

03:22:48 Academic Ostracism, Public Health Messaging & Opposition

03:30:26 Culture of American Science, Discourse & Disagreement

03:36:03 Vaccines, COVID Vaccines, Benefits & Harms

03:47:05 Vaccine Mandates, Money, Public Health Messaging, Civil Liberties

03:54:52 COVID Vaccines, Long-Term Effects; Long COVID, Vaccine Injury, Flu Shots

04:06:47 Do Vaccines Cause Autism?; What Explains Rise in Autism

04:18:33 Autism & NIH; MAHA & Restructuring NIH?

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I discuss interoception, the brain’s ability to sense and interpret signals from the body, which shapes our sense of self and underlies vital functions like focus, sleep, healing and emotions.

I explain how the body communicates different types of information to the brain, influencing processes like digestion, heart rate and immune function.

I also describe practical tools such as breathwork to regulate alertness, strategies to support gut health and reduce sugar cravings, and awareness practices to enhance interoception. By understanding and applying these tools, you can strengthen the brain-body connection to improve mood, overall health and performance.

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Huberman Lab Essentials are short episodes focused on essential science and protocol takeaways from past full-length Huberman Lab episodes. Watch or listen to the full-length episode at hubermanlab.com.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Sense of Self, Interoception

00:01:25 Brain & Body Communication, Vagus Nerve, Mechanical & Chemical Information

00:04:43 Lungs & Diaphragm, Tool: Breathwork for Alert or Calm

00:09:47 Sponsors: AG1 & Eight Sleep

00:13:14 Brain & Gut Communication, Tool: Reduce Sugar Cravings

00:18:27 Brain, Gut Chemistry, Inflammation & Gut Microbiome, Tool: Fermented Foods

00:22:20 Sponsor: LMNT

00:23:52 Vomiting, Brain; Tool: Reduce Nausea

00:28:52 Fever, Brain Chemistry, Tool: Cooling Body

00:33:20 Vagus Nerve, Emotions, Mood, Tool: Heart Awareness

00:39:29 Recap & Key Takeaways

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My guest is Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Arizona and a world expert on the science of grief and loss. We discuss what happens in the brain and body when we grieve, the role of dopamine and yearning in the grieving process, the health risks of getting stuck at particular stages of grief and how to move through loss while also deeply honoring the person, animal or thing that is no longer with us. Dr. O’Connor explains that grief involves cycling back and forth between protest and despair (often guilt and anger too) and explains science-supported ways to move through that process in the healthiest possible way. Everyone experiences grief and loss at some point. Dr. O’Connor provides valuable knowledge and tools to help you navigate grief under any circumstance.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Mary-Frances O’Connor

00:02:22 Grief vs Grieving; Love & Bonding, Gone Yet Everlasting

00:07:42 Sponsors: Wealthfront & BetterHelp

00:10:29 Sudden vs Slow Death, Attachment, Reframing Relationship

00:14:52 Religion, Integrating the New Relationship

00:20:46 Yearning, Dopamine, Brain, Addiction

00:27:58 Culture & Grief Literacy; Protest, Despair & Hope, New Relationships

00:40:09 Sponsors: AG1 & Helix Sleep

00:43:21 Protest, Despair & Transmutation; Changing Attachment Hierarchy

00:52:04 Bereavement Support, Medical Risk

01:05:27 Culture, Alcohol & Death; Dying of a Broken Heart, Medical Risk

01:13:40 Sponsor: Function

01:15:28 Navigating Grief, Emotions & Body, Tool: Progressive Muscle Relaxation

01:23:57 Grief Stages; Permission & Coping, Judgment & Guilt; Lessons from Grief

01:35:44 Grieving Suicide, Rumination, Tool: Shifting Environment

01:47:24 Belief Systems, Religion & Grief

01:54:17 Afterlife, Contemplating Death

01:58:35 Tools: Contemplating Death; Life Celebration, Terror Management, Empathy

02:07:46 Mental Oscillation, Dual Model of Bereavement

02:14:00 Avoidance; Remembering a Loved One, Resilience; Getting Worse & Seeking Professional Help

02:22:15 Time Perception & End of Life, Motivation & Energy

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode my guest is Lex Fridman, PhD, a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), an expert in robotics and host of the Lex Fridman Podcast.

We discuss the development of artificial intelligence through machine learning, deep learning and self-supervised techniques. We also examine the growing significance of interactions between humans and robots, including their potential for companionship and emotional connection. This episode explores how AI is shifting from a technical tool into something that could reshape human relationships, emotions and society.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Lex Fridman; Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine

00:02:23 Supervised vs Self-Supervised Learning, Self-Play

00:09:06 Tesla Autopilot, Autonomous Driving, Robot &

00:14:26 Sponsors: AG1 & Maui Nui

00:17:47 Human & Robot Relationship, Loneliness, Time

00:22:38 Authenticity, Robot Companion, Emotions

00:27:55 Robot & Human Relationship, Manipulation,

00:32:12 Sponsors: Function & David

00:35:14 Dogs, Homer, Companion, Cancer, Death

00:40:04 Dogs, Costello, Decline, Joy, Loss

00:47:31 Closing

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