Optimize & Control Your Brain Chemistry to Improve Health & Performance | Huberman Lab Podcast #80

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In this episode, I explain the biological roles of the four major neuromodulators—dopamine, epinephrine (aka adrenaline), serotonin, and acetylcholine—and describe how these neuromodulators impact a wide variety of mental states and behaviors, including focus, creativity, motivation, drive, learning, alertness, mood, relationships, and feelings of well-being. Then, with that foundational understanding in mind, I describe a potent toolkit of science-supported behavioral, nutrition, and supplementation tools that can be used to increase baseline levels of individual neuromodulators and that can be modified for specific goals. This episode summarizes low-or-no-cost, actionable, science-based tools that can benefit anyone in order to enhance their levels of brain chemicals and improve mental health, physical health, and performance.

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Rapid and reversible control of human metabolism by individual sleep states: https://bit.ly/3RofUmU

Resetting the late timing of ‘night owls’ has a positive impact on mental health and performance: https://bit.ly/3uD54Qd

Skin exposure to UVB light induces a skin-brain-gonad axis and sexual behavior: https://bit.ly/3uGvOz5

The Role of Gene Encoding Variation of DRD4 in the Relationship between Inattention and Seasonal Daylight: https://bit.ly/3Ob154l

Caffeine increases striatal dopamine D2/D3 receptor availability in the human brain: https://go.nature.com/3c6AQi4

Human physiological responses to immersion into water of different temperatures: https://bit.ly/3IumXX1

The effect of Cissus quadrangularis (CQR-300) and a Cissus formulation (CORE) on obesity and obesity-induced oxidative stress: https://bit.ly/3AChHib

Other Resources:

The Darya Rose Show: Sunscreen & Sunprotection with Dr. Brian Diffey: https://bit.ly/3IqHuf0

Huberman Lab: Controlling Your Dopamine for Motivation Focus & Satisfaction: https://bit.ly/3IqQzVb

Huberman Lab: ADHD & How Anyone Can Improve Their Focus: https://bit.ly/3uDo4Oo

Huberman Lab: Using Deliberate Cold Exposure for Health & Performance: https://bit.ly/3AFfDGi

Huberman Lab: Tools for Managing Stress & Anxiety: https://bit.ly/3AzlRay

Timestamps

00:00:00 Optimizing Neurochemicals to Improve Health

00:03:40 Momentous Supplements

00:04:30 Sleep & Maintaining Healthy Metabolism

00:09:52 Tools: How to Wake Up Earlier, Night Owls

00:19:32 AG1 (Athletic Greens), Thesis, InsideTracker

00:22:05 Nervous System Overview

00:31:32 How Neuromodulators Work

00:34:24 Baseline Neuromodulator Levels, 3 Daily Phases

00:42:15 Hormones Modulate Neuromodulators

00:52:12 The 4 Major Types of Neuromodulators

01:01:45 Tool Kit 1: Increase Baseline Dopamine & Focus

01:08:52 Tyrosine-rich Foods & Dopamine

01:10:59 Dopamine Supplementation: Mucuna Pruriens, L-tyrosine & Phenylethylamine

01:16:00 Deliberate Cold Exposure & Dopamine

01:21:12 Tool Kit 2: Additional Tips to Increase Dopamine

01:26:10 Tool Kit 3: Increase Epinephrine (Adrenaline) & Alertness

01:34:34 Tool Kit 4: Increase Acetylcholine & Attention/Learning; Choline-rich Foods

01:37:29 Acetylcholine Supplements: Nicotine, Alpha GPC, Huperzine

01:44:47 Tool Kit 5: Behavior to Increase Focus & Acetylcholine

01:46:56 Tool Kit 6: Behavior to Increase Serotonin & Feelings of Well-being

01:50:51 Tools: Tryptophan-Rich Foods & Serotonin

01:53:31 Tools: Serotonin Supplements: Cissus Quadrangularis, 5-HTP, Myo-inositol

02:02:14 Use the Neurochemical Toolkit to Meet Individual Goals

02:06:44 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube Feedback, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, Momentous Supplements, Instagram, Twitter, Neural Network Newsletter

The Huberman Lab Podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast is at the user’s own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professionals for any such conditions.

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