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Boost Your Energy & Immune System with Cortisol & Adrenaline

Huberman Lab3 de mayo de 20216167
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This episode I describe the biology of two essential hormones we all make: cortisol and adrenaline (also called epinephrine). Cortisol and adrenaline powerfully regulate our levels of energy, focus and immune system function. I describe various science-supported tools and practices to increase or decrease cortisol and/or adrenaline, depending on one's specific needs and goals. I also describe the biology of nootropics, and how cortisol and adrenaline can improve or degrade learning. Finally, I review the scientific data and tools for timing the release of these hormones to improve memory, energy and immune system function.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Introduction  

00:00:31 Sponsors: AG1, LMNT & Waking Up  

00:05:41 Energy & Your Immune System, & Learning Faster  

00:08:34 Why & How Intermittent Fasting Increases Growth Hormone  

00:11:56 Why Your Stomach Growls  

00:13:09 Hot Baths & Hormones  

00:14:35 Energy, Adrenaline (Epinephrine), & Cortisol  

00:15:48 Cortisol & Cholesterol, Competition With Testosterone & Estrogen  

00:17:54 Adrenaline (Epinephrine) Is Your (Immune System’s) Best Friend  

00:18:48 Cortisol Basics In Two (Actually 1) Minute/s  

00:19:48 Adrenaline Basics In Two Minutes  

00:21:32 Tool: Time Your Cortisol Peak To Waking Using Specific Light Intensities  

00:27:20 Brief Increases In Cortisol & Adrenaline Boost Energy, Focus & Immunity  

00:30:04 Ways To Increase Adrenaline, Epinephrine & Cortisol & Why That Is Good  

00:35:00 Does Mindset During Stress Matter?  

00:36:15 Protocols: Adrenaline Breathing Described  

00:39:00 Practices To Increase Energy Without Increasing Stress  

00:45:00 Using Stressors to ENHANCE Our Immune System: Science & Tools  

00:55:11 Timing Thyroid Release For Energy  

00:57:02 Adrenaline/Stress Increase Performance & Memory. IF They Are After Learning  

01:02:45 An Optimal Learning Protocol  

01:03:20 Coffee Changes Your Brain & Increases Connectivity Of “Anxiety Circuits”  

01:05:43 Nootropics: Two Kinds, & How & Why They Work, “Neural Energy”  

01:09:00 Biology of Comfort Foods: From Negative to Positive Feedback Loops  

01:14:00 Bombesin: Energy Without Eating  

01:15:00 How Stress Makes Our Hair Gray, & How To Prevent Stress-Induced Graying  

01:18:05 Blunting Chronic Cortisol, Including: Ashwagandha & Science Of  

01:25:50 Licorice Increases Cortisol & Blood Pressure, & Reduces Testosterone (by Glycyrrhizin)  

01:28:50 Apigenin: Anti-Cortisol  

01:29:53 Protocols For Optimizing Energy & Immune System Function (& Learning)  

01:37:00 When Fasting, Exercise, Cold & Intense Breathing Become Detrimental  

01:39:00 Prescription Compounds  

01:39:47 Tools For Accessing Alert & Calm States of “Energy”: Separating The Brain & Body  

01:42:11 Ways To Apply Knowledge Presented Today  

01:43:20 No-Cost Ways To Support Us, Feedback, Sponsors, Patreon, Partners, “Office Hours”  

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