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Huberman Lab · Apr 4, 2025 · 13 min read
Mental Health Toolkit: Tools to Bolster Your Mood & Mental Health

Huberman's toolkit for mood: the big six pillars, nighttime darkness, emotional granularity, cyclic sighing, journaling and processing trauma.

Huberman Lab · Mar 30, 2025 · 13 min read
Dr Satchin Panda Intermittent Fasting To Improve Health Cognition Longevity

Satchin Panda explains why when you eat matters, from mouse longevity data to shift workers, firefighters, caffeine and a 12-hour eating window.

Huberman Lab · Mar 29, 2025 · 10 min read
How to Breathe Correctly for Optimal Health, Mood, Learning & Performance

Andrew Huberman explains the science of breathing and zero-cost tools like the physiological sigh, box breathing and nasal breathing for calm, sleep and focus.

Huberman Lab · Mar 29, 2025 · 13 min read
Dr. Gina Poe: Use Sleep to Enhance Learning, Memory & Emotional State

UCLA sleep scientist Gina Poe on why consistent bedtimes matter, how REM sleep erases emotional charge, and how sleep shapes trauma and addiction recovery.

Huberman Lab · Mar 29, 2025 · 13 min read
Dr. Andy Galpin: Optimal Nutrition & Supplementation for Fitness

Andy Galpin's practical guide to hydration math, workout fueling, caffeine, the supplements worth taking, recovery stages and sleep.

Huberman Lab · Mar 29, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr. Andy Galpin: Optimize Your Training Program for Fitness & Longevity

Dr. Andy Galpin's 10-step method for building a training plan you'll stick to, plus a year-long template and 3-, 4- and 6-day weekly programs.

Huberman Lab · Mar 29, 2025 · 14 min read
Dr. Andy Galpin: Maximize Recovery to Achieve Fitness & Performance Goals

Dr. Andy Galpin explains what soreness really is, how overreaching differs from overtraining, and the tools and metrics that speed and track recovery.

Huberman Lab · Mar 28, 2025 · 12 min read
How to Optimize Fertility in Males & Females

Andrew Huberman explains how eggs and sperm are made, how conception works, and the habits, tests and supplements that support fertility and vitality.

Huberman Lab · Mar 27, 2025 · 15 min read
Developing a Rational Approach to Supplementation for Health & Performance

Huberman lays out a framework for deciding which supplements, if any, to take for foundational health, sleep, hormones and focus.

Huberman Lab · Mar 27, 2025 · 9 min read
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in New York, NY

Andrew Huberman answers audience questions on stress, self-hypnosis, gut health, dogs, night owls, and how to tell if you are on the right path.

Huberman Lab · Mar 26, 2025 · 7 min read
AMA #2: Improve Sleep, Reduce Sugar Cravings, Optimal Protein Intake, Stretching Frequency & More

Andrew Huberman answers how to increase deep, slow-wave sleep: what to avoid, when to exercise and eat, and the supplements he uses.

Huberman Lab · Mar 26, 2025 · 13 min read
Using Caffeine to Optimize Mental & Physical Performance

Andrew Huberman explains how caffeine works, why it's a powerful reinforcer, and how to dose and time it for focus, exercise, memory and sleep.

Huberman Lab · Mar 24, 2025 · 11 min read
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in Seattle, WA

Andrew Huberman answers a Seattle audience on his daily protocols, memory, creativity, psychedelic therapy, supplements, ADHD, and life in science.

Huberman Lab · Mar 24, 2025 · 9 min read
Focus Toolkit Tools To Improve Your Focus Concentration

Andrew Huberman's toolkit for focus: binaural beats, 90-minute bouts, fasting, caffeine, cold, meditation, visual training and supplements.

Huberman Lab · Mar 23, 2025 · 11 min read
Sleep Toolkit: Tools for Optimizing Sleep & Sleep-Wake Timing

Huberman's practical sleep toolkit: morning and evening light, temperature, caffeine timing, supplements, NSDR and fixes for jet lag and shift work.

Huberman Lab · Mar 23, 2025 · 11 min read
Optimize & Control Your Brain Chemistry to Improve Health & Performance

Andrew Huberman explains the four major neuromodulators and a toolkit of behaviors, foods and supplements to shift focus, energy, motivation and mood.

Huberman Lab · Mar 22, 2025 · 9 min read
The Science & Process of Healing from Grief

Andrew Huberman explains grief as a state of yearning, how the brain maps loved ones in space, time and closeness, and tools for grieving adaptively.

Huberman Lab · Mar 21, 2025 · 11 min read
Using Light (Sunlight, Blue Light & Red Light) to Optimize Health

Huberman explains how specific wavelengths and timing of light affect hormones, pain, mood, immunity, skin, vision and brain health, with protocols.

Huberman Lab · Mar 20, 2025 · 10 min read
Controlling Sugar Cravings & Metabolism with Science-Based Tools

Huberman explains the three brain pathways that drive sugar cravings and tools to blunt them, from fiber and lemon juice to omega-3s, glutamine and sleep.

Huberman Lab · Mar 20, 2025 · 12 min read
Dr. David Spiegel: Using Hypnosis to Enhance Health & Performance

Stanford psychiatrist David Spiegel explains what clinical hypnosis does in the brain and how it helps with pain, stress, sleep, phobias and trauma.

Huberman Lab · Mar 20, 2025 · 14 min read
Dr. Andy Galpin: How to Build Strength, Muscle Size & Endurance

Exercise scientist Dr. Andy Galpin gives clear protocols for strength, hypertrophy and endurance, plus breathing, hydration, cold, heat and supplements.

Huberman Lab · Mar 18, 2025 · 12 min read
Time Perception & Entrainment by Dopamine, Serotonin & Hormones

Andrew Huberman explains how dopamine, serotonin and light-driven hormones shape how fast time feels, with ten tools for work and life.

Huberman Lab · Mar 18, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr. David Berson: Your Brain’s Logic & Function

Neuroscientist David Berson tours the nervous system: circadian light cells, color vision, balance, motion sickness, reflexes, plasticity and connectomes.

Huberman Lab · Mar 17, 2025 · 12 min read
Using Your Nervous System to Enhance Your Immune System

Andrew Huberman explains how the immune and nervous systems interact, and shares tools from breathing and sleep to sauna and spirulina to fight infection.

Huberman Lab · Mar 17, 2025 · 10 min read
Effects Of Fasting Time Restricted Eating On Fat Loss Health

Andrew Huberman explains how time-restricted eating works and how to set an eating window that supports fat loss, liver health and muscle.

Huberman Lab · Mar 17, 2025 · 15 min read
Dr Samer Hattar Timing Light Food Exercise For Better Sleep Energy Mood

Circadian scientist Samer Hattar explains how timing light, meals and exercise shapes sleep, mood, appetite and jet lag.

Huberman Lab · Mar 17, 2025 · 12 min read
Dr. Craig Heller: Using Temperature for Performance, Brain & Body Health

Stanford's Craig Heller explains why the palms, soles and face are the body's radiators, and how cooling them can triple workout volume.

Huberman Lab · Mar 15, 2025 · 14 min read
Maximizing Productivity, Physical & Mental Health with Daily Tools

Huberman walks through his 24-hour day, with science-based tools for waking, light, caffeine, fasting, deep work, exercise, food, hypnosis and sleep.

Huberman Lab · Mar 15, 2025 · 14 min read
Dr. Matt Walker: The Science & Practice of Perfecting Your Sleep

Matt Walker explains sleep stages and how light, caffeine, alcohol, cannabis, supplements, naps and sex shape the sleep you get.

Huberman Lab · Mar 14, 2025 · 8 min read
Using Cortisol & Adrenaline to Boost Our Energy & Immune System Function

Andrew Huberman explains how well-timed cortisol and brief adrenaline spikes raise energy and immunity, and how to keep stress from turning chronic.