The Perfect Summary Podcast

Scott Kanoski explains how GLP-1, the vagus nerve, sugar and processed food shape hunger, cravings and hippocampal memory.

Andrew Huberman explains thyroid and growth hormone, with tools from iodine and selenium to deep sleep, smart exercise, arginine and sauna.

Andrew Huberman explains how neurons drive fat loss and shares tools: fidgeting, shiver-based cold exposure, fasted training, caffeine, yerba mate and carnitine.

Huberman explains the biology of major depression and reviews tools from EPA fish oil, exercise and creatine to ketamine, psilocybin and ketogenic diets.

Andrew Huberman explains hunger and satiety circuits, why morning protein matters, and the brain science and treatments behind anorexia, bulimia and binge eating.

Andrew Huberman explains why when you eat matters as much as what you eat, and how to build a time-restricted eating schedule that works for you.

Circadian scientist Samer Hattar explains how to time light, meals and exercise, his tripartite model, jet lag fixes and why daylight saving time hurts.

UFC performance chief Duncan French explains protocols for testosterone and muscle growth, stress, cold and heat, skill learning and needs-based eating.

Harvard geneticist David Sinclair explains aging as lost epigenetic information and shares his fasting, supplement, exercise and blood-testing protocols.

Stanford psychologist Alia Crum explains how beliefs about food, exercise, stress, and side effects change what happens in the body.

Stanford microbiologist Justin Sonnenburg explains the gut microbiome and why fermented foods, plant fiber and less processed food support it.

Andrew Huberman explains how the brain senses salt, how sodium drives thirst, stress and neuron firing, and how to find the salt intake that fits you.

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

Dr. Rhonda Patrick explains sulforaphane, omega-3s, vitamin D, magnesium, cold exposure and sauna, with the doses and protocols she uses herself.

Dr. Kyle Gillett explains how lifestyle, supplements and therapies affect testosterone, estrogen, DHT and prolactin in men and women.

Physical therapist Jeff Cavaliere explains how to split training, build the mind-muscle connection, stretch, fix pain at its source and eat sustainably.

Taste scientist Charles Zuker explains how the tongue and brain create taste, and how a gut-brain circuit drives our endless craving for sugar.

Layne Norton and Andrew Huberman on calories, NEAT, diet adherence, protein and leucine, fiber, artificial sweeteners, seed oils and supplements.

Dr. Kyle Gillett and Andrew Huberman map male hormone health from puberty to old age: lifestyle pillars, bloodwork, supplements, peptides and TRT.

Dr. Sara Gottfried and Andrew Huberman cover female hormones across life: testing, microbiome, constipation, cortisol, PCOS, the pill and perimenopause.

Functional dentist Staci Whitman on why harsh oral products backfire, how teeth self-repair, nasal breathing, fluoride, and gum-disease links to the body.

Internal medicine physician Dr. Abud Bakri walks Andrew Huberman through what's known, unknown and risky about today's most popular peptides.

Columbia's Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge explains how sleep loss drives overeating, and how meal timing, fiber, fats and diet quality shape sleep.

Neuroscientist Tommy Wood explains how novel skills, focused practice, nutrients and hard exercise drive plasticity and lower dementia risk.

Michael Pollan and Andrew Huberman on what plants, microbes, and psychedelics reveal about consciousness, the self, food politics, and caffeine.

Biochemist Jared Rutter explains how mitochondria decide between burning fuel and building cells, and why that choice matters for heart disease and cancer.

Dr. Chris Thompson and Andrew Huberman on fiber, colon screening, GLP-1 drugs, insulin, and new endoscopic approaches to metabolic health.

Psychiatrist Chris Palmer explains how ketogenic diets, carb restriction, and fasting may help mental illness through effects on mitochondria.

Andrew Huberman explains how the gut, vagus nerve and nutrients like tyrosine, tryptophan and omega-3s shape mood, plus the power of belief.

Huberman explains how ghrelin, CCK, insulin and brain circuits drive hunger and fullness, plus tools like meal timing, food order and movement.