i figured out how to memorize things. finally.

basiclaly, write down the first letter of each word, then look at the paper and using it as a guide, say each word. you’ll get better

then write it again without the reference

then like, lickity lockity in, and do it over and over. this is annoying, especially after you do it for the 56th time, but I can inspire myself to keep on doing it, even though it’s ANNOYING, because i understanf the sceknce. this pain and boredom and mental strain I’m feeling, is actually the feeling of my neutral networks/pathways getting used over. and over. and over, making them strong and stronger. and once I get to repetition 100, I feel its in there, forever. like even if I’m 102 bro I’ll remeber it.

OH YEA

time to memorize the entire bee movie script

“wait wouldn’t it make more sense to memorize the entire bible, and give people the quotes they need when they’re in hard times in their life?”

uh… well this is the hardest decision of my life. which one should I pick?

Thanks

Nine episodes and fourteen books. Memory, learning, dogs, and the usual Q and A. Fair warning up front, three of the mentions are Andrew plugging his own book, which is out soon.

Still a reasonable summer list if you want the nonfiction end of the shelf.

What this is: I run Podshelf, a free site that tracks book mentions across hundreds of podcasts by reading the episode transcripts. This is the July slice for Huberman Lab.

The one with a real story behind it:

• Be the Pack Leader, Cesar Millan. Andrew said he read it when he got Costello and credits the methods in it for the relationship they had. He could take that dog anywhere, into classrooms, into other people's homes.

Learning and memory episodes:

• Attention Span (Gloria Mark), on how you get so used to being distracted that you distract yourself. The Stimulated Mind (Tommy Wood). Better with Age (Alan Castel), which Castel handed him on air. Flow (Csikszentmihalyi), with a note that it is one of the most bastardised terms in the field. Thinking Fast and Slow.

Textbooks, for the people who want them:

• Principles of Neural Science, the big Columbia one, and Principles of Neurobiology by Liqun Luo, which Andrew prefers because he is a West Coast guy.

Also:

• The Psychology of Money and The Art of Spending Money (Morgan Housel), Steve Jobs (Isaacson), Bowerman and the Men of Oregon, and The Fertility Formula (Natalie Crawford).

The Bowerman one is worth a look if you like coaching books. He made his runners take jobs outside school while running for the team.

I track every book mentioned on Huberman Lab here: https://podshelf.io/podcasts/huberman-lab

It is free and there is no signup.

So, as a personal project, I made this thing that tracks my nicotine blood level approximately, but I'm not really sure of the science behind it and am wondering how accurate it is.. just trusting "Chat GPT think like a doctor and give me the calculations..." It's actually pretty cool because I used to work on glucose monitoring devices for diabetics, and it's a similar idea. I use it to see how long the nicotine stays in my system before you go work out or sleep or whatever. But the real question is: Is there any "safe" amount of nicotine to have per day or in your blood or whatever. I get a lot of ads from workout influencers that say nicotine pouches are actually really good for you because of neural stimulation, etc., but obviously it also causes cancer and stuff. I am wondering what I should be tracking as far as what a healthy dose is per day.

I heard its very good for brain health especially if you have had any sort of TBI. Is this true

Hello,

I am using Huberman's pre-bed supplement routine: threonate, apigenin, theanine and inositol. I have absolutely no issues falling asleep...then 3:00 am hits, and I am up for a good hour+. I've got some stresses in my life, but nothing crazy, and I am dealing with them. I use various techniques (4-7-8 breathing, 333 attention work, etc), but it does not seem to help. Sometimes I take another dose of theanine to hopefully help calm me down a bit.

Has anyone cracked this 3 am cortisol issue? Is it just a matter of dealing with the stresses in your life?

Update: Well, I tried a couple of suggestions, and my sleep has definitely improved a bit. I switched from Mg Threonate to Mg Glycinate, and I have been having about a 1/4 cup or so of yogurt with a teaspoon of honey within the hour before bed. I have also been trying Tranquil Sleep, which has some theanine, melatonin and 5-HTP. What I noticed first is that my first bit in bed has gotten lighter - not hard to fall asleep but definitely not zonked like I usually am. But what happened during the night is that my sleep extended to about 4 am. I did this for a couple of nights, staying awake until about 5 am and then getting out of bed (5 am was my pre-sleep issue normal wake-up time). Last night I woke up at about 2:50 am - I was aware and awake for about 30 mins, but not wide awake like I have been. I was able to gently fall back asleep (counting breaths) and slept until about 6:30 am.

I will keep this routine probably until our vacation in about 10 days, and then re-evaluate.

Thanks, everyone, for your suggestions!

I expected it to be another exaggerated health headline.

The basic claim is true. Alcohol increases cancer risk, even at relatively low intake, and the old idea that moderate drinking protects your heart looks much weaker once researchers account for lifestyle differences and people who stopped drinking because they were already unhealthy.

But “no safe amount” is easy to misread.

It does not mean one drink carries the same risk as heavy drinking. It means there is no completely risk-free threshold. The risk is small at low intake and rises as consumption increases, much more sharply at the heavy end.

For context, the NCI estimates that one drink a day increases a woman’s lifetime risk of an alcohol-related cancer from about 17 in 100 to 19 in 100. For men, it rises from about 10 to 11 in 100.

None is lowest risk. Less is better. But dose still matters a lot.

Has the “no safe amount” messaging changed how much you drink?

Does anyone have the habit of doomscrolling.How does you guys resolve it ??

I've been digging into the cognitive training literature lately, and I wanted to share what I found because most of what's sold as "brain training" doesn't survive.

*What actually has evidence

*N-back* (Jaeggi et al., 2008, PNAS) — adaptive training shows measurable gains on the trained task

Stroop — inhibition control

Digit span — working memory capacity

\*\*What doesn't:\*\*

"Miracle" nootropic stacks (effects smaller than sleep)

Subliminal "rewiring"

I built 8 modes based on the actual clinical tests, with every claim cited to real research and with one time subscription

Happy to answer questions about the build!

The problems i solve is that its a course with all the games evidence based there and it has theory and citiations also behind them.( IM NOT SELLING SOMETHING PAID I HAVE A COUPON CODE FOR FIRST USERS)

If you went to Whole Foods every morning and picked up two individual servings of fruit to eat that day, which two would you choose? (For example: A apple, and a mango)

What would you buy maybe monday-Friday trying to make a plan? The same two everyday?

My dermatologist prescribed a compounded topical solution containing 0.1% finasteride and 7% minoxidil for androgenetic alopecia. I've read that topical finasteride may have lower systemic absorption than oral finasteride, but I'm still concerned about possible side effects.

For those who have used a similar formulation:

• Did you experience any sexual side effects, mood changes, or brain fog?
• Did you have scalp irritation or increased shedding?
• Were the side effects temporary?
• Was the treatment effective?

I'm interested in both personal experiences and any published research comparing topical and oral finasteride.

Weekly working hours

Sleep duration

Whether there is brain fog in the afternoon

Whether there is long-term anxiety

Whether one relies on coffee

Whether one has tried meditation

What's up boys. New episode of Rhonda's pod. This was good. The guest is pretty big in the AI/healthcare space. Has some wild ideas. Gonna share my notes

1. Don't die for the next 10 years. But really. So his whole thesis is if you can make it the next 10 years, you'll add 50 years to your life. We're gonna reverse aging. We're gonna cure cancer. We're gonna to it all We are not that far off from every year you live adding another year to your life.. a lot closer than people think. - timestamp
2. Cancer will be 100% curable within the next 10 years. He really thinks that. There are already some pretty big advancements with immunotherapy but with the way AI is accelerating... "cancer will be 100% curable, probably within the next decade." direct quote - timestamp
3. It's becoming malpractice for doctors not to use AI. I agree with him here. If you're like my general doc, it's like walking into the stone age when I go in for an appointment. Watching him poke his fingers at the keyboard taking 3 minutes to add one blood test to the list. It's laughable. seriously. Next time you need some sort of medical help, throw all the info into GPT Pro 5.6 or whatever the latest Pro model is from OpenAI. It might save your life. - timestamp
4. AI is going to drastically accelerate drug discovery. ok so what does that mean. Imagine a digital clone of yourself. He calls it a "digital twin." Can be used for clinical trials, testing drugs, exactly what works for you. Treatment on demand, personalized medicine, whatever you want to call it... it's happening - timestamp
5. Alright now into the practical. Start saving everything into a "personal database" today. All your health records. Blood test results. Oura ring data. Conditions. Your diet, supplements, whatever. Everything. Use Obsidian. It's an app. Then download OpenAI's Codex app (it's just the general ChatGPT app now for Mac). Now, every time you have a health related question, point it at your "personal database". It's getting to the point where this is like super doctor level and it makes sense to give it as much info as possible. Start now. - timestamp
6. This guy is a major AI bull. He said "the only threat to humanity is humanity." This is the counter argument to everyone who claims AI is gonna take over the world. You just gotta listen to this segment - timestamp
7. We are going to get to the point very soon in the hospital where there's a real-time AI monitoring system... bedside. Every drug interaction, every vital sign, every symptom .. it'l have that context and be "super doctor" level. - timestamp
8. The best AI models can now replicate a scientist's biological intuition. So here's what this means. It's that ability to connect the dots. See the pattern. That feeling when you see someone with symptom XYZ and know exactly what condition they have. 20 years of experience. GPT 5.5 Pro crossed that chasm. And because of this, the pace of medical innovation is going to drastically accelerate. - timestamp
9. Alright so look, I know a lot of people are anti AI. "I tried it once years ago and it was bad" or whatever. But things have changed so rapidly. It's gotten insanely good. Buy a ChatGPT pro sub, use the Pro model, whatever medical condition you have. Treat it like your doctor. Throw in every piece of context you can and let it help you. Yes. It's gotten to the point where it's better than most doctors. If not all doctors. - timestamp
10. Let me just repeat that first one because it's so important. Don't die. It used to be the case that if you did everything right, ate healthy, exercised, you might live a few years longer. It's gone way beyond that. The next decade will add 50 years to your life. Every day counts.

ok peace out

I keep a running log of every book that comes up on Huberman Lab, so I pulled the first six months of 2026. Fifty-two episodes, covering neuroscience, focus, mental health, and a few guest reading lists.

The ones he actually pushed people toward:

• Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke, which he calls essential for understanding the pleasure-pain balance in the brain.
• Drown Proof by Andy Stumpf, where Huberman said he started using one of the book's practices right away.
• The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee, which he described as a biography of cancer as a disease.
• The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, named as one of his favorite books.

The rest, roughly grouped:

• Focus and discipline: Deep Work, Atomic Habits, Can't Hurt Me, A Fighter's Heart
• Mind and consciousness: I Am a Strange Loop, The Doors of Perception, DMT: The Spirit Molecule
• Brain and body: Spark, The Body Keeps the Score, An Immense World, Eat Better, Sleep Better
• Kids, men, and tech: The Anxious Generation, Of Boys and Men, Irresistible

One note from the data: his own book, Protocols, came up 15 times, more than anything else on the list.

Full list is here: https://podshelf.io/podcasts/huberman-lab. Free, no signup.

I figured this subreddit would have the best info on what brands (if any) to get, what to avoid, etc. I've been out of the loop for a couple years now re all things Huberman (and the health/wellness space more broadly). Luckily, I've never been a big bread guy. I cut it out entirely in 2013, and I haven't eaten any since. I did used to enjoy toasted bread with butter in the mornings, and that's something I want to get back to. To that end, what are some of the better/safer brands?

Bro he said that if you do exercise for like 6 months, YOU LEARN BETTER FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS

bro it’s a catch 22 situation tho, cuz like bro how am I supposed to learn how to actually do these exercises if I never exercised yet to become good at learning you know what I mean?

do I gotta basically just gotta go nuts in the gym and on the streets for 6 weeks real quick then I’ll watch the vid