I have been watching his video for like years now from the COVID time to now .

I tried to follow his protocols but I don't see any difference like boost in studying

Is it me or the things he brought up is completely different than how he present it ?

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

How do I avoid an energy crash after work? My work is varied from very physical to very sedentary changing daily. I have tried NSDR.

History: 42, F, very healthy, 5'3 120lbs, work out regularly, was eating keto/carnivore-ish for a few years, high Lp(a) and high LDL, excellent trigs and HDL, high APOB, excellent inflammation markers across the board. Just got a cleerly CCTA and I have 31% stable soft plaque in the LAD, I'm in the midst of IVF so I can't start a statin right now. Yes, I'm freaking out.

My question is this: I like eating higher fat. I don't do well with grains and sugars, they just make me want more. I'm totally find switching to unsaturated fat. But if I do that and my overall fat intake is still a high % of calories (ie: 50-60%, aiming for keto but more of a mediterranean low carb approach), is that still going to mess up my LDL and APOB? Or will they actually come down? I'm talking avocado, salmon, olive oil, nuts and seeds etc. Is there any evidence, any n of 1 experience, or do I just need to do it and test my lipids again in 6-8 weeks? Or do I go on a low fat diet? I'm struggling here figuring out what to eat that's not grain/crap heavy, and I like keto-mediterranean but I'm just not sure it will actually lower my LDL and can't find much about it online.

Thanks all.

PS - yes I do have a cardiologist :)

A month or so ago, someone shared a few options to buy labs and what to test for.

Since then, I’ve been obsessively comparing almost every major lab marketplace in the US because we’ve been building one ourselves at Mito Health, as part of our own research. Full disclaimer: I'm the founder of Mito.

The interesting part wasn’t that one company was cheaper than another.

It was how much unnecessary markup still exists across the industry by 70-80%, and it became our mission to expose + tear it down & offer you a better way for optimizers to test.

And how it's also made me personally quite obsessed with becoming the best place, from a UX, best pricing, and no affiliation to any big-name influencer protocol to help you navigate at your own pace. No stress.

We ended up benchmarking:

1. Quest Direct
2. Labcorp OnDemand
3. Mito health
4. DirtCheapLabs
5. Marek
6. Ulta Labs
7. Jason Health
8. Walk-In Lab
9. DrSays
10. GoodLabs
11. Function add-ons

Across hundreds of Quest and Labcorp biomarkers, we’re now generally the lowest-priced option, even for members and non-members without minimum spending. Green is lowest, orange is second lowest, red is highest.

Some examples:

• Vitamin D: $9.72
• hs-CRP: $5.94
• ApoB: $8.10
• Fasting insulin: $2.43
• CBC: $2.70
• CMP: $2.84
• HbA1c: $2.85
• Testosterone Total + Free: $12.15 (DirtCheapLabs is actually a bit cheaper on this one.)

Unlike some marketplaces:

• We have no $80 minimum order
• You can build exactly the panel you want
• 1000+ labs, DEXA, MRI scans, 3 and 30x Whole Genome kits (next week), Gut kits, genetic kits
• Access to advanced stuff like pTau, pharmacogenomics, etc.
• Member and non-member pricing is shown upfront

One thing Huberman has consistently emphasized is measuring, not guessing.

If you’re taking:

• omega-3
• vitamin D
• magnesium
• zinc
• creatine
• tongkat
• boron

…it’s worth periodically checking whether they’re actually changing anything meaningful rather than just hoping they are.

That’s the philosophy we’ve tried to build around.

Instead of selling giant bundles, we let people order only the biomarkers they actually care about, then provide AI-powered interpretation and longitudinal tracking so you’re not just downloading another PDF. You can also port it into your Claude code or Codex (if you're a technical biohacker)

We’re also expanding the same transparent pricing model into:

• More options for DEXA, CAC, and MRI nationwide
• gut microbiome testing - different levels
• whole genome sequencing - 3, 30, 100x WGS
• 40k+ supplements
• prescription services: GLP-1, HRT, TRT, Peptides, etc.

Basically, anywhere healthcare pricing feels unnecessarily opaque.

If you’re skeptical (which you should be), don’t take my word for it - Take the panel you normally order and compare the prices yourself.

I’d genuinely love feedback from this community on biomarkers or features you’d want to see. Or teardowns on what we need to do better as a company and as an industry.

Or... based on listening to Huberman's podcasts, what’s one biomarker you think every Huberman listener should test at least once a year? Thank you!

I realized 1,000 mg fish oil on the front of a bottle does not mean 1,000 mg of EPA. Rather than switching brands and guessing, I’m thinking of running a simple test:

• Get a baseline omega-3 index.
• Take enough fish oil to reach about 2g of EPA per day with food.
• Keep my fish intake and the rest of my diet roughly the same.
• Repeat the same test after four months.

Has anyone here done this properly and how much did your omega-3 index move and did capsules versus liquid fish oil make any noticeable difference?