How to Optimize Your Brain-Body Function & Health

This episode I describe how the organs of the body influence the function and health of our brain and how our brain controls our bodily organs. The conscious awareness of this brain-body dialogue is called interoception. I describe how two factors- mechanical forces (e.g., pressure, pain, volume, etc.) and chemical factors (e.g., gut acidity, microbiome diversity, etc.) combine to influence our moods, control inflammation, immune system, recovery from injury and more. I explain how specific actions of our lungs, heart, spleen, and diaphragm, control our brain via the vagus nerve and other neural pathways. I describe 11 science-supported protocols for enhancing brain-body health and the logic behind them.

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Your Sense of Self: Interoception
00:01:25 Protocol 1: Fermented Foods, Not Fiber, to Reduce Inflammation
00:03:30 Attributions
00:08:22 Main Drivers of Feelings & Performance
00:11:45 Brain-Body: A Mechanical & Chemical Dialogue
00:17:50 LDB (Lung-Diaphragm-Brain) Dialogue
00:21:00 Protocols 2, 3, 4: Control Heart Rate With Breathing
00:29:08 Sensing Lung Pressure: Piezo Receptors
00:30:54 Carbon Dioxide, From Air to Blood
00:34:02 Protocol 5: Alert While Calm
00:40:50 Baroreceptors: Hering-Breuer Reflex
00:42:47 Gut Volume & The Desire to Open Your Mouth
00:48:18 Protocol 6: Enhancing Gut-To-Brain Communication, Fasting
00:51:50 Intestines, Fatty Acids, Amino Acids & Sugar
00:57:00 Protocol 7: Reducing Sugar Cravings with Specific Amino Acid Nutrients
00:58:58 Gut Acidity (Is Good)
01:02:20 Improving Nasal Microbiome
01:04:13 Inflammation & Microbiome: Fiber vs. Fermented
01:11:15 Protocol 8: Reducing Inflammation & Enhancing Brain Function w/Fermented Foods
01:13:10 Leaking Guts, Auto-Immune function & Glutamine
01:15:50 Gut Acidity: HCl (hydrochloric acid), Pepsin
01:18:30 Probiotics & Brain Fog
01:21:45 Nausea: Happens in Your Brain; Area Postrema
01:28:25 Protocol 9: Reducing Nausea: Ginger, Peppermint, CBD, etc.
01:30:40 Fever: Triggers and Control Knobs: OVLT
01:37:00 Protocol 10: Cooling the Blood Properly
01:38:53 Sensing Feelings, Vagus Nerve, Stress
01:41:50 Mental Emotions Reflect Bodily Conditions
01:45:00 Sensing Other People’s Emotions via the Body
01:46:00 Protocol 11: Increasing Interoception, Sensing Heartbeat
01:50:40 Conclusions & Resources

Please note that The Huberman Lab Podcast is distinct from Dr. Huberman's teaching and research roles at Stanford University School of Medicine. The information provided in this show is not medical advice, nor should it be taken or applied as a replacement for medical advice. The Huberman Lab Podcast, its employees, guests and affiliates assume no liability for the application of the information discussed.

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