Dr. Elissa Epel: Control Stress for Healthy Eating, Metabolism & Aging | Huberman Lab Podcast

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As a middle-aged guy who used to weigh over 400 pounds, my compulsive overeating was profoundly, positively impacted by a) relegating sugary foods to "condiments," removing artificial sweeteners (unless they're with a meal), and b) semi-regular fasts of 2+ days to truly understand my hunger cues, and how transient they actually are.

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The hair loss is something I experienced as well. Do you have any solutions to help it grow back?

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@@tanyaroberts4052 vitamin D! Ask your GP to check your vit D levels. Within three months of starting supplements my hair stopped falling out.

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@@tanyaroberts4052 I’ve switched my shampoo to a soap bar that also has conditioner (less ingredients in a soap bar) and I’ve also got a hair toner. That’s what my best friend (she’s a hair stylist) recommended. Also vitamin B12 and D, fish oil and collagen. My hair stopped falling shortly after I quit my job. I was terrified of washing my hair, knowing how much it would fall during the process. It was heartbreaking. I’ve also started to go to the gym and taking walks when is nice outside, to help with the weight loss. Give it some time, it will get better 🤗❤️

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​@tanyaroberts4052 Look for a B vitamin complex ie "Stress Tabs." Also, Vit D3/K2 combo. Taking walks in nature, fresh air & sunshine, every day. I used to walk at lunch break or do it right after work. Notice the leaves on the trees, birds singing,the blue sky & clouds etc. Breathe in deeply (thru your nose) so your belly expands, jold for a count of 8 and blow it out slowly thru your mouth, repeat 3 to 5 times. This releases cortisol,the stress hormone. You should feel calmer and more clear headed and relaxed... Find a job you enjoy in a career of interest to you!

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I lost nine people in three years including my wife of 30 years. I then lost my job and haven't been able to find another one in seven months. I was overwhelmed with a need to control my schedule with any semblance of predictability. Now, I simply accept my fate. The freedom comes from being totally screwed. After trying so hard for a lifetime and still losing loved ones, money, purpose, etc. I realize it just doesn't matter. I go to grief counseling and have made it past a lot of suffering. Now I'm just numb. I am powerless. A kite in a whirlwind. But my anxiety is gone. Control... is gone. Or my illusion of it.

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Your discussion about soda & sugary drinks in hospitals was spot on. I'm currently dealing with my father being in the hospital (the same hospital in which my dear mother took her last breath just 2 years ago). The other night when I flew in I felt I needed caffeine to keep me going and went to their vending machine where they have all the sugary drinks at eye level, and any healthy options down at the bottom. I'm the type you were talking about, very impulse driven under stress, so I was originally going to go for the cherry coke that was $1.50 for a can. Luckily before I executed my decision I noticed they had unsweetened iced tea, but it was $3.50. I've worked hard on my mindful eating, so I paid the extra $2.50 for the healthier option of the two; However, it just points out how they doubled down on making healthy options a harder decision, when hospitals should be helping people make healthier choices.

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I would love to see an episode on the skin. Loose skin, stretch marks, dryness, wrinkles etc, both preventive and curative. I'm personally dealing with loose skin after weight loss, so it would help me a lot.

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@@mccolk Came here to say that, or recommend Dr Dray. If its very loose skin then surgery is the only option, and then silicon to avoid or reduce stretch marks along with oil. Dryness is due to lack of oil so replenishing this would be the first step topically and internally you would benefit from high dose omega 3 and omega 7 (sea buckthorn oil- also very effective for vaginal dryness). For wrinkles the most effective is retinol but only in tandem with sunscreen to avoid further damage. Sauna probably beneficial too

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[@AristocraticAlpha]

When I joined the Military, in my initial days I was so stressed about being homesick and far away from home that I ate 7 family pack oreos in one time lol. This video accurately breaks that mental state down. Kudos Doc!

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@Iudex Gundyr talk about stress 💀

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I am my mom's primary caregiver. I cannot "drop the rope" because of costs. I find that meditation has its' limits when there's no way to tell how long my role will last. What helps a lot more is finding community.

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I find after a stressful day at work that going to gym and having a good workout is the best way to reduce stress. You feel amazing after a great workout.

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100%. Just came back from hard day ant work and hard day at Gym. Watching this with utter bliss body and mind

[@travelchimps6637]

ofc you feel amazing when your body is full of endorphins :D Question is, how do u regulate your stress/emotions when u lack the happy chemicals (reference to Habits of a happy brain)?

[@MeditationWithAmber]

As a meditation teacher, I appreciated how Dr. Epel emphasized that regular, short meditation practices can be extremely effective in managing day-to-date stress. It's incredible that just pausing, checking in, and doing some mindful movement can be all that is needed to transform someone's experience of their life. I sometimes find that people give up on meditation because they think that they can't possibly gain all the benefits if they can't sit for an hour in full lotus every single day, but I love that the science shows that meditation is accessible to everyone.

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I can't agree more with Dr. Elissa Epel's talk about our obsession on controlling. There are different ways to help reducing stress such as meditation and so on. Essentially, the key is to balance our mind and body. Thank you so much for this Andrew.

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Thank you for this ❤ I suffer with stress eating, single mother of 3 kids working full time with ADHD, I never stop but really struggle with binge eating when stressed😭 drives me insane! Car went in for repairs a few days ago and when I was told the size of the bill I literally ate one of the kids easter eggs😫😭 I really struggle to control my impulses 🤯

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Loooooool u eat one of the kids Easter eggs sorry .But thanks for the lol.

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Oh my goodness this made me want to give you a hug!!!!

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Just one Easter egg? I was expecting like a box of chocolate

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@@trevnti yeh but it was a big egg! Also the small packets of mini eggs that came with it 🤦‍♀️🐷

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@@ReneeRushing aww thanks hun 😘

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[@One-Ring-To-Rule-Them-All]

I work at a hospital, so there is a lot of stress involved and in my department there is always heaps of sweets, chocolates, cakes etc and if you go to cafeteria as we do in our breaks, even if you wanted to just drink water, you still have to walk through the display of desserts. I find it very hard to resist the urge to eat the sweets. Sometimes I can do it for a month or so, but then I have a week moment (tiramisu being my weakest spot) and I slip back into it soooooo easily 😒

[@04Serena]

Retired RN here -- I remember that well, and send you both love and willpower! Sad that families don’t give staff fruit, kombucha, mini Larabars, and other things that aren’t health destroying...

[@Hahaha-vr7gn]

Dr. Huberman and Dr. Epel have done a great job on bringing to light the factors related to stress and ways to mitigate. I have learnt so much. I am a doctor myself and have experienced the loss of my mother which hit me real bad. I now realize how my once sympathetic dominant body just turned around to a parasympathetic dominance thus leading to binge eating. I must admit I tried numerous strategies to overcome, yet in vain. Something that saved me from my grief is the love of Jesus Christ. The bible says ‘ Cast all your cares on Jesus and He will lift you up’ This changed my life. There might be some of you out there who have tried everything, I just wanted to encourage you that there is hope and Jesus knows your pain and grief, therefore you could find rest and confidence and lean on Him.

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Topic suggestions: inflammation; hydration; sugar. I know people talk a lot about it all, but no one covers it so neutrally and passionately at the same time as you do! Thank you!

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Yes! The whole sugar addiction thing?! And is gluten really a big deal??

[@OGSarah]

10:48 Massive respect Dr. Huberman, shuts down his guest’s bid to propagate “victim mentality” among women and non white ethnicities. As if only they experience stress in a problematic way. We all experience stress and there is no need to no create unnecessary division in this arena. 🙌

[@BonnieF-xs6uw]

I so appreciate the valuable information in this and your other podcasts. This one in particular has me photo journaling the foods I eat, the visual is another tool I am using to identify stress eating. Dr. Epel was so wonderful to listen to.

[@radicalaccounting]

Great video, thanks to Dr. Epel for studying this and helping us to figure out how to control stress, and have a healthy life. I'm someone with a weight problem. My daughter is naturally thin and I"m not. It seemed as if we ate basically the same things. I decided to look at this more scientifically and eat exactly what she ate,. We ate exactly the same for 3 months. Then she got stressed and stopped eating for 6 weeks. That's 100% the difference. When I get stressed out I eat more. Plus now we know how effective fasting is for weight management, it's an even bigger difference. First, I believe when stressed I have a great deal more cortisol. This is a clue but I don't know to what yet? Second, I have learned to control my eating, but once I get stresesd I lose that ability. For example, I don't eat any sugar and amost no sweets. When I eat sugar I lose my ability to know when I'm full. I haven't had any sugar for a year, I've been under too much stress the last few months. Over that time I've been adding in more and more sweets until I ate sugar at a party. I quickly lost control of my eating until I was eating too much in a day. It's a vicious upward cycle. So I took Phentermine, a diet pill. The RX only works for me if I don't take it very often so I save it for these times. A couple of days of almost no hunger and almost no food gave me a reset. Fasting would be better if one could fast. I was able to start over with foods that help my insulin like roasted potatoes, and fruit smoothies. Third, when I'm stressed out I exercise way less. My thin daughter does too, but exercise also helps me know when I'm full, so it might be more important for controling my weight than it is for her type? Great video, thanks to Dr. Epel for studying this and helping us to figure out how to control stress, and have a healthy life!

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[@mikefaber3567]

It always seems that it boils down to how you interpret what's happening to you. If you view the same thing as super stressful you will crater but if you view the same thing even if truly stressful from a different viewpoint it doesn't have the same negative effect. Same with how you view food or exercise. So much of what we think isn't within our ability actually is and our body and mind seem to want to work to help if we use them in the the right way.

[@yahyagahbiche293]

The wealth of knowledge and science shared on this episode is incredible, I’ll need to watch it again and take down notes. Also, the mutual respect and professional flattery at the end makes me love the field of science even more. You’re a true legend Mr. Huberman ❤️

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[@brennanleyen]

Great info especially on binge eating and how to manage it. I like how she stated that all Pharma wants is for everyone to be on these drugs and it’s crap. I agree. I’m also obese and doing what I can to remediate this symptom of my stressful and traumatic life. I am trying to be a lion vs a gazelle about it and plan to address the source of this anti stress behavior with grace and love toward myself during this process of lessening my mass. Cheers to another great episode on this amazing podcast. I love Huberman Lab!!

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Dear Andrew, please take a moment to register in your soul what a difference you are making in the world. Please receive all the positive energy, gratitude, good vives, blessings from the 3.18 million subscribers (plus the people that surround them) that benefit from your kindness, good will, empathy, thoroughness, intelligence, values, and responsibility. May your heart be open to receive all the beauty you are creating. You are loved.

[@James_14_4]

I can't find a source anywhere for any good psychedelics in my area. I suffer some pretty bad anxiety and i got a chance to try K and man it was a miracle substance, I felt free, the only high or euphoria was from the relief of my vices being released, that's exactly what it did

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The psychedelic experience is temporary but many people have permanent results

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Magic mushrooms don't only help with mental health, they help amplify your empathy, if people were more empathetic the world would be a better place

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/da_sharrif/ Got psychs

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tripping is not a bad idea but having a Mycologist who will recommend you the dosage is the best option

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tripping is not a bad idea but having a Mycologist who will recommend you the dosage is the best option

[@movementofbelonging]

Having been diagnosed long ago with Binge Eating Disorder, and perpetually curious about all the facets, I found this episode fascinating - both in the "ah ha" puzzle pieces and the parts that don't fit with my personal experience. [for a separate comment]. One alternative view I want to offer is around Dr. Epel's take on starting slowly with meditation retreats. I sat for my first 10-day Vipassana meditation retreat with absolutely no prior experience. That was in 2007 and I have been practicing daily ever since. Sure, it was a bit of a cannonball jump into the meditation sea, but only resulted in hugely positive outcomes. Not to say it would flow that way for everyone, but here is a sample size of 1 saying it was one of the best blind-faith leaps of my life. And now thanks to Andrew, I am LOVING the similarities between Vipassana and NSDR. Turns out I've been practicing the NSDR body scans for years! (Anyone who likes the NSDR body scans and doesn't know Vipassana may want to check it out. 10-day retreats are free/donation. I'm no evangelist but am here for your questions.) THANK YOU ELISSA + ANDREW + HL TEAM 🙏💯

[@zeedemarco]

I just wanted to say thank you both! As someone who has consistently struggled with disordered eating, chronic pain / stress, and many more of the topics covered here, it was really relieving and enlightening to hear so much about all of this. Keep it up! Also, she has such a lovely presence and voice, your conversation was so soothing to listen to!!!

[@GrannyBeth2]

First I so love your work. I love Dr. Epel's work as well. I follow you both. This podcast was no different until i heard, "older people have less stress". I do not know any woman of any socio--economic group who doesn't lament, "I didn't know it would be this hard". I don't know any woman approaching her '70s who doesn't wrestle with monumental loads of stress. True, I don't know anyone who lives in The Villages. I don't live in a retirement community, but they are the few and not the norm. Women over 60 have increased stress because: A. Our partners are gone ; they've died, left us for younger versions, we've left them for safer havens, or they are alive but are now needier versions of themselves and we are their caretakers. B. Our adult children still need us much longer than we ever needed our parents. Life is either much tougher, our parenting style of the '80/90's sucked or a combination but we have adult needful children. C. Our grandchildren are facing horrendous obstacles - drugs, sex, social media, mental distress, pandemics, educational collapse - that their parents and society need help to negotiate and, well, see point B. D. The money we have saved our whole life for is shrinking. That huge retirement that we were so sure of 8 years ago, now looks as though it might be barely cat food income. E. Here is the biggest point. Today's women are the first generations to EVER, SINCE EVER, TO LIVE THIS LONG PAST MENOPAUSE. As such there is no information about us and we have a whole lot of mysterious moving parts to have no information about. All those mysterious moving parts have a whole lot of hurts that get shuffled off to "it's in your head " land. We hurt without care. Think of your earlier conversation wit Dr. Gotfried about constipation/ impaction. How would it get sooo bad for so many older women unless the medical community wasn't ignoring this widespread, yet yucky symptom? No one. No scientist, no medical group has anything but the most nascent of information, really not much more than guesses, about how an aging woman works. And, we all can agree that because an aging woman becomes invisible, no one really cares. There is no money in studying us. There also isn't enough historical scientific data on all things female in their younger years to craft good studies if someone wanted to. So, we go into our doctors and are invisible or get told best practice for younger women (which may not apply at all). At 60 I had a TBI, I was told after, I chafed at my excellent neurologist for not sending me to various therapies, "Beth, you're attractive. You're affable. You're well-off. Go home and enjoy your retirement. Spend your afternoons at the club." I asked if he was putting me out to pasture for the next 20 + years, left his office, and crafted my own recovery. I found a doctor to prescribe the therapies I needed. MOST DOCTORS WOULDN'T THOUGH. I WAS TOLD I WAS TOO OLD BY DOCTORS AND MY INSURANCE. I listen to your podcast and others and use myself as my own data for my health. I hear things like I heard today that just ignore the experience of the aging woman, even from the most well intentioned and I know how far we still have to go.

[@alethajerome9350]

I do so enjoy your very thorough podcasts and how in depth they are. I love the science behind them, too. I started listening to podcasts to better my health since my doctors seem to be pill pushers instead of wellness doctors, although I think times are changing. In this episode you talked about how more younger people are not smoking and why. I was a smoker for over 30 years and last year I listened to a book that helped me kick the habit. The book seemed to use some of the technique you talked about. I did not have any bad side affects except a slight headache for one day. I still cannot believe how easy it was and am elated everyday knowing I am free from smoking. I have wished there were more podcasts helping people quit. Maybe on one of your future episode you could talk about smoking addiction and how people can get help. You have such a good way of breaking things down.

[@mashalashangry2438]

the two best ways combines to combat stress - The Work of Byron Katie, questioning stressful thoughts and Wim Hof Metod. Both are practical tools anyone can learn for free that this great people discover and gave us.

[@BeastGanon]

Please do an episode on development of babies and children. I would really like to hear more on how to raise my child in better ways. Thank you Andrew Huberman!

[@heyitsayo815]

I’m a DBT therapist and I loved that you all included radical acceptance. Radical acceptance does not mean approval or you agree with what’s going on; it’s means just accepting fully what is going on. When we don’t accept things as is all we do is increase suffering. Also radical acceptance does not mean you can’t move toward change. The way I frame is to my clients is it is what it is or life sometimes be lifing. When it comes to problems there is only four things we can do. We can problem solve, change our emotions based on behavior and environment, radically accept or stay miserable.

[@alospm]

I’m a longtime fan, but this is one of my favourite talks. I’m a mom of a young autistic child (possibly more than one) and there were specific parts of this talk that were really relatable. Lots of information I can use.

[@melissadoty4092]

The comments made in this episode about rebellion being a great driver really resonated with me … my (new) doctor (soon to be my old doctor) was aggressively pushing statins on me, despite having no risk factors other than high LDL. I said no twice, told her to give me a few months, and in 7 weeks have reduced my LDL by 33 points. I’m still working to reduce it further - not only for me - but to show her that pharmaceuticals should NOT be the first (and only) recommendation. Issue me a challenge, and give me someone to prove wrong, and I’ll work my ass off!

[@TheMakki]

I'm a perfectionist by nature. Having all these videos is very helpful and also very hurtful. I am so highly aware of how good an ice bath is, limiting blue light, etc etc that it actually stresses me out when I know I've missed it or aren't actively doing it. I just want peace like I had in my early adult years. All I had to do was eat good, exercise, and sleep. Now I gotta worry about if I'm maximizing those 3 core activities.

[@CG_Lord]

You don’t buddy. You have to learn to tell yourself it’s okay and that you did your best in order for those things to help you. I love you brother. You got this.

[@MMAFactoryTeam]

What is this lady’s book called. ? Dr Huberman. You are the modern definition of a saint. Helped so many. Thank you

[@kristinkarasevicz7864]

This is wonderful! Thank you for, well, everything you publish. Your work is invaluable. Will you be planning on a menopause/peri-menopause episode? It would be incredibly helpful to have a solid source of accurate information amidst the noise of anecdotal claims.

[@04Serena]

Me too -- if early surgical menopause is also addressed...

[@milenajuly]

Truly grateful for people doing work like this, you and this podcast is one of the reasons why I still believe there should be hope for the world. Thank you for such an amazing job

[@xJaZ3]

Andrew, i’m here because I heard you read all the comments. Massive respect. Can you do an episode or mini episode about chronic pain? I’ve been in constant shoulder pain for so long and I’ve derived some benefit from some of your other episodes but am still struggling. Thanks

[@fransorin5433]

Andrew- Thanks so much for this superlative interview with Elissa Epel. She brings a unique perspective to this much discussed and researched subject of stress. I just finished downloading her books. You asked for suggestions for a guest. I think having Dr. Joe Dispenza on as a guest could prove beneficial for your listeners- and I think you would be a terrific questioner of his beliefs and validated studies. I deeply appreciate you and your podcast: you have made the biology of humanity accessible to hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of us who possess more than a passing interest in being actively involved in making positive changes in our physical and mental states. With gratitude and blessings....

[@Maggieiaconeta]

The major cause of stress is our own narrative, conscious and unconscious. We should get into the habit to observe more our thoughts and deal with them in different way. Being aware of our own narrative is the first step, only after doing that , we can deal with it . Hope does make sense. ❤

[@sherrytruitt2]

As both a caregiver and a woman who chooses to continue to find joy in life, this conversation is the most impactful one I have ever heard. Dr. Huberman's questions and Dr. Epel's answers will change lives. The show notes for further study are most helpful--and hopeful. Thank you does not seem enough.

[@BlueCollarJerry]

Would love to see one on the effects of exposure to pesticides and herbicides. I work with them daily so knowing the effects they have from contacting skin, breathing in, even consuming foods that pesticides were used on would be interesting

[@donniet685]

That and chemtrails which amounts to the same thing. . . also hormones in meat and chlorine on chicken (The American Way) etc.

[@resistapathy]

I worked on a family farm from the age of 11 to 18. My dad would spray Round Up and other stuff...

[@donniet685]

I am liking these 2 hour podcasts. It reminds me of the good old days of January 2021 before I lost my way.

[@Pilgrlm]

Congratulations on three million subscribers! Thanks for changing my life for the better, love your podcasts!

[@aDamnCoolGuy]

Amazing discussion! Beginning at 1:30 is especially powerful. Reminds me of the Serenity Prayer - "Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change [radical acceptance], the courage to change the things that I can [forward center of mass], and the wisdom to know the difference."

[@mediacenter3174]

watching this boost my stress level, I was really super relaxed before.

[@therealjgreens]

This is literally a game changing podcast for my life. I learned so much that I can apply to my daily life. I'm so glad I found you Dr. Huberman. You are a light amongst all the darkness. You are a selfless individual and I love sharing your content with those closest to me. It gives me chills thinking about how helpful you have been in my life in my short knowledge of your work. Thank you!

[@user-um4hi9bc2k]

i am in recovery for anorexia and i have been at a healthy bmi for about 4 months now and i’m finding it so hard to navigate what it means to eat healthy in a way that benefits me. recently i’ve started stress eating and i can tell it’s different than the genuine need/ hunger i experienced in the beginning. it’s so weird and frustrating because to this day my favorite foods are cucumber, broccoli, fish, and fruit. It was a hump for me in the beginning to open up to eating donuts when offered for example. But i’m at the point now where today i went to a food resource pantry that had only donuts and cereal. I got the donut (bc cereal? w no milk? wtf). Then i went to meetings and one meeting had french fries and the other two also had donuts! I accepted the food at each meeting even though I wasn’t hungry, and i don’t find donuts very satisfying. I compulsively felt the need to accept them i guess bc of some adaption due to my mind/body’s memory of semistarvation. I dont /always/ accept the food but I was stressing over a research paper today which lead to me eating past what was necessary or helpful for me and my recovery. Days like these where I eat processed food (that i don’t enjoy) are VERY triggering because it increases my thoughts of relapse. I also went home and ate more food (even though i wasn’t hungry?) bc of the sugar crashes and low mood i felt hours later and stress over both my paper and eating a bunch of donuts. If the food offered at these occasions was fruit i would have accepted and felt more satisfied and not experience crazy mood highs and lows from the sugar. Unhealthy food at meetings is the bane of my existence at this point lol so I am glad it was brought up. Especially hospitals and even academic environments where people are highly stressed it really is like offering cigarettes to have highly palatable/processed/sugary food available. It is a source of a lot of stress for me both when I was sick and now in recovery. The constant onslaught of unhealthy food (free food mind you- whereas the food i genuinely ENJOY like produce/fish/seeds r very expensive) is making it so difficult for me to understand what it actually means to be healthy and feel good. This podcast also came at a great time since i am really trying to get a handle on stress. I don’t engage in excessive exercise and I am weight restored and eat mostly around my maintenance calories but still have amenorrhea. This leads me to think I am still excessively stressed causing hormonal imbalance, so I am thankful for this pod episode and hope I can apply more of these ideas to improve my health.

[@user-mu3dl9zk9w]

It's so nice to hear something that is rational and real! I work in the medical field and the use of drugs is extremely over prescribed, it's a shame doctors don't do their patience justice and give them real tools that would work better than these medications.

[@annasorokina7544]

this is such incredible and valuable information. thank you for changing the world for the better.

[@zodiacmanan]

Thank you Dr Huberman and Dr Epel for this episode. I have been trying to lose weight and keep lapsing into binge eating every so often. I have lost a bunch of weight, but have plateaued of late. The advice in this episode is very helpful.

[@24galia]

Your podcast has enriched my life in ways I couldn't imagine. This episode was very close to one of my spheres of interest. Especially idea what of radical acceptance and the many ways to improve mood and decrease toxic stress ware very helpful. I can't thank you enough for what you bring in the world!

[@Seanus32]

She made many excellent points regarding radical acceptance. It makes taking those body blows that bit easier. Yes, there is pain but it's a learning curve and we often fight through it. We are still alive, so let's be grateful :)

[@olgagriswold5471]

Thank you very much dear Dr. Huberman! Your work with your guests is already great stress relief to many empowering us with valuable knowledge!

[@marlbboro8091]

This particular video couldn’t have come at a better time! YT algorithm worked miraculously in my recommendation. I was literally hunting for gouache painting tutorials (my watch history is usually true crime or makeup reviews) unbelievable!

[@pamelabrinker]

Thank you so much Andrew and Dr. Epel! As always, this episode is loaded with helpful info and actionable, practical tools for our whole-being!

[@dezzdinn]

Always interesting to have a Dr on who doesn’t believe in science. Shows you have to always be thinking and understanding.

[@dezzdinn]

This is both a sarcastic comment, but also I do have questions of subjects I don’t understand between what she says about mental health/ pills which I completely have come to agree with vs the same principle applied to other aspects of a mental process/ narrative and point to the same study of getting youth to not smoke as mentioned in the discussion.

[@fernandagomez5014]

It would be cool to address how to increase energy levels. As a med student with interest in neuroscience I love the work you're doing in making scientific information more mainstream!

[@midoann]

Will Andrew Huberman receive a Nobel prize too (his grandparents were awarded ?). Not kidding! How he’s is helping people from all countries, from ordinary people to specialists it’s immeasurable. The idea that he and his team are always sharing updated science topics, give cautious information always warning consult with your physician … one feels so secure because internet is full of ‘doctors’, influencers who cause more damage than good. Then you have family, friends following ‘health recipes’ and sharing to everyone. When friends and relatives send me links I ask them where did you get that information. They don’t know. He is changing the world for good, thank you, arigatou from 🇯🇵

[@stef4746]

Thanks for talking about pregnant women! I literally clicked on this episode so fast because I’ve been struggling with my diet during my current pregnancy.

[@LaXihuatl]

I wish this channel had existed about 25 years ago! But it’s never too late to learn & make changes. ♥️🥰

[@anne-marieh6128]

I want to /would love to hear more around “radical acceptance “ re: chronic stress. Taking care of narcissistic- not functioning elder and My health is plummeting. I know acceptance is the key- but i cant stay there when I remember my well being is a part of the equation worthy of attention too

[@brandon5771]

It’s good to know Huberman is both sympathetic and sympathetic.

[@lancealot1745]

It is amazing to hear that using the nervous system to heal is being studied. It was also nice to hear more good reasons to avoid sugarry beverages. Another life enriching episode. I have listened to it twice already. I will surely have to listen to it again to better absorb more of the valuable information.

[@robyn1311]

Thank you - both of you are genuine in your intentions and approach as well as significantly learned. You offer valuable resources to all, bravo.

[@melissajennison7861]

An episode on skincare, especially including sunscreen, would be great!

[@kozujutsu639]

I'm only 12 minutes in, but I have to say, it's not just wisdom and resilience that comes with age, but also retirement, owning a house, and knowing that what you have is pretty much what you got now and it's just waiting to see how long you can relax til your last days. I don't think it's reasonable to say that wisdom is a significant component of feeling less stressed. Young adults these days have to be earning well over the average wage to be able to buy a house in highly developed countries.

[@vannahhall915]

I want to challenge the brick wall analogy a bit. Yes, your hands may get chafed and your back aches, too, but your grip and your muscles are getting stronger in the struggle as well. We absolutely need to recognize what can't be changed and to look around for a wider perspective/viewpoint. And I believe that we have potential to grow in all dimensions because we have this sort of stress/challenge in our lives.

[@joym9297]

Dr.Huberman, Congratulations on setting the intention to meditate. I am a teacher of Transendental meditation and I invite you to my class.