Fasting and Ability - Dr. Andrew Huberman

ACTIVATE YOUR INTERNAL “WEALTH DNA” TO ATTRACT

Andrew D. Huberman ( born September 26, 1975 in Palo Alto , California) is an American neuroscientist and tenured associate professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of medicine who has made contributions to the brain development , brain plasticity and neural regeneration and repair fields.

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, a chemical messenger made in the brain that is connected to motivation, pleasure, and rewards. Dopamine is released by your brain when you have a satisfying snack, reinforcing the action and assisting in the formation of habits.
How does that function? Dopamine activation effectively instructs your brain to remember what caused the sensation and where you found it by creating a context-dependent memory.

The brain's reward system can eventually learn to release dopamine before engaging in pleasurable behavior. For instance, if you always smoke at the bar, even before you light up, your brain starts to release the feel-good chemical in anticipation of a cigarette when you are there.

Keep in mind that dopamine is also important for the development of healthy habits, such as exercising, reading, doing yoga, and engaging in other regular leisure activities. Dopamine is frequently thought of as the molecule that makes us feel good, but this isn't totally accurate; it actually has more to do with motivation and reward-based learning.
Further, a shortage of dopamine can result in a variety of health problems. For instance, depression is linked to faulty dopamine modulation.

This helps to explain why anhedonia—the inability to experience anticipation or pleasure in response to typically rewarding activities—is one of the disorder's most prevalent symptoms. Parkinson's disease, a condition marked by tremors and rigidity of the muscles, is also caused by a deficiency of dopamine.

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[george]

When I am hungry I focus on preparing a meal.

[newolympiangod]

Fasting is best for me I think and see things on a whole different level.

[Valstein]

Being fasted I operate much better, until I start thinking about food and planning on eating. Then I can't think about anything but food.

[Ysomultilingual]

Could you talk a little about what happens in the body or bi-nocturnal folks. Folks who have split sleep?

[othername]

I know I'm very focused when I start drooling on the thing I'm working on.

[darkvader]

I prefer fasted. I feel much quicker using ketones than glucose for some reason

[silverphoenix]

This is a great idea. Can you show me some more evidence?

[raulna]

Does anyone have the source publication for this? Or at least can someone tell me which episode this is so I can find it out myself?

[cindyrobertson]

Could you do one on crazy sleep cycles? If you already have someone tell me. Thx

[barbaramariakimpfler]

Started this year with intermittent fasting...and now I enjoy fasting and eating, my focus has its peaks anyway in the morning and then in the late afternoon/evening. What do you think of intermittent fasting?

[Odinn_AEsir]

is it worse to fast on not the healthiest foods or unhealthier to eat unheathier food normaly?

[cindyrobertson]

My husband and I are opposite. When I eat it's get er done time . He takes a nap. I wait to eat breakfast. He's up super early and starts with toast . I'm efficient burning fuel. Really normal weight . He is Diabetic and over weight.

[hanishag]

Why are high cognitive function and high concentration mutually exclusive? Besides, how are they different? Concentration would be a function the brain does.

[sharpatite]

Does this mean fasted then consuming glucose?

[keelyevans]

I am imagining what would it feel like to have a night sleep that isn't then promising to take your kids and making you pay them more?

[dageide]

Nææ I do not feel lower consentration om Low glucose, but the opposite. When fasting I realy have high level of consentration, and one thing I experience gives more "high feeling" is sex, it is clearly at a more sensitivitet higher level.

[HappyDaysAreToday]

I love this guy where can I hear more of him

[faithm]

When you eat your body's energy goes to your belly to digest your food. Hence, less focus and sleepiness.

[rebelliousfineart]

You don't need to pick one or the other, just eat and don't over eat 🙄 why does everything need to be a hack?