How Does Alcohol Impact Your Gut Microbiome & Leaky Gut? | Dr. Andrew Huberman

Dr. Andrew Huberman explains how alcohol impacts your gut microbiome and leaky gut.

Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast.

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[ericnauman]

If anyone wants help with quitting the sauce, get to know the monkey on your back. It wears a watch, see how long your craving lasts. Mine was (only) twenty minutes every time I wanted to get drunk. Riding out my twenty minutes greatly helped me, it (only) took me 4 months to get back to shore. Good luck, peace

[olegshabarov]

Great man! I confirm - I'm a former alcoholic. It took me so much effort to stop drinking...I still feel addicted though and often fight with a wish to have a drink ....but it's worth it. Every effort. My life changed from wretched, in all aspects, to full of joy and energy. Main thing - my family relations restored, regained success at work (although it took me almost a year to put my brain back in order after drinking), now spend time that I gave to alcohol, on my children, wife, friends and good people. Spend it on sports and electronics, learning chinese, things i like to do. Just don't give up. fight with alcohol with all your might for your dear ones, and you will win.

[Marshadow]

I have enjoyed moderate alcohol consumption for most of the last 45 years. I love my wine with dinner 2 to 4 glasses. I often enjoyed a small glass of scotch now and then. A beer or two on a hot day or after working in the garden went down well too. I dont think I ever got drunk.
Two years ago I took a number of measures to get healthy and gave up drinking. Or at least I limited my drinking to having a couple of glasses of wine with an old friend every two or three weeks.
Then I listened to the Huberman podcast on alcohol and its effects on the brain (the long one) a few months ago. I was so shocked that I gave up alcohol altogether.

[mariefrancemontpetit]

Like a lot of people, I found myself drinking more during the pandemic and started to experience near-constant intestinal inflammation and bloating that flared up each time I drank. I had to accept that self-medicating with a glass (or three) of wine at the end of a stressful day was no longer a viable option if I wanted to enjoy a long healthy life. After only 3 weeks without drinking, taking probiotics and daily hour-long walks, my gut is already 75-80% better and I'm falling in love with feeling good every day, waking up alert and up for anything. Dry January might become permanent....

[Dusty]

I drank almost daily for the last several years, quitting here and there but always going back to it. I started having gut issues and diarrhea in the mornings. My doctor diagnosed me with alcoholic gastritis, which is an inflammation of the stomach lining. Thankfully its curable, and now that I'm 14 days on the wagon, my gut related problems are virtually gone. Feeling better every day.

[davidmedrano]

24 drinks a week. I was downing 24 beers a day. Havent drank for 25 days and my gut is barely starting to feel normal again. These videos are def beneficial in understanding how damaging alcohol can be to your brain and body. Gonna see how long i can keep this run up. God bless

[lancecourtney]

I have recently found out that after years of leg cramps and trying electrolytes, hydration, topicals and ibuprofen it all came down to the alcohol usage. After I eliminated all alcohol my leg cramps and pain was reduced by 75-80%. I walk better and stairs are no longer a problem. Recently came back from a trip to Germany and Austria . The tour was centered around breweries. One day I did 19, 000 steps and it was killing my legs. I couldn’t keep up with the tour group which was embarrassing. Now I know and just passing this along as my experience.

[bundletesla]

You are actually being very conservative and kind when it comes to alcohol intake. I have been guilty of a heck of a lot more than the amount of drinks you stated. This has been informative, so I wanted to thank you!

[wikk]

I am currently in the process of reducing my alcohol consumption that has been a major problem since having 2work related neck surgeries. I stopped training, and started drinking, for 4 years i smashed my body with pain killers and alcohol, and my body, brain and gut have never been the same. It all changes this year, I have broken my dependency on alcohol and now its time to rebuild from the ground up. A little daunting at 44, but videos like this give me confidence that i can fix it. So glad I found Dr Huberman's YouTube and podcast.

[TheFilletingfish]

Thank you for your clear description of how our alcohol impacts our brain liver, and gut I’ve been alcohol free for almost 3 years now, and you describe the behavior that I was experiencing. I always assumed it was just a genetic predisposition, but based on what you’ve described, I was clearly in that cycle. Thank you I feel so much better about myself today.

[coryprewitt]

As someone with chronic depression and generalized anxiety, cutting down on booze was a necessity. It's so worth it to wake up with a clear head and conscience. No amount of alcohol can replace that feeling that life is fine and can get better with age

[easyartisan]

I drank a bottle of wine a night for many many years. I love the taste of alcohol and it helped relax me. I think I got off lightly and managed this for a long time. When this was coupled with severe and chronic stress due to family violence, things change. It was the strw that broke the camels back and I ended up with two severe diverticular haemmorhages which nearly killed me. I no longer drink and have spent 2 years focussing on healing my gut. High probiotic intake for three months, NAG, L glutamine and other things and I feel great.

[claycon]

Alcohol had worse effects on me than any other drug I’ve ever tried. Thanks for helping me understand more about it.

[ShyGuyLoveSongs]

I’m 63, all I know is work and sleep. No money for exotic vacations, etc…just the way things worked out, working class start to life. Having a few beers and watching a game at a local tavern is one of the few glimpses of happiness I get. Probably twice a month. Feel good so far. No plans to quit that. No one has good health forever. This is good enough for me. That’s my take.

[brettberglund]

Good evening. I began drinking alcohol at age 38 for approximately seven years every night. I would then immediately go to bed. Fast forwarding I was clinical diagnosed with early stage Parkinson. this took place four years ago. I now have seen extreme improvements while taking a probiotic, turmeric six times a day, artemisinin, lemon balm, pinella antioxidant. I believe my gut microbiome was damaged thus creating toxic proteins, inflammation, leaky gut and so on. I also recently learned (as you stated) the gut is responsible for producing nearly fifty percent of dopamine. I'm currently seeking and working on improving my gut microbiome and hoping this continues to restore the levels of producing dopamine. I'm hopeful being that I'm only 49 it has not reached the pathway of the neurologic part of the brain as well. I off course stopped drinking over four years ago. Knowledge is power when utilized in the right manner! So, thank you for your dedication to sharing your knowledge. Please feel free to reach out if you have any insight to offer or require more information/data concerning my progress etc..

[andrewtaylor]

Helpful. I used to have 1-2 drinks almost every night, but stopped when my energy went down after an extended respiratory disease. It's hard to find information on the impact of chronic alcohol use in moderate amounts; what I've seen is studies indicating it reduces the risk of heart attack, but I had long suspected it has deleterious effects on the liver and gut, and this gives a lot of insight.

[thetruthtellerojisguilty]

I started seeing a GI doctor about six months ago, because I was having horrible nausea, but only at night when I was laying down. As soon as I was prone, the nausea would start in. This was causing me to miss many, many hours of sleep. I was trying to sleep sitting up, but that ended up causing pilonidal disease; a sore near your tailbone. I had an Endoscopy, Fibroscan and stomach emptying study. All of these came back relatively normal. I didn't realize that it was actually alcohol that was causing my stomach lining to be irritated. It only took a few days after I stopped drinking for my nighttime nausea to go away.

[Emtbwebb]

I started drinking at 15 im 38 now and decided to walk away from alcohol, i drank every weekend why younger and then turned into everyday as i got into my 20s up till now!! I started feeling dreadful the last few months and ended up in hospital Christmas day, i kept feeling like i was going to pass out, i had a severally dehydrated kidney! It was my wake up call, ain't touched a sip since that day! I am still having bad side effects from quitting, been having fast heart rhythms, head ake's, i feel tired more, i won't ever return to alcohol now my mind feels so much better and its only early days!

[blase]

I’m 74 and drank steadily for years, seldom to the point of intoxication but 1-2 each day for years. Have had my sigmoid colon removed because it was dead tissue due to diverticulum with abscess’s. Also diagnosed with fatty liver which is a precursor to cirrhosis. Stopped drinking; no more issues. Booze is such a destructive drug!

[adrianrobert]

I had to quit drinking because I have realised that I was drinkig way to much, low energy, panick attacks like hell, hole in the budget, almost ended my relantionship!
Life is way more beautiful without alcohol!